So Far, eBay Sticks to Its Guns
Nobody’s certain except Google and eBay how much money left Google’s bottom line with eBay yanked its AdWords campaign. But one thing is certain, though Google tried to make a concession early, eBay means business and has continued not advertising on Google for a solid week.
LG Google Phone Will Soon Land In Europe
A Google phone will soon arrive. Unfortunately for many Murdok readers, it will not (yet) arrive in America. And unfortunately for everybody, it doesn’t incorporate any breakthrough features or technology.
Snail Mail vs. Email Study Yields Mixed Results
There are a number of questions not readily answerable about this survey, but some of the results make intuitive sense to me at least. The survey was conducted by International Communications Research (ICR) and concludes that customers overwhelmingly prefer promotional messages via snail mail (but that doesn’t mean they are persuaded by them).
Interesting Times for the Newspapers
Mark Glaser believes that the ‘Cup Is Overflowing’ for Future of Journalism. As he writes:
“Bad” Internet Words Include Blog, Wiki
A new study has found that the words “blog” and “wiki” tend to make people upset, as do “cookie” and “netiquette.” To be honest, I’m not sure what we – the owners of blogs, the users of wikis – are supposed to do with this information. But there you have it.
DM Days Final & Dinner with Jim Boykin
I was able to sit in on a DM Days site review clinic yesterday with Detlev Johnson and Amanda Watlington who provided great advice to the few audience members. The site owners literally received multiples of their conference admission price in consulting advice. One site had thousands of pages hiding content from the search engines (unintentionally) because of JavaScript. Another was submitting an incomplete sitemap file to Google.
Study: Live Chat Ups Conversions Tenfold
Sales, online and off, are closed when the customer trusts the seller. To that end, how far does including live chat in the online sales and checkout process go toward sealing the deal? Numbers are coming in, and they’re looking good.
Google Pay-Per-Action Goes Global
Google has announced that its pay-per-action advertising beta is now open to international advertisers.
Cutts Likes “Look Into Search Engine Marketing”
Robert Scoble and Matt Cutts have two of the most recognizable names in the search engine industry. So when Scoble does an interview that gives “[a] look into Search Engine Marketing,” and Cutts compliments him on it, the 20-minute piece may well be worth a look.
The Pirate Bay Introduces New Image Hosting Site
They’ve misattributed a quote and shown a disregard for law and order – but then, what did you expect of pirates? The key thing is that a new, censorship-free image hosting site has launched, courtesy of the lads at The Pirate Bay.