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Do You IM or GChat?

August 14th, 2008

Is there a trend that is slowly developing of users moving away from using AOL’s AIM? I don’t have hard data - so, this is a unscientific post. But, based on my friends’ usage and other young professionals I’ve heard from - the answer is a definite yes.
Being a 20 something, do you really [...]

Google Launches Insights for Search

August 7th, 2008

Yesterday, Google launched a new services called Insights for Search.   It builds off of Google Trends, but allows you to dig deeper into the search query data to compare search patterns by location, categories, and time frames.   
The tool works by first having you select how you want to compare the data.  The options you have are [...]

It’s an SEO and PPC Party, but are they missing an Important Friend? - Part 3

July 31st, 2008

This is the conclusion to the three part series on SEO and PPC’s quest to have an amazing night out on the town.  If you missed part one or part two - check them out before reading on. 
While both SEO and PPC are now having an amazing time, they both feel like it can still [...]

It’s an SEO and PPC Party, but are They Missing an Important Friend? - Part 2

July 22nd, 2008

This is Part Two of a three part series on SEO and PPCs quest to have an amazing night out on the town.  If you have not already read Part One, check it out before reading on. 
Once SEO and PPC finally meet up a new set of issues arise. Neither of them can manage to [...]

It’s an SEO and PPC Party, but are They Missing an Important Friend? - Part 1

July 17th, 2008

This is part one of a three part series that was first published as part of Marketing Pilgrim’s Scholarship Contest. The finalists were determined by the number of visitors that read the post as well as factoring in bonus points for a low bounce rate and high average time on site. While this post was [...]

The Best Web Analytics Report?

July 10th, 2008

Avinash Kaushik recently ran an informal contest to find out what report people would choose if they could only have one Web analytics report. The winner of “the best Web analytics report” was a report showing “sources by state, compared to last month.” Based on her business, a locally owned company that competes solely in [...]

Google Ad Planner Indroduced

June 26th, 2008

Yesterday, Google announced a new media research and planning tool called Google Ad Planner. It is targeted to media planners and is intended to allow them to easily create media plans based on the demographics of their target audience or sites that the media planner knows their target audience frequents. The tool will then allow [...]

Happy 1st Birthday to Endlessplain.com

June 19th, 2008

It’s been a full year now since we started our blog. During the past year, we have hopefully provided you all with some great insights into the digital marketing world that we here at Serengeti Communications spend so much of our time in.
For this post, I’ll share some of the stats and trends from [...]

New To Web Analytics?

June 5th, 2008

Are you just beginning to get your feet wet in the world of Web analytics and have decided to try out Google Analytics or another analytics packages on your site?  Well, I would imagine you’re probably feeling a bit overwhelmed. You are not alone as the vast amount of data you now have can be [...]

New Automatic Matching Feature in Google AdWords

May 29th, 2008

Google AdWords has begun beta testing a new feature called Automatic Matching that according to Google will “show your ads for additional relevant search queries based on the keywords, ad text, and landing pages in your ad groups.” You are automatically opted-into the feature and have to go into Campaign Settings in order to [...]