Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Insights of Social Media Platforms

One of the hottest domains of the internet these days is the social media. These social networks are being used by affiliate marketers who operate online, use the social media effectively and extensively to promote their products and services. The big companies and organizations also use social networking to create awareness about the brand among the people. According to a study conducted by Nielson Research, social networking has been found to be the most popular activity over the internet. Its popularity is increasing exponentially and the reason behind is more and more people who are getting addicted to social networking.

You will be surprised to know that the social media has become most popular online activity and most popular Social Network Facebook has been ranked number 1 in terms of users leaving Google at 2nd rank now. It has been also found that almost two third of the total internet users visit social networking sites regularly. With the help of these social networking sites they can interact with people from all across the world. They can take part in conversations. People can also take part in projects in association with people who live in very far off places. Even the geographical presence of a person is no more a bar. This has established social media as a very important and powerful marketing tool. A person can use its far reaching effects to reach a greater number of audiences. One can showcase his product to anyone who is using social networking services.

Online marketers have started to interact with the customers through blogs or through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. It has been seen that they can manage their business in a much better way using these internet tools. They can also build a better brand reputation and awareness and the relationship with the target audience also becomes stronger. The users of a particular product or service get the chance to place their views. This increases interaction between the customer and the marketer. The person who has launched the product can use the suggestions and views to improve the quality of the product or service he is offering. In this way customer satisfaction increases. It is an amazing fact that the most of the social media users like to build a relationship with the businesses of their choice. A study conducted by Cone research and insights shows that about 85% of people who are using social media like to engage themselves actively with the businesses they like.

It is very evident that social media has gained such immense popularity within a short period of time. Most of the social media sites did not even exist 10 years ago. Then how did they become prominent so quickly? If you look at the history of online marketing, you will see that social networks are in existence for a long time. The existence of social networks dates back to the 1970's. It allowed people to exchange their thoughts and ideas. These platforms were known as usenets. These services existed even before the conception of search engines like Yahoo or Google. Thus social media is a huge development as it allows people to share information, ideas and thoughts.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

What's new with Facebook?

 Facebook has been in news for quite a good long time, recently for its superhit IPO, valuations, Top Executive quitting, Mark's marriage etc. Here are some other things that are interesting to look at as well:

Facebook Credits being Phased out:
Bad news here, Facebook is said to be showing an exit button to Facebook Credits, which is a virtual payment method for social (media) networks game players. Don't worry if you have a Credit balance, its equivalent value will be given towards individual games and apps.

Facebook's latest buy - Face.com:
At an unconfirmed price, Facebook has bought Face.com an Israeli company specializing in face recognition technology (for web and mobile). This is the next buy from FB after Instagram shows its focus on images and recognitions.Important security precaution as it can be called, by doing this Facebook might have just closed the hole that allowed anyone to hijack KLIK user's accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook's new Like button:
Going the way with Google+ in a different style, Facebok has initiated its Facebook Like button. However this has been rolled out for Third party Mobile apps now.

Is Facebook's growth stagnant?
Latest numbers from Comscore say- Last month, Facebook attracted 158.01 million unique visitors in the United States, edging lower from 158.69 million in April and 158.93 million in March.
As per experts from social media, user fatigue is the reason.

Yahoo and Facebook settling the Patents war:
It started with Yahoo filing a lawsuit against Facebook in March for alleged infringement of its Intellectual Property (patents) which covered such functions as Internet privacy, advertising and information sharing. Facebook countersued in April, accusing Yahoo of infringing 10 of its patents.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Latest updates & news in Online Marketing World!

Wondering Whats going on in the internet world (of search marketing) recently?

Here are some bites for you:

Google's Block Option?
Google thinking to roll out a feature which is opposite to like, say a dislike or a block vote. The question remains will it really make a difference to the online marketing world and Search Engine Ranking Positions (SERP's). As we know Google is trying hard to keep its Google+ venture alive by introducting a postitive influence on the search with Google+ likes.

Google's Official: Recommendations on How to Do Mobile Site Optimization:
After telling webmasters and admins how to optimize site for search engines with Best SEO practices guide some time back, now Google has come up with Mobile SEO practices and recommendations.

