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Description: This report, which is an updated version of our 2005 Search Engine Marketing Buyer’s Guide, covers both search engine optimisation (aka SEO, organic search, or natural search) and paid search (aka PPC, paid listings, or pay-per-click). It is primarily focused on the UK search market, and aimed at marketers looking to outsource the management of SEO or PPC campaigns. The guide's secondary aim is to provide detail on the issues and trends, as well as strategic fuel to help you build a business case. The report starts with a look at trends in the marketplace, as well as our analyst forecasts for SEO and PPC spending in 2006. Trends within this market include: Growth in the market for SEO services will continue to accelerate during 2006 as marketers increasingly realise the impor.....

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Description: This is the last of our SEO Best Practice sub-guides, and is dedicated to the fine science of Landing Pages and Conversion Efficiency. After all, why bother attracting visitors from search engines if you do a poor job of converting them into customers? Landing pages are extremely important if you are to maximise returns from your investment into organic or paid-search. Best in breed landing pages will inform and persuade visitors, to help them progress down the purchase path towards the checkout. We have 12 landing page guidelines to help you generate more successful customer journeys, and fewer dropouts. Here’s what’s contained within: What is conversion efficiency? Why does it matter? What is a landing page? Defining landing page objectives Measuring landing page effecti.....

Areas of Expertise: Real-time customer intelligence solutions and enterprise web analytics solutions. Real-time analytics applications for Web sites, contact (call)centers, retail points-of-sale, messaging systems and the intelligence community......