The state of search in social media times: the contextual prehistory

Last Sunday I posted an article about the state of both search engines and search engine marketing, from a personal perspective on my personal blog. It’s a bit provocative but, again, it’s my opinion and so I invite you to add yours. I think search is still in a very premature stage despite recent innovations such as Google Instant. All these tools are very nifty and some might find them cool, that’s OK.

Regarding the impact of them on search engine marketing, the jury is still out. But what matters most to me is that search is not relevant enough in these social media times from a user viewpoint. On top of that, I strongly feel the importance of content and context in search engine optimization and in the way search engines work should be much more prominent.

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15 conversion killers (and what to do about them)


Conversionmarketing Earlier this week, Dave Chaffey, posted a slideshare presentation on his excellent blog (bookmark it, really, it offers hands-on tips and insights regarding all areas of interactive marketing and probably deserves more attention than the posts I often bother you with).

The presentation is by the people of Conversion Rate Experts and sums up 15 conversion killers and the remedies. Something every email marketer, usability expert and many others will like to watch and learn from.

You might know many of them already but it’s a good reminder. My favourite one? “I don’t trust you”.

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