Search: Research Online – Buy Offline

Source: iProspect Post-Holiday Online Shopping Study Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): The influence of online search marketing on the purchasing choices of millions of YOUR Customers continues to grow, even though MANY of the subsequent purchases are then made offline. Vexing problem to accurately attribute this type of purchase to online search, but one … Read more

“Buying Text Links”

by Jill Whalen HighRankings.com Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): I subscribe to Jill’s High Rankings Advisor Newsletter, and it’s always a treat to receive the next edition. This week Jill provided a very nice overview of what buying text links will and won’t do for a Web site’s search engine ranking, now and in … Read more

Recent Reinclusions

Source: Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Dave’s comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Wow! That was fast! ALL German-based BMW Web site pages (on BMW.de, etc.) are back in the Google index less than 1 week after they were removed for using SEO spamming techniques! Usually takes at least 30 days for full re-instatement. Guess … Read more

German BMW Banned From Google

By Philipp Lenssen Google Blogoscoped Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): All BMW.de German Web site pages have been removed from Google results for using doorway pages, a classic search engine spamming technique. Goes to show that Google is SERIOUS about punishing those who try to manipulate Google search results using underhanded SEO techniques they … Read more

Viral Marketing Is Essential To Low-Cost Search Marketing

By Jennifer Laycock Editor, Search Engine Guide Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): A new spin on an old concept – viral marketing. Offline it’s called word-of-mouth or “buzz” marketing. Online, as Jennifer Laycock nicely points out in this article, one of its most useful forms is the ability to create unsolicited incoming links to … Read more

Podcasting, Podcasts in eNewsletters, and Podcast Search

Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Get a crash course on how to create a podcast (it’s really simple), how to include one in a standard text eNewsletter to give it more zing, and how to find/listen to existing podcasts, as well as how to register your own podcast in the latest greatest podcast search … Read more

Search Engine Marketers Spent $5.75 Billion in 2005

Source: SEMPO Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): A leading US SEM organization has just released it’s 2005 Search Engine Marketing report. It includes all forms of SEM – search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine advertising. The growth in this space continues at a breakneck pace, still dominated by Google and Yahoo!. “Advertisers in … Read more

2005 Search Engine Blogs Awards

By Loren Baker Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): The article highlights 3 excellent Blog Search and Search Marketing Blogs that ALL online marketers should know of and read on a regular basis. “The Search Engine Journal 2005 Search Blog Awards votes have been tallied and I’d like to thank our readers who nominated their … Read more

Nielson//Netratings: 18% of Buyers do 46% of Spending

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings Top Spenders Most Likely to Visit Shopping Comparison Sites Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): ‘Tis the season for online retail consumer stats. This is a good study from Nielsen//NetRatings. It not only re-emphasizes the old adage that the majority of a retailer’s sales come from a minority of its Customers, but it … Read more

Cyber Monday, Marketing Myth

By Robert D. Hof Businessweek.com Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Just when I got “Black Friday” squared away in my mind (see my last post), “Cyber Monday”, which I THOUGHT I understood, goes up in smoke! Read all about it in this BusinessWeek article posted on their site on November 29th. “Despite a huge … Read more