Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Most popular google searches in 2008

At the end of year 2008 looking back we had many captivating and memorable events like: Beijing Olympics, US Presidential Elections and one of the most important Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

Google most searched keywords in 2008 (Global) according to Google Zeitgeist:

1. sarah palin
2. beijing 2008
3. facebook login
4. tuenti
5. heath ledger
6. obama
7. nasza klasa
8. wer kennt wen
9. euro 2008
10. jonas brothers

Happy New Year everybody! See you in 2009!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Mobile Internet Search Providers

According to Nielsenmobile.com here is a Top 3 for Q1 2008 by Provider Share:

1. Google (61%)
2. Yahoo! (18%)

3. MSN (5%)

















- 65% of Google search users and 63% of Yahoo! searchers are male.

- 44% of Google users rate their satisfaction with mobile Internet search between 8 to 10 on a 10-point scale, compared to 40% of Yahoo! searchers.

(source: Nielsenmobile.com)


Monday, December 8, 2008

Internet Mobile Market Trends 2009-2012

If you make a research regarding NEW SEO 2009 TRENDS you`ll get many results. I`ve picked some of the most relevant directions:

- SEO for mobile (.mobi)
- Link building (smarter, more relevant)
- Creative Marketing
- Social Networking
- SEo Blogs
- Good informative content
- Niches
- Video
- More In-House SEOs for companies
- Search Engine Marketing
- Anything interactive

Mobile Facts:

PriceWaterhouse says that mobile television subscriptions are expected to grow 5x to $19 bilions by 2012 compared to $408 milions in 2007. The United States is expected to make $2.1 bilions of that 2012 figure.

Telefonica O2 survey indicates that mobile marketing budget percentage is expected to grow 150% by 2013. 8% of marketing directors anticipate behavioural targeting to be an important capability by 2010.

Kelsey Group said recently that 44.7% US mobile users are looking for a mobile phone with better Internet capability. US mobile search advertising revenues are expected to grow from $33.2 mln in 2007 to $1.4 bln in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 112%. 9.8% of respondents used their mobile phones to conduct Internet searches for products and services in their local area. During the same period, 10.7% downloaded or looked at maps, while 10.9% indicated they had downloaded search or mapping applications (for use on the Internet) to supplement those that came with their mobile phones 78% of Americans own cell phones.

According to Pew Internet Project 78% of Americans own cell phones, up from 65% in 2004 and 73% in 2006. Personal digital assistants (PDAs), such as Blackberries, are also becoming more common among working Americans. Overall, 13% of Americans and 19% of those who are working own a PDA or Blackberry (up from 14% of workers in 2006). Most PDA owners (69%) say their PDAs double as cell phones. This trend is also rapidly increasing; in 2006 only 26% used their PDAs as cell phones, According to Informa, the number of mobile social-networking users will rise from 2.3% of global cell-phone users at the end of 2007 to as many as 23% of all mobile users by the end of 2012.

Mobile Search Engine across different countries
in June 2008

(source: Comscore)



















Mobile Subscribers Activity

(source: Comscore)














Operating System Market Share
(source: MarketShare)

How to get traffic to my blog

If you created yourself a blog and you want to get more people to read it we prepared for you some tips:

1. Write Every Day - You must write frequently and often for more than one reason. First, the search engines will pick up your blog quicker and more often if you post every day or two. Second, your readers will return more often if they know there is going to be new content every day.

2. Create a Theme - Don’t write about any thing that pops into your head. Try to create a theme - in this case, likely your band and its development - and stick with it every day. An occasional aside never hurt anyone, but consistently changing topics only diffuses your message.

3. Be Informative - Offer useful, new information. Your readers want a good reason to return and the classic “you heard it hear first” mentality almost always works. Announce new tracks, new tours, and new ideas here and people will start following your posts for new information.

4. Proof Read and Spell Check - Always ensure every post looks nice and crisp before launching. If it appears you don’t care about quality, it only negatively reflects on your band and your profile.

5. Seed Your Blog Posts - Use social bookmarking websites like Del.icio.us, Digg, Stumbleupon, Netscape, Facebook, Reddit, and Furl to seed your blog posts so that more people can find them. If you are especially proud of a post, make sure to seed it everywhere.

6. Comment on Other Blogs - By commenting on other popular blogs in your niche - bands and music related topics - you can draw other blog owners and readers back to your own blog to check out what you write about. You might even get a link back which will increase your visibility.

7. Provide Something Extra - Give your readers a little bonus for stopping by. Create videos, podcasts, etc. Freebies and incentives are always a good way to maintain heavy blog traffic.

8. Submit to directories - Once you have many entries on your blog make sure you submit to blog directories for link exchange.