According to the Wall Street Journal in their recent interview with Geneieve Bell anthropoligist and director of the user experience group in Intel’s digital home group, “The number of people who watch an entire TV show on their laptops has tripled.”
My 11 year old son uses his MacBook to watch sports clips on YouTube daily.
Will his generation be the first to consume more video through laptop computers than through traditional television sets?
The Google Conversion Room blog has posted their Top 10 Marketing Tips specifically for 2009 and the current economic climate.
Google 2009 Marketing Tips 1 – 6:
1. Adapt your message to suit today’s climate
2. Track your spend and bid strategically
3. Learn how users engage with your website
4. Increase the value of your website
5. Understand what consumers are searching for
6. Take advantage of the Google network
To see the remainder of Google’s Top 10 Marketing Tips for 2009, checkout Google’s Conversion Room blog.
I received an invite today from the “Naymz Reputation Network”.
Naymz Reputation Management
If I recall correctly, Naymz was originally a Google Adwords based people search and find service.
It looks like Naymz has now morphed into a Linkedin.com like professional networking service.
I still haven’t figured out how “professionals” cost justify the time required for creating and promoting their social network profile and footprint regardless of which networking service they have chosen.
Before I would invest any significant amount of time building a web based “social presence”, I would first ask the social media providers how many of their social network users have produced a measurable, consistent, predictable return on their investment – whether in time, money or both – and how often have social network users replicated their results?
This blog: Search Marketing Communications generated its third highest month in terms of traffic during December 2008 with 10,154 views.
Previously, this WordPress blog’s highest trafficked month was September 2008 with 22,897 views.
Approximately 50% as many views occurred during December 2008 as compared with September 2008, however combined traffic totals from September, October, November and December 2008 have generated 53,894 views – or slightly over 50% of all blog traffic received since inception.
By the end of December 2008, cohn.wordpress.com had been viewed 105,994 times since its launch in September 2006.
In its first month of existence this blog had 1,593 total views.
December 2008 traffic was approximately 7 times greater than September 2006 traffic.
Few people subscribe to this blog, thus the vast majority (an estimated 99% or greater) found this blog through some type of search query, which is why this blog is titled:
“Search Marketing Communications”
Search Traffic December 2008
Third Largest Month Blog Search Traffic: 10,154 Views
December 2008 Total Blog Traffic
Total Search Traffic December 2008
Watching my three children watch the 2009 New Year’s Eve fireworks show on Keystone Lake in Colorado last night.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you and yours!
Buy an iPod?
Microsoft Zune
Based on today’s search traffic, it appears the recent gift giving season keeps on giving (problems) to those fortunate enough? to have either received or bought themselves a Microsoft Zune over the holidays.
The 12 most common Zune related searches being conducted today according to Google are:
1. Zune
2. Zune Freeze
3. Zune Frozen
4. Zune Problems
5. Zune 30gb
6. Microsoft Zune
7. Zune Crash
8. Zune Support
9. Zune 30
10. Zune Troubleshooting
11. How To Unfreeze a Zune
12. Zune Locked Up
I can only guess the three Zune search phrases that don’t indicate a Zune problem were queries ran by possibly frustrated new Zune owners who hadn’t yet realized they were in need of Microsoft Zune Support.
If you are having problems with your Zune, click through to Microsoft Zune Zupport.
TimesSquare.com will be showing the 2009 New Year’s Times Square Ball Drop festivities live starting at 4:00 PM EST today.
The Times Square site will be providing a exclusive live video stream of the Ball Dropping in Times Square from Mogulus.com that will run on the web until 12:15 AM on January 1, 2009.
Times Square Ball Drop Live 2009
Watch the Ball drop live in Times Square this New Year’s Eve on the web from your desktop and laptop via TimesSquare.com or Mogulus.com to participate in what one day will be considered the infancy of live internet television.
Today while searching for skiing conditions here in Keystone, Colorado I noticed a subscribed links result for Coupon Search while logged into my iGoogle account.
Google Find Coupons
Several years ago Google launched Google Coop which let Google users subscribe to feeds from publishers who met Google’s publishing guidelines.
As far as I can tell, less than 100 publishers have participated in Google Coop which now appears to be called Subscribed Links.
Google Coop never really caught on but at the time I did subscribe to several feeds from technology information publishers.
I don’t recall subscribing to Google Coupon Search but the subscriptions list within my iGoogle account indicates I have.
Subscribed Links
According to Google, subscribers to Coupon Search can:
Search Google for coupons from local businesses. Easily find and print coupons that can help you save money at restaurants, hotels, dry cleaners, and other businesses in your neighborhood.
Google Coupon Search
While within the search results for Keystone skiing conditions, I clicked on the Google Coupon gadget and found several pages of printable coupons available from businesses in and around the Keystone area.
Google Printable Coupons
Clicking on any one of the printable coupons results produced the printable coupon Google promised.
Printable Coupons
iGoogle has added a new batch of custom themes for iGoogle user’s called “Themes for Causes”.
There are 25 different iGoogle Themes for Causes available at this time.
iGoogle Themes for Causes
Some of the more popular iGoogle Themes for Causes are those from the World Wildlife Federation, Alliance for Climate Protection, the Rainforest Action Network and Clean Air-Cool Planet.
Surely there will be more Cause related themes added to the list of iGoogle theme options as other causes become aware of the branding opportunity iGoogle offers cause related brands to further reach and connect with their respective audiences.
Search Marketing Communications 
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