Display advertising takes a leaf out of the PPC book
The lines have been blurring between paid search and display advertising ever since Google launch its content network in 2003, but today’s much anticipated announcement from the Big G takes the...
View ArticleGoogle jump aboard the recovery train
Unemployment’s on the down, retailers are rejoicing to the sound of ringing tills again and now Google have thrown another sign of an economic recovery out there by announcing a 17% YoY global revenue...
View ArticleSAScon – The launch of a new digital event
For the past 6 years I’ve spoken at great London search events, such as SES and SMX, along with other great contributors from the world of search engine marketing. I actually spoke at the first UK SMX...
View ArticleGoogle sees 24% YoY growth
Last night Google announced it’s Q2 2010 earnings and, despite missing analysts expectations, the company managed to deliver an impressive 24% YoY revenue growth. This growth doesn’t look to be...
View ArticleMobile Search finally hits the tipping point.
After running some sizeable WAP and SMS campaigns with the like of MTV and Channel 4 10 years ago in a previous life, I became quite cynical about the mobile marketing space. Yet, every year we have...
View ArticleGoogle Q3 earnings: So good they made Yahoo.com fall over!?
There’s never a dull moment (or evening) in search marketing. After the Bing/Facebook announcement Wednesday night, last night saw the double whammy of Google announcing impressive Q3 earnings, while...
View ArticlePage takes the lead as Google posts impressive growth (again!)
Speculation over the reason behind the change of leadership at Google took some of the focus away from another great performance in Q4, posting a quarterly revenue of $8.44bn. While UK revenues grew...
View ArticleGoogle gets a +1 for it’s Q2 earnings.
Listening in to the quarterly earnings call for Google has become a regular habit for me, and last night’s call was something special. Last night, Larry Page took the lead and delivered really upbeat...
View ArticleGoogle rocks mobile like it’s 1999
As a regular habit, I listened in to Google quarterly earnings last night; you can also hear a recording of the call on YouTube. As expected the company delivered impressive YoY(35%) and QoQ(15%)...
View ArticleNo Stopping The Tablet (Or The Rain)
Welcome! In this quarter’s mobile report we focus solely on the retail sector, looking at the growth of the tablet device, mobile conversions and mobile PPC strategies for both online only and store...
View ArticleGoogle Growth Continues to Impress but CPCs Are on the Increase
As we embark on 2013, we look back at how Google closed the year in their Q4 earnings call. The big focus pre-call was on the average Cost-per-Clicks that the company has been seeing on its traffic,...
View ArticleThink Works Mobile Report – Gaming Focus
In this quarter’s Mobile Report we focus solely on the gaming sector, looking at the importance of the mobile device despite signs of slowing growth. We also review the upcoming Adwords Enhanced...
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