http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog SEO SEM Internet Marketing Agency Firm in Richmond VA Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:39:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday Bing annoucned it was "bringing a bit of twitter to bing" by pulling tweets from "select users" into their search results.  So when you do a search on Bing for "Shaq Twitter" you will now get the tweets from Shap himself on Bing.  Many people today in the social ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/search-engines/microsoft-getting-closer-to-nextgen-search-engine.html According to a recent study by comScore, Inc., the number of local searches accessed through use of a mobile device has more than doubled since 2008. Searches conducted through use of mobile applications (like Google's Mobile App) saw an 83% increase from last year alone! Though SMS remains the leading ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/275.html Kate, our Office Manager,  came back today from her vacation in San Diego. While she was off catching some California sun and partying on the west coast, things got a little busy here at NSD. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNkSyilE52k[/youtube] Were glad your back, now GET TO WORK! http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/news/welcome-back-kate.html Mary Toves, our new summer intern started a few weeks ago and will begin her Masters at the prestigious Brand Center at VCU this fall.  Her desk sits in front of a storage closet, so I thought, 'why not,  Lets scare her. What else is that closet going to be ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/news/its-all-about-the-delivery.html While not as robust as the data available through Google Analytics, the newly pumped up metrics available through the Local Business Center are a welcome step in the right direction. Previously, Google only reported on the number of impressions (how many times your listing appeared in search results). Now they ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/internet-marketing/google-local.html The new "decision engine" with its 80 million dollar advertising budget sure has got its money's worth with all the news, online articles and blogs circling around its arrival. "Its beating Yahoo in search engine share!" "Its not technically beating Yahoo's search share." "This surge in search share percentage is temporary!" " The home ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/binggoogle-is-on-to-you.html You know those small rock chips you get on your car as you’re hurtling down the highway? Those tiny imperfections in your car’s auto body called “dings”. They’re the ones that are annoying but too small to invest money or time in repairing, so you simply ignore them. That’s how ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/bing-oh-so-were-setting-the-bar-low-now.html So unless you were living under a rock this week, by this point you've probably heard about Bing - Microsoft's newly revamped, rebranded, and relaunched 'decision engine'. As expected, there's been a lot of chatter about whether or not Bing has the chops to take on Google (especially around our ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/internet-news/bing.html Not surprisingly, the budgets of more than 54% of marketers worldwide have been negatively affected by the recession, according to data gathered from an eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit.  Most would guess that advertisers are spending less - way less in the case of newspapers, local radio and television.  Got that, ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/resession-time-means-marketers-move-more-online.html So what are American Moms doing online - checking their email, checking their checking account balance, the weather or what's on sale?  How about all of the above?  Not surprisingly all of these are among the top ten online activities  for moms according to a study  by Marketing Moms Coalition. ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/do-you-know-what-your-mom-is-doing-online.html