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How to Maximise your Pay Per Click (PPC) ROI pt7 video 4mins 2 secs

July 08, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

This video explains how to maximise your Pay Per Click (PPC) ROI with examples of Google’s AdWords PPC matching requirements to target your budget effectively- broad, exact and negative keyword bidding phrases are the key to saving your wallet from taking a battering. How to Maximise your Pay Per Click (PPC) ROI pt7 video 4mins 2 secsI have saved one client 93% of his Adwords budget- and he’s still getting the same amount of traffic. The only loser is Google.

This is the seventh part of 11 videos on how to promote your website using the most cost effective elements of the marketing mix.

This video series was made from the lecture Simon Dye Dr Search the Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic’s made at the University of Gloucestershire on online marketing to to businesses, professionals including Members of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Managers and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and students at the 5th annual Gloucestershire Professionals conference in June 2009.

More than 300 people attended the conference with over 60 attending Dr Search’s lecture on Online Marketing Tips, Strategies and how to use the most cost effective tools for your online marketing business.

Of the 12 seminars during the day Dr Search received the top rating with 93% of the attendees saying that he was relevant to their needs and 86% of attendees rated the content as highly rated.

Please have a look at the other videos as they become live on the Search Clinic YouTube Channel

Please let me know what you think of the video. Have you found it useful? Was there anything else that you would like to learn about? Please contact Dr Search by clicking here now.

Pay Per Click (PPC)- how to maximise your online budget video PT6 3 mins 4 secs

July 02, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing is often quick, lazy and expensive. Pay Per Click (PPC)- how to maximise your online budget video PT6 3 mins 4 secsThis video shows you Google’s quality score requirements, explaining you how to maximise your online marketing budget and the importance of long term profits.

This is the sixth part of 11 videos on how to promote your website using the most cost effective elements of the marketing mix.

This video series was made from the lecture Simon Dye Dr Search the Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic’s made at the University of Gloucestershire on online marketing to to businesses, professionals including Members of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Managers and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and students at the 5th annual Gloucestershire Professionals conference in June 2009.

More than 300 people attended the conference with over 60 attending Dr Search’s lecture on Online Marketing Tips, Strategies and how to use the most cost effective tools for your online marketing business.

Of the 12 seminars during the day Dr Search received the top rating with 93% of the attendees saying that he was relevant to their needs and 86% of attendees rated the content as highly rated.

Please have a look at the other videos as they become live on the Search Clinic YouTube Channel

Please let me know what you think of the video. Have you found it useful? Was there anything else that you would like to learn about? Please contact Dr Search by clicking here now.

YouTube delivers 14.6 billion videos in May

June 30, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

comScore, Inc.  has released May 2010 data showing that 183 million U.S. Internet users watched online videos during the month.
YouTube delivers 14.6 billion videos
YouTube.com achieved record levels of viewing activity in May with an all-time high of 14.6 billion videos viewed and surpassing the threshold of 100 videos per viewer for the first time.
YouTube delivers 14.6 billion videos in MayU.S. Internet users watched nearly 34 billion videos in May, with Google Sites ranking as the top video property with 14.6 billion videos, representing 43.1 percent of all videos viewed online.

YouTube accounted for the vast majority of videos viewed at the property. Hulu ranked second with 1.2 billion videos, or 3.5 percent of all online videos viewed.

Microsoft Sites ranked third with 642 million (1.9 percent), followed by Vevo with 430 million (1.3 percent) and Viacom Digital with 347 million (1.0 percent).

The research reinforces the need to be on YouTube.

Tomorrow’s blog post by Dr Search will give you more reasons to raise your personal profile to increase your online sales.

comscores’s youtube delivers 14.6 billion videos in May research by click here.

Organic search engine ranking- how to achieve great results pt5

June 29, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

Organic search engine ranking- how to achieve great results pt5- 1 min 2 secsOrganic search engine ranking- how to achieve great results pt5Topics covered in this video include the importance of not just being ranked on search engines, but the need to top search engine free results listings.

This is the fifth part of 11 videos on how to promote your website using the most cost effective elements of the marketing mix.

