To Boost Organic Clickthrough Rate, Look to Paid Search CPC

Increased organic listing rank on cheaper AdWords terms leads to higher clickthrough rate Search marketing objectives may vary, but all search marketers share a common goal: top placements on page 1 of search engine results. Unlike paid search, which lets advertisers simply buy top position, search engine optimization (SEO) earns marketers premium page rank through careful website optimization on select …

Is SEO DOA as a core marketing strategy?

(Reuters) – Ron Springer is overhauling his company’s website and is spending a big chunk of his marketing budget to help boost its search engine ranking. He had no idea he might be throwing his money away on an outdated strategy. “If search engine isn’t what gets you up to the top of the list, what is?” said Springer, who …

ReachLocal and Google Form Global Strategic Partnership

ReachLocal, Chris’s employer continues to demonstrate it’s dominance in the search marketplace. Google and ReachLocal Sign First-of-its-Kind Global AdWords” Agreement to Accelerate the Delivery of Google’s AdWords Advertising Program to Small-and Medium-Sized Businesses Around the World WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ReachLocal , Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC), a leader in local online marketing solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced today a …

Google’s Panda update has changed SEO again

Searchengine land posted a great article for all you SEO peeps. I hear this question, in various forms, quite often these days: “What’s up with Google now, post-Panda/Farmer/whaddayacallit? What am I supposed to be doing for SEO?” (Usually accompanied with a deep sigh, aggressive hand gestures, and/or grimacing.) It All Started With Caffeine “Caffeine lets us index web pages on …

Online search records spark privacy concerns

Yahoo says it will now keep data for 18 months, matching Google. Yahoo plans to extend the amount of time it retains records on what its users search for online, less than two and a half years after breaking from the other big Internet search engines and promising to delete such data promptly. The new policy brings the company in …