Google’s New “Search Within A Site” Could Hurt Publisher Revenues
Earlier this week Search Engine Land highlighted what appeared to be a test whereby, for certain search queries, a search box would be returned on the main results page allowing further searches to made of the content of the site in questions. Well now this test seems to have been rolled out as a general […]
Confusing Headlines Are No Joke: Why SEO Matters To Journalism
Last week there was an article in the Media Guardian, entitled Search for the perfect headline about the debate over whether publishers should change the way in which they write headlines when writing for the web. Whilst it was a very interesting article, the attitude of some of the figures from the world of traditional […]
Will iPod Touch Really Kill Off Newspapers?
The always interesting Jeff Jarvis has suggested in his column in The Guardian that the ‘iPod moment has arrived for newspapers‘. What he’s referring to is that point in time when a technological development fundamentally changes a traditional business model, usually at the expense of those who have profited from it over the years.
For music […]
New York Times Drops Subscription Fees (Because Of SEO)
The New York Times has anounced that it is to drop TimesSelect, the subscription service it set-up which charged users to view certain parts of its website. Launched in 2005, it is reported that TimesSelect brought in around $10 million in revenues, but that it is expected that this didn’t match the predictions for revenue […]
Print Advertising To Be Overtaken By Online
A story on FT.com reports that print advertising is expected to be overtaken by online in the US by 2011. The forecast comes from Veronis Suhler Stevenson and suggests that online advertising will grow to $62 billion, with TV forecast to reach $82 billion.
The AOP’s figures for ad spend in the UK suggested that internet […]
Guardian Technology Redesign: Not Too Technical
As part of it’s plans to slowly redesign its entire network, The Guardian have now redesigned the Technology section of their site. It fits with the new design already seen on the home page & Travel section, and as we’ve said before, we’re big fans.
But there’s one small problem: it doesn’t seem to support Firefox, […]
Emap Hire Digital Director: Congratulations Stephen!
As part of its move to improve its digital offering, media company Emap Communications has created 3 new roles. The new digital directors will each head up one of Emap’s divisions (magazines, exhibitions & events). And on a personal note, I’m very glad to say that the first of these new appointments is Stephen Brooks, […]
Some Perspective On Yahoo’s Chase Of Google
e-consultancy reports on the latest Hitwise stats showing that in 2006 Yahoo! increased its share of the UK search market by 13% to 8.6%, with the headline:
Yahoo! shows biggest UK search share gains.
Which is fine.
But with Google also increasing its share to a staggering 78%, it’s like me writing an article on how recent promotions […]
The 100 Best Technology Products. Really?
PC World has released a list of the 100 Best Products of 2007 and despite the fact that it feels a little premature seeing as it’s not even June yet it makes interesting reading. Whilst a lot of it is too geeky even for me, I though I’d pull out a few of the more […]
Guardian Website Gets (Partial) Redesign
The Guardian’s website is widely viewed as one of the most successful attempts by a traditional publisher to grasp the possibilities of the internet. It consistently wins major awards, has a huge worldwide user base (although The Telegraph has claimed that it more traffic from the UK) and has made great strides in integrating Web […]