This video series was made from the lecture Simon Dye Dr Search the Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic’s made at the University of Gloucestershire on online marketing to to businesses, professionals including Members of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Managers and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and students at the 5th annual Gloucestershire Professionals conference in June 2009.

More than 300 people attended the conference with over 60 attending Dr Search’s lecture on Online Marketing Tips, Strategies and how to use the most cost effective tools for your online marketing business.

Of the 12 seminars during the day Dr Search received the top rating with 93% of the attendees saying that he was relevant to their needs and 86% of attendees rated the content as highly rated.

Please have a look at the other videos as they become live on the Search Clinic YouTube Channel

Please let me know what you think of the video. Have you found it useful? Was there anything else that you would like to learn about? Please contact Dr Search by clicking here now.

Search Engine Optimisation SEO tips, tools, techniques video guide by Dr Search

June 09, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

Search Engine Optimisation SEO tips, tools, tutorials guide and techniques Part 2 YouTube VideosSearch Engine Optimisation SEO tips, tools, techniques video guide by Dr SearchContinuing the series on online marketing today Dr Search publishes his second video on search engine optimisation (SEO) tips explaining organic listings and guiding the pros and cons of organic listing- a long term great value but seldom instant results process.

Second part of Dr Search the Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic’s lecture at the University of Gloucestershire on online marketing to to businesses, professionals and students at the 5th annual Gloucestershire Professionals conference in June 2009.

More than 300 people attended the conference with over 60 attending Dr Search’s lecture on Online Marketing Tips, Strategies and plan the most cost effective tools for online marketing business.

Of the 12 seminars during the day Dr Search received the top rating with 93% of the attendees saying that he was relevant to their needs and 86% of attendees rated the content as highly rated.

Please let me know what you think of the video. Have you found it useful? Was there anything else that you would like to learn about? Please contact Dr Search by clicking here now.

Please have a look at the other videos as they become live on the Search Clinic YouTube Channel.

Search Clinic on YouTube- the most cost effective ways of online marketing

May 26, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

Search Clinic on YouTube talks about the most cost effective way of online marketing

Simon Dye, Dr Search the Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic gave a lecture to businesses, professionals and students at the University of Gloucestershire for the 5th annual Gloucestershire Professionals conference in June 2009.Search Clinic on YouTube- the most cost effective ways of online marketingMore than 300 people attended the conference with over 60 attending Dr Search’s lecture on Online Marketing Tips, Strategies and plan the most cost effective tools for online marketing business.

Of the 12 seminars during the day Dr Search received the top rating with 93% of the attendees saying that he was relevant to their needs and 86% of attendees rated the content as highly rated.

This is the first of 11 videos on how to promote your website using the most cost effective elements of the marketing mix.

He compared search engine optimisation, pay per click, affiliate marketing, PR, outdoor, direct mail, magazines, newspapers, radio and television elements of the marketing mix.

Dr Search also looks at the search engines and changes that have effected their success on the past decade.

Please let me know what you think of the video. Have you found it useful? Was there anything else that you would like to learn about? Please contact Dr Search by clicking here now.

Please have a look at the other videos as they become live on Dr Search’s Search Clinic YouTube channel.

YouTube breaks two billion views a day

May 17, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

YouTube has exceeded two billions views a day as it celebrates the fifth anniversary since first launching in beta in 2005.
You Tube has 2 billion views per dayThe Google owned video site, released the statistic to commemorate the occasion and has also launched a new channel called: “YouTube 5 Year Channel” which brings together a group of clips from people around the world talking about how the video-sharing service has affected their lives.

The videos, collectively called the ‘My YouTube Story’, were filmed by the documentary maker Stephen Higgins. YouTube users can also upload their own video stories to the channel too. The new channel is also home to an interactive timeline containing some of the site’s key moments.

Five years ago the first beta version of YouTube went live and 18 months later it was purchased by Google for £883 million in 2006.

Last October, on its third anniversary of being acquired by the search giant, the site hit one billion views a day.

The site is in the process of trying to reposition itself as the home of professional content online – having signed major broadcast deals with the likes of Channel 4 and Five last year.

