Tough times are seeing more people using coupons - 72% of consumers are using more coupons than they did six months ago and three quarters say the state of the economy is the reason for doing so.
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It’s been a while since I last took a look at who’s doing what in the social bookmarking world - here’s some recent statistics.
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It seems that Internet Explorer 8 will offer easier to use cookie blocking and deletion features - ouch!
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I was reminded today that designing email campaigns that get by spam filters isn’t just a big challenge for newbies; but for well established companies too.
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Google recently launched a new tool that allows you to query terms and see search volume patterns over a period of time, as well as popular related searches. But it’s so much more.
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Links from quality sites are so important in search engine optimization as they act as “votes” for the page they link to. Besides, that, it’s always interesting to find out who is linking to you. Live Search recently launched a new tool to make backlink hunting a little easier.
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There’s an interesting story on Internet Retailer about how some companies are reaching out to bloggers.
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If you have engaged the services of an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) professional and have no idea what they are up to - watch out!
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I love visiting Chinese ecommerce sites; just to read the copy of their English pages. There’s something wonderfully refreshing, child-like and innocent about Chinese marketing translated to English - an effervescence, even if “Chinglish” does tend to murder our language.
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The click fraud rate was 16.2 percent for Q2 2008, down a smidgen from the first quarter of this year, but still higher than the same period last year.
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