Yawho Are You?
SEM traffic is a bit like scotch whisky. You might think you’re getting a pure single malt from the glens of Google or Yahoo, when in fact you’re washing down a blend of different traffic sources. Sure, you’ll get the strong flavours of the world’s leading search engines, but often there’s an after taste of [...]
Speaking at SES London
It’s nearly February, so that must mean it’s not long until the Search Engine Strategies conference hits London. This year it’s 15th-19th February at the Business Design Centre in Islington (as you can tell from the enormous graphic at the foot of this post). I’m speaking on Tuesday 16th on the keynote “State of the [...]
Google UK’s Q4 revenues in GBP
Google results came out yesterday, so here’s my usual look at the sterling version of the numbers. FX rates are taken from oanda.com as usual. Here’s the chart of the data table: Here’s the year-on-year percentage growth: And finally the quarter-on-quarter percentage growth: Perhaps the only concern is that QoQ, Q4 is only 1% up [...]
Will 2010 be tough for UK SEM agencies?
How many SEM agencies in the UK have a sustainable business model? That may seem like an odd question given that search is undoubtedly the most successful advertising medium of recent years, but it would seem that the agency sector isn’t necessarily sharing in the medium’s growth. Last week saw the adminstration then MBO of [...]