Yahoo coming up with Axis:
As per the official site (http://axis.yahoo.com/) Yahoo! Axis redefines what it means to search and browse the Web. Yahoo! Axis offers a faster, smarter search with instant answers and visual search previews. Doesn't appear to hit the search engine market directly as the current options ask you to download for desktops, ipads and iphone only.

Yahoo Explorer is now Bing Explorer:
Yes, this is certainly a good news for the SEO's and specifically link builders who were so dependent on the link exploring tool from Yahoo, which got offline recently.It has bounced back with a new logo, yes its Bing!
Search Marketers can only hope for the same quality delivered else it will die soon.



Linkedin and the password leak:
After the leak of 6 millioin+ linkedin account-passwords last week, the social networking giant has taken the security breach and criticism very seriously. As per the official blog, those who were exposed to the account hacking activities were notified instantly.


Google buys and shuts down Meebo:
In a move to boost up its Google+ social media network again, Big G's rumoured buy of Meebo on 4th of June this year and the moving the staff of the company to enhance features and capabilities of G+. Only time will tell if this a good move or not.

Please comment with more news and events you know about Internet Marketing.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Jan 2010 data for Top 10 US Search Providers

Latest data about who is searching what and who is searching where is out....
Checkout the table below for the Top search providers ( Jan 2010) and its the US 
geography considered.

Google has lost one percentage in search compared to the last while Bing is 
gaining.
With this data now innovative search marketers and online marketing companies
can now target the top searched internet properties and design a killer marketing strategy accordingly.

Top 10 Search Providers for January 2010, Ranked by Searches (U.S.)
Rank Provider Searches (000) Share of Searches

All Search 10,272,099 100.0%
1 Google Search 6,805,424 66.3%
2 Yahoo! Search 1,488,476 14.5%
3 MSN/Windows Live/Bing Search 1,116,546 10.9%
4 AOL Search 251,762 2.5%
5 Ask.com Search 194,161 1.9%
6 My Web Search 112,356 1.1%
7 Comcast Search 59,608 0.6%
8 Yellow Pages Search 35,101 0.3%
9 NexTag Search 34,736 0.3%
10 BizRate Search 20,123 0.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Wolfram alpha - the computational search engine

They say, its a new challenge to Google's throne , well who knows?

Some strange and innovative comparison search engine is being evolved. The name is "Wolfram alpha" .
Wanna see some amazing computational wonders it does, here is one where top search giants( Google.com, Yahoo.com and Microsoft.com ) were compared.

Checkout the results and you will be on the fan following side too.


Visit Wolfram Alpha for getting the new way to search

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Top 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums

With UK’s leading social networking site Bebo.com, previously acquired by AOL(America On Line) in March 2008, entering India's online activity, lets checkout the US market share capitalization of Top Social Networking sites:


Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique websites on a daily basis, including sub-domains of larger websites. Hitwise categorizes websites into industries on the basis of subject matter and content, as well as market orientation and competitive context. The market share of visits percentage does not include traffic for all sub-domains of certain websites that could be reported on separately.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Top Mobile Search Keywords : 2008 data

    Yahoo! Top Mobile Searches 2008
  1. MySpace
  2. Facebook
  3. Craigslist
  4. Movies
  5. Weather
  6. Olympics
  7. The Dark Knight
  8. Kim Kardashian
  9. eBay
  10. AIG
    AOL Mobile Search Top Mobile Searches 2008
  1. MySpace
  2. AIM
  3. iPhone
  4. MocoSpace
  5. Facebook
  6. Craigslist
  7. Weather
  8. Free Ringtones
  9. MapQuest
  10. Match.com
    Google Mobile Top Mobile Searches 2008 – Google India
  1. orkut
  2. yahoo
  3. waptrick
  4. gmail
  5. games
  6. katrina kaif
  7. rediffmail
  8. yahoomail
  9. namitha
  10. google

    The Yahoo! and AOL lists have the following four terms in common:
  1. craigslist
  2. facebook
  3. myspace
  4. weather
Source : Brysonmeunier.com

Friday, January 2, 2009

2008 : Comparison of Top Social Media Sites Performance

Year 2008 saw the emerging domination of social media on the internet like never before.
Sites like facebook and blogger retained the top lead while msn live shows a down trend.