In a rare interview with the press, Chad Hurley, YouTube’s co-founder and chief executive, outlined his vision exclusively to The Telegraph last month:

“”People think about the world of TV and the world of online video as being different ways to distribute video. But what happens when every TV is connected to wi-fi with a browser? What does that mean for your distribution opportunities? What happens when those worlds collide and it is just one thing? Instead there is just one world, the world of video, and people everywhere are putting ads against everything and there isn’t a difference. There won’t be a difference in the future.”

Hurley said last week that YouTube was increasingly focusing on showing users what their friends had watched on the site – as a way of improving the user’s navigation experience.

YouTube has famously yet to turn a profit, with Google executives having remained tight-lipped about its financial performance during each of their quarterly results’ calls. Its largest costs have been high bandwidth and storage fees.

However, analysts think the site, which has become more popular with advertisers since securing increasing amounts of quality content, could break even for the first time this year.

Dr Search has finally had a lecture edited which was video recorded when I spoke to the University of Gloucestershire at the Gloucestershire Professionals business conference last year and we will be showcasing the eleven snippets whihc will be uploaded to YouTube over the next few days.

Latest search engine traffic rankings reviewed

March 09, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

The latest search engine traffic has been released by comScore for January 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

In January 2010, Americans conducted 15.2 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 11.3 percent market share, up 0.6 percentage points versus December.

January 2010 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in January with 65.4 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (17.0 percent), and Microsoft Sites (11.3 percent). Ask Network captured 3.8 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 2.5 percent.
comScore Core Search Report*
January 2010 vs. December 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Core Search Entity Share of Searches (%)
Dec-09 Jan-10 Point Change Jan-10 vs. Dec-09
Total Core Search 100.0% 100.% N/A
Google Sites 65.7% 65.4% -0.3
Yahoo! Sites 17.3% 17.0% -0.3
Microsoft Sites 10.7% 11.3% 0.6
Ask Network 3.7% 3.8% 0.1
AOL LLC Network 2.6% 2.5% -0.1
* 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.
Americans conducted 15.2 billion searches in January, up 3 percent from December. Google Sites accounted for 9.9 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.6 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.7 billion), Ask Network (574 million) and AOL LLC (375 million).
comScore Core Search Report*
January 2010 vs. December 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Core Search Entity Search Queries (MM)
Dec-09 Jan-10 Percent Change Jan-10 vs. Dec-09
Total Core Search 14,737 15,167 3%
Google Sites 9,688 9,920 2%
Yahoo! Sites 2,544 2,583 2%
Microsoft Sites 1,576 1,715 an> 9%
Ask Network 545 574 5%
AOL LLC 383 375 -2%
* 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.
January 2010 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the January analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the search market with more than 14 billion search queries, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.7 billion queries and Microsoft Sites with 1.8 billion searches. Bing experienced large growth during the month with an 11-percent increase in query volume to reach more than 1.5 billion searches. Craigslist jumped one position to #6 with 636 million searches, while Facebook grew to 395 million searches, representing a 13-percent increase from the previous month.

comScore Expanded Search Query Report
January 2010 vs. December 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Expanded Search Entity Search Queries (MM)
Dec-09 Jan-10 Percent Change Jan-10 vs. Dec-09
Total Internet 22,741 23,163 2%
Google Sites 14,019 14,045 0%
Google 10,101 10,378 3%
YouTube/All Other 3,918 3,667 -6%
Yahoo! Sites 2,629 2,670 2%
Yahoo! 2,605 2,647 2%
All Other 24 23 -4%
Microsoft Sites 1,620 1,772 9%
Bing 1,399 1,549 11%
Microsoft/All Other 221 223 1%
Ask Network 696 736 6%
ASK.COM 332 336 1%
MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 364 400 10%
eBay 680 659 -3%
craigslist, inc. 583 636 9%
AOL LLC 588 576 -2%
AOL Search Network 325 317 -2%
MapQuest/All Other 263 259 -2%
Fox Interactive Media 424 403 -5%
MySpace Sites 416 398 -4%
All Other 8 5 -38%
Facebook.com 351 395 13%
Amazon Sites 302 238 -21%

The key points are that Facebook traffic is still growing with the other largest moves being a surpring drop of traffic to YouTube- down 3% and the amazon group of sites which may be showing the post Christmas blues as they suffered a 21% fall.

