News stories from March 2009

59 News Stories
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New Google Ventures fund to invest in start-ups
31 March 2009
Google has revealed that it is launching a new venture capital fund to invest in start-up companies.The Google Ventures fund will concentrate on young firms within a variety of industries, including c...
Category: Search Engines,
US internet marketing spending rises in 2008
31 March 2009
Spending on internet marketing in the US increased by 10.6 per cent last year, new statistics have shown.The figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) revealed t...
Category: Internet Marketing,
Online ads 'most engaging for e-commerce site users'
30 March 2009
Users of e-commerce websites are likely to be highly engaged with online ads, a new study has suggested.Conducted by eBay Advertising, the survey revealed that six in ten UK consumers believed their a...
Category: E-commerce,
Organic results 'get more clicks than PPC ads'
30 March 2009
Organic search results tend to get more clicks than paid search ads because they are preferred by web users, an expert has suggested.Internet users favour natural search results because they see them ...
Category: Internet Marketing,
'All aspects of a site' should be developed for SEO
27 March 2009
Web developers should work to ensure that all aspects of a site are set up with search engine optimisation (SEO) in mind, according to an industry expert.Speaking at the Association of Online Publishe...
Category: Search Engines,
Social media marketing 'gathering steam despite recession'
27 March 2009
Social media marketing continues to increase in popularity, despite the recession, the E-Commerce Times suggested this week.According to the publication, a "growing number" of firms are forg...
Category: Internet Marketing,
E-commerce sites 'should remove registration from checkout'
26 March 2009
E-commerce sites could lower cart abandonment rates by removing registration requirements from the start of the checkout process, it has been suggested.According to Econsultancy reporter Graham Charlt...
Category: E-commerce,
Neilson rated best for package travel web design
26 March 2009
New research has ranked Neilson as the package travel website that offers the best customer experience.According to Global Reviews, the package holiday website received a score of 57 per cent when ass...
Category: Web Design,
Yahoo! testing 141 homepage versions
26 March 2009
Yahoo! is working to make sure it hits on the right design to use for the relaunch of its homepage by testing 141 different layouts, it has emerged.Speaking to Thomas Weisel analyst Christa Charles, Y...
Category: Search Engines,
Fashion e-commerce predicted to boom
25 March 2009
E-commerce sites specialising in fashion products are likely to see significant growth this year, according to a new forecast.The report from research firm Mintel predicted growth of 23 per cent for U...
Category: E-commerce,

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