The Top 5 as as expected, Blogger is not much ahead of facebook while myspace is catching up in the visitor counts.

Top Social Media Sites (ranked by unique worldwide visitors November, 2008; comScore)

  1. Blogger (222 million)
  2. Facebook (200 million)
  3. MySpace (126 million)
  4. Wordpress (114 million)
  5. Windows Live Spaces (87 million)
  6. Yahoo Geocities (69 million)
  7. Flickr (64 million)
  8. hi5 (58 million)
  9. Orkut (46 million)
  10. Six Apart (46 million)
  11. Baidu Space (40 million)
  12. Friendster (31 million)
  13. 56.com (29 million)
  14. Webs.com (24 million)
  15. Bebo (24 million)
  16. Scribd (23 million)
  17. Lycos Tripod (23 million)
  18. Tagged (22 million)
  19. imeem (22 million)
  20. Netlog (21 million)
Source ( TechCrunch)

Here is a graphic representation of the fierce competition between the web2.0 and more doing websites on the internet.



The essential tool for todays media advertising and brand building is Social Media Communities and sites without any doubt. The SEO's (Search Engine Optimizers) and SEM's (Search Marketers) who ignore this major and "less cost" promotion opportunity, are not using the internet to the fullest.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Google's Search based keyword tool

Very less known Google's Search based keyword tool.

Those we are familiar with Overture ( Yahoo Search inventory tool) find this a bit similar (yet modified version). There are a lot of ideas one can get about keywords, related terms, stemming of keywords in SEO and also the relevant paid keywords per page / site.

With category based suggestions, Google's new kewyword search tool takes a digg at Hitwise, the industry leader in competition analysis.

For Search Marketers:

If you login to your AdWords account, you can explore a full list of keyword ideas customized to your website (typically excluding those already in your account).

The Search-based Keyword Tool provides keyword ideas:

* Based on actual Google search queries
* Matched to specific pages of your website with your ad and search share
* New to your Adwords account (typically excluding keywords matching those already in your account)

What is the Search-based Keyword Tool?
The Search-based Keyword Tool generates keyword and landing page ideas highly relevant and specific to your website. In doing so, the tool helps you identify additional advertising opportunities that aren't currently being used in your AdWords ad campaigns.

Based on your URLs, the Search-based Keyword Tool displays a list of relevant user queries that have occurred on Google.com (and on other Google search properties, such as google.co.uk) with some frequency over the past year; these suggestions can be found under the Keywords tab, in the New keywords related to (site) section. In the Keywords related to your search section, you can see a broad list of keyword ideas that are also relevant, but aren't necessarily based on your site.

How does the Search-based Keyword Tool differ from the Keyword Tool in AdWords?

The main difference between the Search-based Keyword Tool and the Keyword Tool currently in AdWords is that the former generates keyword ideas based on your website, and identifies those currently not being used in your AdWords account. Additionally, the Search-based Keyword Tool provides more detailed data for each keyword, such as category information, suggested bid that may place the ad in the top three spots of a search results page, and ad/search share. Both tools, however, offer the option of browsing all keywords across all categories.

How does the Search-based Keyword Tool generate its keyword ideas?

The Search-based Keyword Tool compares your website and current AdWords campaigns against actual, past Google search queries to identify additional keywords that might be relevant for your campaigns. The tool compiles a list of search queries relevant to your website that don't already appear in your AdWords campaigns.

With access to the actual terms your potential customers are using when they search Google for your products, you may have a better chance of reaching your target audience.

Does the tool take into account various keyword matching types before recommending keywords?

Yes. When compiling keyword suggestions, the tool takes into consideration exact, phrase, and broad matched keywords in your AdWords account, as well as negative keywords. By default, the tool is enabled to show you partially matched keywords as part of its list of ideas. This means that the tool will show you keywords that partially match broad match or expanded match keywords that may already be in your AdWords account.

For example, if you've designated tennis shoe as a broad match keyword within your AdWords account, the Search-based Keyword Tool may suggest tennis sports shoe.

You can choose not to show partially matched keywords by clicking + More filters and unchecking the box next to Partial matches to keywords in my account.

Is there a way I can see the top keywords across all categories - and not just those related to my website?

Yes. From the starting page (where you either chose your website from the drop-down menu or typed in a different website), click the Or see top keywords across all categories link at the bottom. You'll then be able to search for specific keywords or browse by category. Whether you search or browse, the results will encompass the top 800 most-commonly used keywords.

Get a full idea and start doing research at Google's search based keyword tool

Points to be noted:
1. Please also note that the Search-based Keyword Tool is currently in beta, efforts are going on to develop and improve its features to offer you even more functionality.
2. Google DOES NOT guarantee that these keywords will improve your campaign performance. They reserve the right to disapprove any keywords you add. You are responsible for the keywords you select and for ensuring that your use of the keywords does not violate any applicable laws.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Jerry Yang 's blog comments on his exit from Yahoo!

Jerry Yong, the former CEO of Yahoo.com who has recently put down papers, has a lot to say about the reasons, the experience he gathered since finding Yahoo! on his blog.

He is such a great person, I wish him all the best for his future endeavor.

Have a look at what he said :

As you’ve no doubt already read, I’ve decided that I will step down from my role as Chief Executive Officer after my successor has been selected.

Ever since founding Yahoo! with David Filo 13 years ago, I’ve been passionate about this company, its brand, its employees, and the millions of people around the world who consider it their online home. That’s why I accepted the Board’s request to become CEO in June 2007, taking on the challenge of transforming Yahoo! at a time when the industry was evolving quickly and we needed to rethink and restructure our business.

And despite the tough external environment that we face, I truly believe we’ve made tangible progress in bringing our strategic vision to life. Most significantly, we’ve rewired our entire network to create a Yahoo! that has opened its doors to outside publishers and developers. We’ve launched an advertising platform that we think will transform how ads are bought and sold online. And we’ve continued to grow our audience –- standing first or second in more than 20 product categories and demonstrating that Yahoo! is the place users turn for major events like the Olympics and the Elections.

The complete post is here

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Google : Gmail powered with Video Chat Service , New!

Google has embedded a new feature in its Gmail interface, this is Video, yes and you are right, another blow to the popular Yahoo! messenger. + you can voice chat too

Features with the new Gmail Videochat :

* Chat more ways than ever from within Gmail
* Look and sound your best with high quality audio and video
* Get started easily -- all you need is a webcam

Here is How it works:

Installing is easy, just download the 476 Kb exe file and hit run ( enter key !!)



The interface reminds something like plugin from Skype ( an ebay entity) and some may still think why they want to install skype if they already have ?

The innovative video chat is not available on Gtalk, strange , isnt it?

Gmail voice and video chat incorporates Vidyo technology which is covered under pending U.S. and foreign patent applications.

Previously when Google has introduced the gmail with buddy lists on the left column to check and interact with friends without installing the Gtalk software, everyone including Yahoo! and rediffmail followed the leader.

Lets see if the history repeats itself.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Search Engine : All Year Trends : Analysed : Indian Perspective

Whats going on in the search industry recently?
Well a lot, but to get a bird's eye view here are some of the graphs and illustrations via Google Trends ( strange thing is that it does not include Google.com itself, but lets move forward)

Graph showing Top Data fetching search engines and properties:


Regions ruling the search world are United States, India and China respectively for the highest numbers of internet population and IT revolutions.

One time high competing rivals Yahoo! and MSN are keeping a distant parallel lines when it comes to unique visitors, Yahoo! holding the upper limit.

Interesting thing is Facebook ( top social media / networking site) shows better performance than ask.com, a major search engine.
Confirming the fact that more and more users are being attracted on social networking sites, due to the web2.0 concepts, more inter-activeness and contact / concept sharing

Top keywords searched include ever green directory Craigslist, emails solution providers, a latest buzz word in US Politics "Sarah Palin" and financial terms like Bank america.



Indian Search Scene :

Now taking the Indian Context (having second largest population on the planet) of all the google trends goin on for the year.

The graph above shows Yahoo! ( including the search properties i.e. sub sites and partner sites) dominate the Indian Online Market. MSN shows its presence while Ask is nowhere ...

Facebook is having some upward movements in terms of growing users online via social media networking.
Checking regionwise :
Maharashtra, Delhi and Karnataka tops the list of states while the next surprise here in andaman and Nicobar islands ... is it a wrong data ? nothing can be proved but lets take it for the sake of information.

