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michaelbloch posted a blog entry

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:24:23 -0800

Page load times - you’ve got 10 seconds
What’s more important - a snappy site design that is slow to load or a rather plain looking site that zips along? Once a...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:48:27 -0800

Terrific Tuesday trumps Green Monday
Green Monday didn’t turn out to be the online spending frenzy predicted, but last Tuesday more than made up for...
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:13:45 -0800

Survey : ebooks boom
2009 will probably be the year remembered as being the real beginning of ebook popularity thanks to rapid Kindle and other...
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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:29:02 -0800

Online spending and Green Monday
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and.. Green Monday? It has very little to do with the environment, more so with greenbacks and this...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:46:36 -0800

What matters now
I’m a bit of a Seth Godin fan; I find his blog to be a refuge from marketing, even though it has a strong focus on the...
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Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:48:10 -0800

Holiday online shopping 09 update
For the holiday season to December 8, nearly $16 billion has been spent online. According to comScore, this represents a...
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:00:00 -0800

There’s a scam for that
iPhone app developers knocking off other apps or gaming the iTunes App Store rating system be warned - Apple is on the case. A...
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:52:01 -0800

Put your forms online
It’s nearly 2010.. government agencies, banks, insurance companies, real estate agents, whatever - it’s high time...
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Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:01:15 -0800

Online advertising survey report
A recent survey of marketers gives some insight into what’s working for them, what isn’t and what forms of...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:06:19 -0800

Using popups - survey results
A recent survey has found what most of us already know - people don’t particularly like popups; also commonly known these...
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Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:48:44 -0800

Cyber Monday emails MIA
It seems that last Monday, Cyber Monday, the “official” kick-off to the online holiday shopping season saw a huge...
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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:31:18 -0800

The world’s leanest home page?
Google is well known for their minimalist home page and it recently became even leaner. I don’t use Google’s home...
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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:09:34 -0800

The online Jekyll and Hyde
It will probably come as no surprise to many online merchants that consumers feel more confident in lashing out at a company...
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:17:03 -0800

Relevant landing pages boost conversions
A new survey has found that many retailers are not using targeted landing pages linked in with their search ads. CrownPeak’s...
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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:36:04 -0800

Survey - Black Friday spending well up
It’s a weird name for such an important day in ecommerce and commerce generally. Anyway, the good news is Black Friday...
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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:26:10 -0800

Long tail searches gain
Internet users appear to be using more keywords in their search queries - and its a continuing trend according to statistics...
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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:50:33 -0800

Holiday ecommerce update
comScore’s 2009 holiday season forecast predicts online retail spending for the November – December period will reach...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:14:08 -0800

Search engine marketer salary survey
A recent survey reveals the salaries of search engine marketers at various levels. It seems it’s still a good game to be...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:06:31 -0800

Murdoch and Bing alliance?
Rupert Murdoch’s sabre rattling over Google has increased - it’s been reported that he’s in talks with...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:56 -0800

Survey : coupons boost email opens
A survey by Experian has found that 80% of online coupon email campaigns scored higher transaction-to-click rates and...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:26 -0800

Survey : online fraud 2009
According to an annual CyberSource Corp. survey, Ecommerce merchants feel they are winning the ongoing battle against online...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:58:04 -0800

Search - Google, Bing win; Yahoo loses
comScore yesterday released its analysis of the U.S. search marketplace for October. There’s more joy for Google as usual...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:19 -0800

Page load speed and Google rankings
The widespread adoption of broadband should have brought us all blistering page load times. But some designers and programmers...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:15:17 -0800

Paid content survey results
Contrary to popular belief, it seems that a lot of folks might be willing to pay for online newspaper content after all...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:43:43 -0800

Asia Pacific Internet audience growth
comScore, Inc. released a survey report a few hours ago on the growth of Internet audiences in the Asia-Pacific region The...
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