Out of date social networks sites are harming brands

March 01, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

Eight out of ten multinationals may be using social media, but only twenty per cent are employing the multiple tools necessary to deliver a truly effective communications strategy. 
Furthermore, abandoned social networking initiatives can also be damaging – with idle, out of date accounts having a detrimental impact on the brand.

These are the findings of a survey undertaken by PR and communications company Burson-Marsteller, which looked at the use of social networking sites Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and corporate blogging among the world’s largest companies.

The study called the ‘Fortune Global 100 Social Media Check-up’, found that most companies had dipped their toe in the water, “some with a big splash and others with a timid ripple”.

But while 79% were using at least one social media platform, only 20% were using all four to try and engage with stakeholders. The report warned, however: “No single social media tool can stand on its own. For a company that wants a truly effective communications strategy, leveraging multiple social media tools for their individual strengths is required.”

Another problem was that many organisations had multiple accounts, which included not only the main one controlled by corporate headquarters, but also others handled by local offices and divisions as well as accounts set up for one-off corporate events.

Of those surveyed, some 65% had Twitter accounts, 54% had Facebook fan pages, 50% had YouTube video channels and 33% corporate blogs. But of the companies that were actively engaged in communicating with customers via such channels, each had 4.2 Twitter accounts, 2.1 Facebook pages, 1.6 YouTube channels and 4.2 blogs.

Again the report warned, however, that the situation was generating challenges by “creating mixed messages and tones and by leaving abandoned Twitter accounts and Facebook fan pages, which may be detrimental to the brand”.

Few online shops have social networks media, but the majority of UK shoppers buy from them

February 17, 2010 By: Dr Search- Principal Consultant at the Search Clinic Category: Uncategorized

More than two thirds of all UK online shoppers use social media, with Facebook being by far the most popular but half of top online retailers have a minimal or non existent presence social media presence.

These are the findings of a poll among 10,000 visitors to the UK’s top 40 e-commerce undertaken by ForeSee Results, an organisation that measures online customer satisfaction.

The study indicated that of the 69% of online consumers who use social networking sites, about 37% opted to ‘friend’, ‘follow’ or ‘subscribe’ to retailers, with more than half of such respondents doing so in order to learn about their products. 
A further 40% did so to learn about special deals, while only 6% used social media primarily to obtain customer support.

About 56% of all online shoppers used Facebook, however, with the figure jumping to a huge 80% if the focus was narrowed to regular social media users. 
This would appear to imply that the site is the best place to reach shoppers in both categories, not only because they are there already, but also because it appears that many are keen to hear from chosen brands.

Despite such findings, an unofficial look at the Facebook pages of the top 100 online retailers indicated that a quarter had no official presence and a further quarter had less than 10,000 followers.

In a further note of caution, nearly three quarters of social media fans chose to ‘friend’ or ‘follow’ less than five organisations, with only 4% interacting with more than 20. This means that the majority of online shoppers give very few retailers any air time.

Kevin Entell, vice president of retail strategy at ForSee, said: “Site visitors who also interact with a company on a social media site are more satisfied, more committed to the brand, and more likely to make future purchases from that company.”

But there was a chicken and egg situation taking place, he added. “It is likely that customers who are more satisfied and loyal to begin with are the ones who will friend us on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube channels,” Entell said. “However, research shows that when retailers provide rewarding social media experiences, our customers become even more satisfied and loyal.”

The results were backed up by another poll from digital marketing agency dotCommerce among 100 UK retailers. It indicated that a mere 42% of UK retailers had a social media presence, with only 12% using more than one site.

Of the retailers using such sites, only 24% had a Facebook presence, while 26% preferred Twitter. They preferred to employ the latter to keep consumers aware of product updates (73%), push out marketing messages (63%) and company news (58%). 
Dr Search asks if you one of the three quarters being left behind by the social web marketing growth? If so and you would like some help- please just ask here now!