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While doing some routine searches on Google today, I noticed a small star appears at the side of each search result item. Popular blogs haven’t got their hands on this and I have no idea whether this is an experimental or a permanent feature.

One thing is for sure though. Google has been introducing a lot of additional features to its search engines to introduce personalization into their search results. Google Starred Results will definitely bring the level of personalization in search to another level.

Google Starred Results 
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The basic idea is, searchers can now ‘star’ items that appear in search results and when they conduct the search again, all the starred results will appear on top of all other search result items.

What does this mean for search engine optimization efforts? Why should you pay attention to this?

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10 Tips to Boost Low Conversion Rates of Landing Pages

by Wayne Liew on November 25, 2009

Rado Lang is a freelance writer who writes mainly on landing page design and testing, Web 2.0, Internet marketing and search engine optimization.

Is your conversion rate very low? Do you face problems converting your traffic even after spending lot of money in PPC and writing great ad copies? Then you should start thinking about your landing pages.

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A landing page is one of the most important and most neglected parts of online campaigns. It is the first page that a visitor is going to see on your website. Hence, the success of your online campaigns is highly dependent on your landing pages. The following are 8 Tips to Boost Low Conversion Rates of Landing Pages.

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5 Mobile Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business

by Wayne Liew on November 5, 2009

Mobile marketing is becoming a big buzzword in business and marketing. I am predicting that it might become bigger than social media. Possible? Yeah! But why should you care as an entrepreneur or small business owner?

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Here are some stats from Mobile Marketing Trends 2009 to spice you up:

  • Over 95% of new phones sold today have web browsers and over 70 million US consumers use them regularly.
  • Annual SMS sent in 2008 amounts to 1.01 trillion.
  • In September, Apple recorded 2 billion Apple iPhone App downloads.

How do you capitalize on this major trend? Cell phones or mobile phones usage is definitely not a fad and they are not going anywhere soon. Here are 5 Mobile Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business.

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10 Ways to Get Closer to Your Customers

by Wayne Liew on August 12, 2009

The ways how customers choose who to purchase the products or services from are changing. The more closer you get to your customers or prospects will increase your chances of getting the sales.

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However, this doesn’t mean that you should take the door-to-door sales route because such strategy no longer works as people are getting busier and are more aware about their privacy.

With the barriers above and the change in your customers mindset, what are the alternatives that you can apply to get closer to your customers? Well, the following points will give you the extra blade to help you get right in front of your customers, with their arms wide open to welcome you.

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5 Social Media Marketing Pitfalls Beginners Must Avoid

July 15, 2009

Last week, I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to be part of a panel, Harnessing Web 2.0 for Your Business at the National Web 2.0 Expo, which was held in conjunction with the SME Solutions Expo 2009.

Originally, I was going to present 5 Social Media Marketing Pitfalls Beginners Must Avoid but I [...]

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5 Evergreen Marketing Basics in Social Media Marketing

April 1, 2009

This is not an April Fools post. But feel free to share some of your pranks in the comments section.
Social media marketing is gaining a lot of attention from both big corporations as well as small businesses. At the same time, there are a lot of small business owners and entrepreneurs that are [...]

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