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excellent synopsis of the changes

2011-09-26T13:33:12.027+01:00

excellent synopsis of the changes

Great point. Again this links back to the idea tha...

2011-07-22T13:45:09.125+01:00

Great point. Again this links back to the idea that Google+ has better privacy features and is far more transparent than Facebook has ever been known to be.

Other things going in Google + favour is you still...

2011-07-22T11:29:15.049+01:00

Other things going in Google + favour is you still own the copyright to photos u upload (think about that next time u upload a photo of yr kids to facebook) and that it does take forever and a day to sort out yr privacy setting.

The thing is, Facebook have dominated the social s...

2011-07-22T10:48:41.434+01:00

The thing is, Facebook have dominated the social side of things by focusing on one area and excelling, but Google have a proven track record of branching out into new areas and moulding success out of innovation. They have pulled in a great user base in a very short time, and can tie their other services into Google Plus (i.e. search, Android etc). If Google are going to compete with Facebook, they will do it with innovation and integration.

Thanks for the comment 'Anon' (shame we di...

2011-03-09T12:56:59.931Z

Thanks for the comment 'Anon' (shame we didn't get your name)

Sorry to hear that your forum didn't work despite your best efforts. Sometimes your audience aren't loyal or very active so it can make them very hard to get involved in the long term. Hopefully this hasn't affected your plans longer term. Perhaps you could look to contriubte to others to help spread your word instead?

Good comments! I thing you are bang on with the po...

2011-03-09T11:58:55.488Z

Good comments! I thing you are bang on with the point of 'core' users that act as a magnet for others to be attracted to. A friend and I started a forum on fishing and, although we have attracted 61 users in about 6 months, what started off as a promising post set dwindled. This was despite lots of promotion etc. I guess it comes down to physcology. Folks want to be part of a winning formulae, but don't want to drive it. Sadly, looks like we'll be killing the forum soon.

Great article, thanks. I'm also especially exc...

2011-02-03T14:47:57.586Z

Great article, thanks. I'm also especially excited by Google Places and its combination with Google Latitude & automatic check-ins on smartphone devices.

Interesting Post. You are right that there is a fi...

2011-01-28T12:58:58.575Z

Interesting Post. You are right that there is a fine line to be walked when it comes to remarketing. One of the main concerns is giving the remarketing tags an active period that is so long it becomes annoying. There is however the option to frequency cap the number of ad impressions a unique visitor will see - something that should perhaps be considered more often.

Hi Ross, Thanks for the post I have been looking ...

2011-01-27T21:30:05.774Z

Hi Ross,

Thanks for the post I have been looking for this.
I was wondering if I can use the same principle and store analytics cookie data and once a visitor returns after making the purchase input it directly to GA along with ecom data. Basically avoiding passing data through the 3rd party cart. If we can do that we can essentially use it with all hostile payment solutions paypal worldpay etc without any tinkering.

I would love to know if this code can be used to achieve this and how?

Love the way you guys are thinking about the psych...

2010-11-05T10:30:33.068Z

Love the way you guys are thinking about the psychology as much as the technology. I especially liked point number 2.

Best wishes and happy Christmas!
A guilty last-minute shopper

nice article, thanks for the information.

2010-10-21T10:24:10.020+01:00

nice article, thanks for the information.

first example of check-in promotions I've seen...

2010-09-29T13:41:40.143+01:00

first example of check-in promotions I've seen so far.... http://www.facebook.com/westfieldvalleyfair?v=app_295081273584&ref=ts

Was a great day - thanks for a fab write up Annabe...

2010-09-17T15:04:21.315+01:00

Was a great day - thanks for a fab write up Annabel :-)

It really is not a surprise why traditional market...

2010-08-31T06:19:22.225+01:00

It really is not a surprise why traditional marketing is declining compared to online marketing. A reason for this maybe because the potential market of going online compared to that of the traditional. Still, if you're a small business owner targeting an area. Traditional marketing could still have its perks.

Shortly after this post we decided to move our cli...

2010-08-16T11:49:38.243+01:00

Shortly after this post we decided to move our client away from WorldPay. GavinC was absolutely right, there is no need to persist the cookie data through WorldPay.

We did it because we were also passing something else through, we didn't want to change the database structure and it just made sense to keep everything together.

If you're having issues or you don't have those constraints then I would advise that you take GavinC's approach and bypass WorldPay altogether.

Very informative article....it's amazing how q...

2010-07-13T13:07:40.475+01:00

Very informative article....it's amazing how quick everything changes

Google seems to have turned up the heat this year ...

2010-05-19T09:08:39.131+01:00

Google seems to have turned up the heat this year with so many tools available for businesses to promote their services.
Great article
Rachel
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Wow, that is a very ambitious project....I look fo...

2010-05-13T10:23:37.753+01:00

Wow, that is a very ambitious project....I look forward to seeing the results. Personally I live by google, although maybe there is the element that it is always there so why should I vary my browser. Good luck with the month
Rachel
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great post...quite insightful as to get a feeling ...

2010-03-10T04:42:06.840Z

great post...quite insightful as to get a feeling for the adwords tool compared to the analyitcs

If the tracking code is placed on a page served by...

2010-01-22T15:28:25.389Z

If the tracking code is placed on a page served by the original domain, why do we need to persist the cookie data through the payment system?

Turn low cost long tail terms into high traffic, h...

2009-11-04T18:14:17.515Z

Turn low cost long tail terms into high traffic, high value ones. It's a clever idea from Google and bad news for Adwords customers and campaign managers. I've certainly noticed a trend myself to clicking on the nearest smart suggestion in the dropdown.

Hi Mike, Thanks for the quick responses on this! ...

2009-10-13T08:24:23.774+01:00

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the quick responses on this! We tried again yesterday afternoon and the problem appeared to have fixed itself so we can only assume it must have been a blip on the part of the Adwords team.

Hi, I've found the fix. Simply clean out your...

2009-10-12T16:15:26.964+01:00

Hi,

I've found the fix. Simply clean out your Browser cache and cookies.

I actually only needed to clean out my cache and that solved the issue.

I hope that's helped.

Yes. I was getting it yesterday as well. Since it ...

2009-10-12T13:29:52.512+01:00

Yes. I was getting it yesterday as well. Since it was a Sunday I just assumed they were rolling out some changes and didn't worry too much.

However as you say, it is happening today as well.

Thanks for the input 'Anonymous'. While yo...

2009-10-01T10:41:09.613+01:00

Thanks for the input 'Anonymous'. While you are right that the term 'lifestreaming' has been around for some time, it's only those in the industry who really know about it.

Our blog aims to educate those new to digital marketing and this post has been one of the most read this year and has been retweeted many times by people across the globe showing that many people have yet to hear about lifestreaming!