How to Increase the Conversion Rate of Your Website
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:00 — seoadmin
The conversion rate is the most important web metric in a commercial website. Conversions lead to sales and sales leads to profits this is why a good conversion rate is essential for long term business success. Yet this important web metric is often the hardest to figure out. SEO companies often ignore it and leave it to the website owner to determine. This is not good because SEO should not only be about increasing traffic from rankings instead a good SEO should also pay attention to the conversion rate....
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Google Adds Some Cities to Georgia Maps; Still Can't Find Abkhazia
Recently, I ">examined various online maps for their ability to provide data in the country of Georgia, a Caucasus state which was recently invaded by Russia.
Google left a lot to be desired, but today comes an announcement that more data has been added to their Georgia Maps. Notice in the screenshots below how more cities are visible upon a search for Tskhinvali today than a few weeks ago.
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Still, upon a search for Abkhazia, Google takes me to a business listing in for an institute dedicated to policy in the Georgian region.
What do you think of this update? Is Google still lagging behind on data for this region of the world? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Quintura Unveils Site Search, Receives Patent
Quintura has launched its first site search solution. It's initially only available in the U.S.
"Web publishers who add Quintura's free, hosted solution to their websites will realize significant cost savings and generate a new revenue stream," said Yakov Sadchikov, founder and CEO of Quintura. "Online publishers are given a unique opportunity to engage their users in site search far more than ever before, resulting in additional page-views and click-throughs."
Quintura has also received its first patent, for a search engine graphical interface using maps and images.
"In beta trials, our solution has proven its benefits to web publishers," said Dennis Szerszen, CMO of Quintura. "Our statistics demonstrate much higher click-through rates, search utilization, and overall page-views."
LinkedIn Launches Market Research Survey Service
LinkedIn has launched a new survey feature that will enable its members to conduct market research. LinkedIn is an online social network built around business and careers and has 30 million members.
“LinkedIn overcomes quality and authenticity issues that other sample providers face,” said Dan Shapero, Director of Business Services, LinkedIn. “Because of the public and self-policing nature of LinkedIn, members provide deep and accurate profile information and they update that information constantly.”
LinkedIn also announced that it raised $22.7 million from Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, SAP Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.
“We secured this investment with innovators in enterprise software, investment banking and business information who see the potential to create value and transform industries through the LinkedIn platform,” said LinkedIn CEO, Dan Nye. “These leading companies understand that LinkedIn is building a network with broad and enduring value.”
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Marchex Launches Integrated Local Advertising Platform
Marchex is integrating online and offline lead generation methods in its launch of Marchex Connect 2.0. The local advertising platform offers three products: online advertising, call-based advertising, and Business Profile Pages
With today’s launch, Marchex subsidiaries VoiceStar and Traffic Leader have been unified under the Marchex Digital Platform Group to leverage the Marchex Connect platform and provide integrated, locally-focused advertising services including: