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Wikipedia and YouTube Dominate Search Results Globally, a New Study Finds

San Mateo, February 28, 2019 - Wikipedia retains its crown as the most visible website in Google search results globally based on its performance in organic search in ten countries, including the United States, UK, Germany and France. Second comes YouTube, which also saw the biggest absolute improvement in search performance over the whole of 2018 in all the countries analyzed.

Study: Social media has the least influence on retail technology purchases

London, 6th February 2019 – Insight driven Tech PR Agency, CCgroup, today released the findings of its primary research study “How to influence retail technology buyers”. The results, collected from over 30 tier one (turnover above £500m) and tier two (turnover between £30-£500m) UK retailers, identified the information most important to decisionmakers when longlisting, shortlisting and purchasing from a potential technology vendor. port found that 42% of respondents would use industry analyst reports during shortlisting phase, making it the most influential content type.

How ORM Is Redefining SEO (And How to Do It Right)

Online reputation management (ORM) has become a true buzzword recently, but there are still numerous misconceptions about it. ORM is complex and contains a wide range of practices that shape the public perception of your brand. And, apart from your branding efforts, they may also impact your SEO.  

Let’s see how ORM is redefining the digital marketing landscape and how to get the most out of it.

New Searchmetrics study: Google now wants brands to get niche-specific

San Mateo, October 17, 2018 - Brands’ organic search strategies on Google should now be tightly tailored to the niche they operate in, according to the latest research by Searchmetrics. That’s because Google’s use of technologies such as AI and machine-learning are helping it pin-point, more clearly than ever, the specific factors that satisfy search queries in different niches and contexts. 

Rehabilitating Google AMP: My failed attempt

Back in February I wrote an article saying how I believed Google AMP has been imposed on the web by Google as a ‘standard’ for developing fast webpages, and my dismay about that. Google apparently developed this as an internal project without any open collaboration, and avoiding the W3C standardization processes. Google made implementation of Google AMP a requirement to show at the top of the search results for common news searches.

To many of us open web folk, Google’s AMP violated the widely held principle of search engines not putting bias into search results, and/or the principle of web standards (take your pick – it would not be bias if it was a standardized approach that the wider web community had agreed upon).

Titan IC announces the launch of its RXP search and content inspection technology in the latest Xilinx SDAccel environment

SAN JOSE, Calif.– (XDF18 Conference) – Oct. 2, 2018 – Today Titan IC announced a new technology collaboration embedding its industry-leading Regular Expression Processor (RXP) into Xilinx’s SDAccel environment.

Titan IC’s RXP technology is a unique, fully-scalable, hardware-accelerated solution for Security Analytics Acceleration (SAA) and content processing, designed for high throughput, low latency applications that require Regular Expression pattern matching. This progressive technology can be used in various applications such as security processing, data loss prevention, intrusion detection/prevention systems, DDoS protection, big data analytics, and FPGA-based SmartNICs.

Search Engine Marketing- Maximizing on the Reach and Potential of SEO

Many businesses and brands are aware that they require SEO to enhance their digital output along with the benefits they can get when professionals implement SEO work on their behalf. Search engine optimization is well known for improving the overall visibility of websites but it also offers other valuable aspects. There are several reasons why any type of business, regardless of the size or industry, needs to consider SEO as a way to take their venture to the next level.

Organic Search and Online Traffic

Organic search plays a major role in how the business website performs and is a crucial element of the buyer’s focus and getting users to complete engagement or a conversation.

New Research: Financial Services Brands Can Win in Google Searches by Targeting ‘Direct Answers’

San Mateo, July 31, 2018 - Financial services companies looking to boost their online brand and traffic should focus on winning the prime place in Google search results called Direct Answers, new research from SEO and content marketing firm Searchmetrics reveals. Brands such as Bankrate.com, Investopedia.com and Wellsfargo.com are already successfully doing this.