UK spending on SEO efforts for 2010 saw a 16% increase compared to 2009 numbers, an eConsultancy report noted. The eConsultancy 2011 SEO Agencies Buyer’s Guide found the UK natural search market had grown from $590 million in 2009 to $684 million in 2010. The report also noted companies surveyed planned on increasing spends for …
The early part of the year, especially the 1st quarter, is a time to make resolutions, and then promptly fail to follow them. That said, it’s also a time to for new beginnings, a chance to correct the mistakes of the past. Within search engine optimization (SEO) there are plenty of mistakes that people make …
Yesterday, the YouTube Blog buried its lead. Midway through a post that proclaimed “Music videos now on YouTube app for Android,” was the really important news for marketers: “YouTube now exceeds 200 million views a day on mobile, a 3x increase in 2010.” Now, don’t get me wrong. Making VEVO’s extensive library of official music …
The majority of Americans oppose bringing in Government regulation to prevent search companies from tweaking results to their advantage, according to new findings released by Rasmussen. Released on Sunday, the survey found that over three-quarters (77%) of U.S. adults were against any government regulation of how Google and other search engines rank their results. Just …
SINGAPORE: A former swimming instructor, who pleaded guilty to his role in the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) cheating case, has been sentenced to 2 years’ jail for each of the 21 charges he had pleaded guilty to. But the sentence runs consecutively for only five of the charges and concurrently for the remaining. That means …
MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has posted a net profit of $102.3 million for its first quarter ended Nov 30 2010 (1Q 2011). This is a drop of 29.3 per cent from the same period a year ago, mainly because last year’s numbers included profits from SPH’s condominium project Sky@eleven, the group said in …
THE Singapore Table Tennis Association has secured its biggest sponsorship to date – a three-year deal worth $750,000 with isotonic drink 100PLUS. The deal – $600,000 in cash and $150,000 in kind – will help the association send the national team to more overseas training stints and Pro Tour competitions to chalk up ranking points …
SINGAPORE : Some Singaporeans living in Brisbane say they are shocked at the damage to their properties following the recent floods. The swamped Australian city on Friday began the heartbreaking task of cleaning up after its worst floods in decades. More than 26,000 homes were flooded, electricity remained cut off to thousands of homes, and …
PROPERTY investor Angela Hou knows what the new cooling measures have cost her – around $10,000. That is the princely amount she walked away from yesterday after deciding to forfeit her booking fee for a condominium unit she had set her heart on. Ms Hou, 28, was about to buy two condo flats when she …
BERLIN – MORE than 20 years after reunification, police in eastern Germany stumbled upon a man’s stash of worthless 100,000 East German marks, believed stolen from a bunker for sale to collectors. Police were searching the apartment of a 33-year-old man in the city of Halberstadt on drug, weapons and extortion charges when they found …