Other visited sites mostly include email service providers ( rediff, yahoo) job sites ( monsterindia, naukri, timesjobs) and railway ( irctc). Ibibo makes a surprise entry here along with hdfc bank, while orkut or youtube seem missing in the top 10.

Top keywords searched within India this year:


BSNL tops the list along with the pay commission ( mostly by central government employees). Indian railways also being searched a lot considering the forthcoming festive season online railway booking.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Google Chrome : New Browser for those who want more out of the web!

Its been a little while when the top search giants havent pulled out their swords at each other.
Now check this out..

This is where it started... (from main www.google.com page)


A new browser from Google, nomenclatured as "Google Chrome", a 474.73 Kb exe file to start with, is a super take on IE and may be (?) on Mozilla Firefox ...well only time will tell.


By defination:
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with
sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
Read More : http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/why.html?hl=en

Now how to get the new software ( its free !!)?
Its easy, follow these steps

1.Download the software exe
2.Click Run or Open in the window that appears.
3.Click Run when you are asked "Do you want to run this software?"
4.Your software will now install automatically. If you need help,
just visit http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/why.html?hl=en
5.The Google Chrome installer should complete in seconds and start your new browser automatically.

Congratulations you have the new browser now.


Currently showing a beta version,and limited to only Windows Vista /Xp, this Browser will import data from exisiting browsers.

The opening screen says:
The "Most visited" area shows the websites that you use most often. After using Google Chrome for a while, you will see your most visited sites whenever you open a new tab.

Will take some time to get familier with, but the Chrome interface looks clean and beautiful.

Keep your fingers crossed for the next possibility ( A Google OS , well lets face it Others !!)

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Top 4 Traps by Fake SEO's and Search Marketers

Checkout the Fake SEO case studies, its very common to lose money when you dont know where to put your faith and trust in...

1. Guaranteed inclusion in Google
The most killer line you can observe in most of the so-called Great SEO's in any part of the world.
Some say we will make your site listed in Google's Search engine ( some go beyond and say we will do it for Yahoo! and MSN too.+ 100000000 other search engines)

Remember the term inclusion ( means your site is there in the search engine's index) and ranking ( get top positions for targetted keywords) are totally different and used to confuse the potential client.

The fact is if you have a site , Google will be crawling it as per DNS (Domain Name Server) Updates. Most of the webmasters or net surfers dont know the fact that Google is also an Authorized Domain Registrar, meaning that it has the power to search and crawl the WHOIS database as per wish.
There is a concept of "Sandbox" with search engine (can assure for Google), which may delay the indexing of the site for some time, a new site therefore does not show the instant it is registered.
If your site is still not indexed you can submit a Google Sitemap via Google Webmaster tools.

2. Top 10 Ranking in 24 Hours
Is it a magic trick? well read the complete story first before following these SEO gurus. They have some "special" terminology for that and also have some "conditions", which you will come to know only after you pay.
I have checked with some sites:
One says, the top ranking you will get is for the keyword " Pravin Shivarkar is the best SEO in India". When asked about 24 hours ... well they say, they will submit the site and then "influence" the search engines to rank me for the keyword ; well is it a keyword anyway ;)
One site goes beyond the logical ( Sorry....) imagination limit to say that, they are not talking about the organic ranking, they mean the top ranking is for the Sponsored results ( generally we get on the right hand bar in google) and they will rank your site ( here the really mean a paid advertisement)

3. Do you want guaranteed search engine ranking on Google, Yahoo , MSN?
Who will say no, unless and until he dont know why it is all about ...
The advertisement copy DO NOT Say which ranking, what rank to be exact.
We might have seen for years that if you link a particular site via n number of backlinks ( one way linking) then it is considered that the site is important by Trust vote, which some Black Hat SEO's do try to experiment or spam.

4. Guaranteed 100000000 visitors !!!
If you dont want to know who is coming from which site, or you want to show your client the sudden "Growth" that has incurred because of your "Magical" SEO techniques yesterday , this can be an ideal situation to be in with your money running out of your pocket...........
There are many "businessmen" who buy 1000+ domains and put some "engine" to show some data on each of those "websites". So do employ people (Data entry operators) to add ( copy and paste) content on these sites. Now most of them are directories with whatever subject in this world you can imagine of. So if you are selling for a washing soap and are getting visits from college library sites ( well can be good no doubt) are you expecting any sales after that?

Its all about asking exact questions in life and while dealing with Online Search Optimizers and Marketers!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Latest news about Search Engines | GYM

Blogger lands Google India in courtroom for defamation

The search firm Google India may trigger some new developments in the cyber law of India. The Mumbai based Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects, which provides construction machineries to medium and large construction companies, has filed a defamation case against Google India for hosting a series of articles on its blogging site, campaigning against its mines in Mozambique. The Bombay High Court has asked the search firm to furnish information about the blogger in an interim order, reported The Economic Times.

Gremach, in its petition, said that a series of articles that amounted to a 'hate campaign' against the company were posted on Google's blogging site with a title 'Toxic Writer' between January and February.

read the full story here : SiliconIndia

T-Mobile to launch Google phone in October

San Francisco: T-Mobile is to launch the first phone based on Google's Android design Sep 17, in hopes that the new device will compete with Apple's iPhone, Wired magazine reported Friday.

The smartphone will be manufactured by Taiwan-based High Tech Computer, and will have a large touch screen that slides out to reveal a five-row QWERTY keyboard. The device, which will be called the G1, will sell for $150 to T-Mobile customers in the first week of launch before it is offered to other customers at a higher price.

Google developed the Android design to help it expand its successful advertising business into the increasingly lucrative mobile market. It released the parameters to an alliance of mobile phone carriers, developers and manufacturers earlier in the year.


read the full story here : SiliconIndia


Microsoft, Google and Yahoo sued for foetus sex selection ads
Published Friday 15th August 2008 09:02 GMT

The Supreme Court of India has issued notices against Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! for advertising products to select the sex of foetuses.

Sabu Mathew George filed the complaint against the three firms. He told the New York Times that the ads deliberately targeted Indian users. He told the paper 900,000 female foetuses are aborted every year in India. Modern techniques for checking the sex of foetuses, like ultrasound, are increasingly available to all classes in India.

read the full story here : TheRegister UK

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Yahoo! Fire Eagle (Beta)

Its time for Yahoo! to launch a new product on the www.

Its Yahoo! Fire Eagle (Beta)
Fire eagle is a location-aware platform, can be used by users on internet and mobile. The API can be used to develop location specific mobile applications.

What is Fire Eagle?

According to Yahoo! The tool is of great use if you ( developer) Want to make your website or mobile application more relevant or responsive to a user's location? Or maybe you've found a way to capture user location and want to find cool uses for this info? By doing the heavy lifting for you and connecting you to a community of geo-developers, Fire Eagle makes it easier to build location-aware services.

The Open API tool (Fire Eagle) is of great help to the developers or publishers to gain location information about the end user.
Fire Eagle and the Fire Eagle Developer APIs:

Fire Eagle is a new service designed to make it safe and easy to build and use location-aware applications and services. It's a place where users can store and manage information about their current location that trusted apps and sites can update or access.

Fire Eagle exposes a rich set of web services that allow developers to write location-aware applications.

Update anywhere:
- Send updates from your phone
- Update from your favorite sites
- Do it automatically or manually

Choose what to share:
- You control your data
- You choose who to share with

Have fun on the web:
- Show your location on your blog
- Share it with your friends
- Discover cool stuff around you
- You choose how much to share

Fire Eagle is a mobile search application in the making and its upto the creativity of the developers to make a good use of it!

Monday, August 11, 2008

How to earn from a blog or website?

Want to earn online via your website or blog?

Beside many link advertising and banner advertising options , one reliable solution is Google Adsense.
No doubt other online marketing solutions from Search Engines like Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Adcenter and Ask Sponsored search are effective, the market share of these companies is one issue where most of the online brand building and marketing money is flowing for a deep and volummetic market reach with effective ROI ( Return on Investment)
Yes the same one which I'm using on my blog here.
Whats the funda?

Its just allowing some space to display ads on your site or blog to Google by placing some script/code.
Once approved, your site starts showing ads "relevant" to the page content, relevance will get more accurate as page gets older and the content gets reliable via more text, links and headers. The ads can be text, images and/or videos too.
You can earn via :
1. Page impressions ( number of times your page gets downloaded or viewed) : You get per thousand earnings via PPM score.
2. PPC ( Pay-Per-Click) : You earn if any of the visitor clicks on any ad
3. Referals ( Now they are being / been taken out)

But first you need to have an adsense account. Get it now, its FREE

Whats new with Google Adsense ?

