Online retail sales in the US will rise by almost 25% this year, according to a new study released by Shop.org and conducted by Forrester Research.
Forrester expects online retail sales to increase to US$109.6 billion this year from US$89 billion in 2004. Including travel sales, total e-commerce revenues are projected to grow to US$172.4 billion from US$141.4 billion.
Sourced From The NZ Herald
Who knew advertising would be one of the internet’s cash cows? Sergey Brin and Larry Page did.
The co-founders of Google, the undisputed Godzilla of internet search companies, didn’t have a crystal ball. Like any successful entrepreneurs, they had a novel idea.
Sourced From SearchDay
Google opened the door to its online library late Thursday with the launch of a book-specific search page.
Print.Google.Com makes official the search goliath’s project to digitise the world’s books. But the launch drew backlash from the Association of American University Presses, in the form of an open letter focusing on Google Library, a service that went live in December.
Sourced from eMarketer
Long gone are the days when Web sites crashed and online retailers burned through investors’ money. Today, Internet retailers offer a stable shopping environment, and many are showing a healthy profit margin. At the same time Internet users are becoming more sophisticated in utilizing multiple shopping channels to research and buy products.
Sourced from SearchDay
Worthless. Shady. Criminals. That’s how we’re being described. Those characterizing search engine optimization this way are unfairly defining an entire industry, often ignorant of SEO issues, definitely stereotyping and shortsighted in not realizing the value SEO offers to every site.
Sourced from Search DayBrilliant Shopper, a multi-faceted “shopping engine,” is launching this week with the goal of unifying the often fragmented process of researching and buying products online.
Founded by veterans of Ask Jeeves, Disney and IBM, Brilliant Shopper is one of the “next generation” shopping search services that have been springing up this year. These services are attempting to go beyond traditional approaches to shopping search by plugging gaps and addressing unmet needs that frustrate users.
Sourced from SearchDay
Last week, AOL became the largest online service to offer the comparatively new pay-per-call format to search advertisers. Pay-per-call is rapidly gaining traction among search marketers, especially those targeting a local audience, and if you’re not familiar with the format, it’s worth a look.