April 2010

Last week, I mentioned that one of the big reasons marketers go to trade shows is to see new products and services. Well, Jamie O’Donnell of SEO-PR visited the expo hall at SES New York 2010 and here are some more exhibitors that he saw.

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Layar has introduced a new revenue opportunity for Augmented Reality (AR) developers to target the 1.6M mobiles that have downloaded their augmented reality browser.

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comScore Video Metrix today reported that more than 180 million U.S. Internet users watched 31.2 billion videos online in March 2010. This means 84.8 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed an average of 173 videos per viewer during the month. As Butch Cassidy often asked, “Who are those guys?”

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The Board of Directors of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced the election of a new slate of officers. Jeffrey Pruitt was Re-elected Chairman and Chris Boggs was elected President.

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As smartphones get smarter and more powerful, it is likely their use for more complex tasks, including travel research and booking, will increase.  But how close are we to that becoming reality?  Compete used its ability to field behaviorally targeted surveys to ask smartphone owners about their use of these devices for travel research and [...]

Recently the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 11,000 mark, and The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had decreased in February, rebounded in March.  Both are good signs for those of us looking for positive indications of an economic recovery, but is the search market exhibiting a similar trend and helping to paint a [...]

One of the hot sessions at SES New York 2010 was entitled, “Search, PR and the Social Butterfly.” If you missed it, you can retweet this: You can take social media to the boardroom!

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Later today, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will participate in the YouTube Facebook Digital Debate, adding a new social media dimension the UK election in 2010.

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Yesterday, The Official Google Blog talked about “Discovering pages ’similar to” ones that you like.” Today, Search Engine Watch invites you to start playing a new game.

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Experian Hitwise today announced that “Facebook” was the top organic search term in the U.S. during the four weeks ending March 27, 2010. Overall, Facebook related terms accounted for eight out of 30 search terms across the three top 10 lists.

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