Google has recently rolled out its "New Ad Management" feature in adsense console.
Those who already have their adsense logins, must have observed some new additions in terms of "code storing" details such as ad size, colors and channel settings etc. The code details are being saved on Google's servers and not elsewhere, so the appeared advantage is the webmaster can make changes to the adsense units from within the account itself.

Now, How do I create an AdSense unit?

To create a new AdSense unit that you can manage within your account, follow the steps below. (
1. Sign in to your account at http://www.google.com/adsense.
2. Under the AdSense Setup tab, choose the Get Ads link.
3. Select AdSense for content as the product. The new AdSense units are only available for AdSense for content at this time.
4. Choose your ad type, format, colors, and channels just as you have in the past.
5. Give your AdSense unit a name that you can remember. We recommend including the site(s), page(s), or location(s) that the AdSense unit will be placed on, so you can easily identify it in the future should you wish to make updates.
6. Click Submit and Get Code.
7. Copy and paste the newly generated code onto your site.

You are done.
So start earning money NOW !!!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Comparing Online Marketing (SEM) with Organic Search Optimization (SEO) with Stats

Most of the startup online marketers and webmasters which are given additional responsibility to promote the designed website along the internet ( may or may not be a niche market), get confused with the balance to keep in SEO ( search engine Optimization) and SEM ( Search Engine Marketing) .

The one who takes a right decision, defers case to case basic, wins!!

Here is some data to help you in decision making about organic and paid website promotions.

The year on year data (2004 - 2008) with Google Trends (GT) suggests, SEO or organic search has never been so keen to compete with the online marketing, if we rely on the available results with us via the GT Interface for the searches on SEO and SEM

Regionwise India holds most of the searches with SEO and SEM, interestingly Japan ranks second and philippines the third. The searches and the Outsourcing SEO work, has its footprints in this countries, as most of the back-end IT / ITES work is done in India and Philippines with quality.
Language wise classification shows Japanese topping the list for Search Terms. Strange enough English comes to sixth place !

As per the latest data available on Comscore , the search engine shares are as follows which shows why people around the world are running after Google Adwords (for Advertisers) and Adsense ( for Web Publishers)



* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

CUIL - The new search engine against Google?

New Search Engine Cuil ( www.cuil.com) has a lot of pages (121617892992+ web pages) in the index and it shows them in a friendly manner.


Cuil, the latest "said" competition to Google, was founded by several lead engineers from Google, mainly Anna Patterson, chief architect of the company's TeraGoogle search index.

Google's paid search business made up 40% of all online search dollars in 2007, according to eMarketer and the other majors of search ( Yahoo and MSN) were looking since a long time to attack Google. So is this a key to the eternal search and taking Google by horns?

Only time will tell.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Learn SEO Online!

Its learning time ... So if you are looking for Online SEO Training, some of the choices are :
1. Read a lot online, Start with Wikipedia on SEO
2. Join various forums like Webmasterworld, Highrankings, Digitalpoint etc and ask questions.
3. Search Various SEO / SEM Companies and their offerings
4. Go to the job sites like Naukri , Timesjobs or Monster and check what are the current expectations with the similar jobs and/or in Industry.
5. Contact me ( I do it for very serious people and with a high tution fee!!)

Here are some videos for SEO learning Online:

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing. PPC SEM SEO Search Engine Optimization Internet Marketing Website...



Easy SEO/Search Engine Optimization Tips
com and take advantage of this free tool while it is still free. ... SEO Tips Search Engine Optimization Optimisation ...


The three most important tips ... WebPagesThatSuck web design search engine optimization



Search Engine Optimization
how to do On-Page and Off-Page Search Engine Optimization. ... search engine optimization seo off-page on-page


SES Chicago 2007: Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand.com


Google's Matt Cutts | How to Get Better Visibility on Google
USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham interviews Google engineer Matt Cutts on how to get your site to the top of Google with 5 basic, common sense SEO tips. Matt Cutts guests on the USA TODAY Talking Tech