There are some interesting statistics coming out about how the use of search engines is changing.Here’s a chart that shows that the number of words per search is increasing. So often when we look at search statistics we think of one person searching for one word. In reality consumers are refining their searches as they […]
When buying Google AdWords locally it is important to control the landing page.
By John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive There was an interesting discussion yesterday on Greg Sterling’s Blog about the number of searches that have a local modifier to them and then Greg’s twist to try and determine how many searches end up with a local transaction. Interesting comments, too. Everyone has a slightly different view of why […]
Before you share analytics reports with the entire management staff of your company, take time to think about which reports will actually matter to them.
By John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive Borrell Associates just released a report predicting online sales spending by local companies to grow 6% in 2009. Not surprisingly the report finds that the small businesses are making the move to online out of necessity as during tough times they are searching for a more affordable way to advertise […]
By Brett Knobloch JGSullivan Interactive Today an Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) report cited the average sales of newspapers overall declined 7.1 percent between October and March compared to the same six-month period the previous year. Of the 557 U.S. newspapers reporting their Sunday numbers, average circulation fell 5.4% in the March […]
By John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive Step by step Google is getting better at localizing the Internet for us and thereby doing a better job than the printed and Internet Yellow Pages at getting us around our town. Here’s a link to the Google Blog entry where you’ll learn that from now on if you search […]
By Brett Knobloch JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. Now we all know that economic cycles go up and down. Now we are in a down cycle hopefully on our way up. While painful, recessions do force organizations to rethink how their money is spent and prompts cost cutting and greater efficiency. “We’re all trying to do more […]
By John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. Finally, as printed newspaper readership is dwindling to the point where the newspapers themselves are going out of business and printed Yellow Page usage drops too, retailers are starting to look at the Internet as a better alternative…finally. In most durable goods businesses it’s now safe to say that […]
by John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. It’s amazing to watch lots of great brand names struggle with taking a consumer from their brand site to their dealer site and eventually into the store seamlessly. I don’t know if it’s worse to see dealer locators offering nothing more than a street address and link to a […]