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Move over Basic Search Results, Google Rich Snippets are here
For years search engine search results were limited to 3 basic pieces of information: a title, a summary and a URL. Attentive observers of Google search engine results may have noticed the appearance of additional information, what Google calls rich snippets, in certain results over the past few months. Some results contain review ratings, such as in this case where an iPod received 5 stars from 81 reviewers:
Figure 1: Apple iPod Review
This search for U2 concert information provides event details for tour dates:
Figure 2: U2 Concert Rich Snippet Example 1
Figure 3: U2 Concert Rich Snippet Example 2
Note how the first result provides better detail on where the event is taking place. In both cases the event name is repeated for each date – that may or may not make sense. SEO practitioners have a lot of latitude in crafting these search results.
What’s New With Social Media Marketing?
Search Engine Marketing is part of a bigger web ecosystem. At SMX West 2009, three habitués of the social media scene shared tips on successfully promoting a website using social media.
Moderator: Sara Holoubek, Consultant, Columnist and SEMPO Board of Directors
Speakers:
- Chris Bennett (@chrisbennett), President, 97th Floor
- Brent Csutoras (@BrentCsutoras), Online Marketing Consultant, Brent Csutoras, Inc
- Gab Goldenberg (@GabGoldenberg), Founder, SEO ROI Services
Brent Csutoras describes the user-generated news site reddit. When logged in, the front page is dashboard of reddits. You can create your own social media site using a CNAME sub domain name and the Reddit platform. (Add a CNAME record aliasing your domain to rhs.reddit.com. Enter this new domain, e.g. social.antezeta.com, in the domain field when you create a new reddit. – Sean)
Psst: Your Competition is ignoring Internet Search Marketing, are you?
The inside scoop on how you can get a competitive advantage by including organic search engine visibility in your marketing mix.
One of the primary goals of traditional advertising is to create demand for a product or service. An advertisement awakens latent demand by bringing attention to the product or service, or strives to create demand by informing us of a need or problem we weren’t yet aware of having.
By advertising in a mix of traditional media (television, radio, cinema, billboards, magazines and newspapers), companies aim to increase their sales. The process is rather hit or miss: a return on investment (ROI) only occurs when a person, sufficiently motivated, passes through a shop’s checkout or orders a service. This ROI is notoriously hard to measure. John Wanamaker summed it up best when he wryly noted,
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half”1.
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