24

Mar

By Dennis R. Mortensen
Alex Cohen interviews Dennis R. Mortensen on SEO and Analytics (+3 SEO Tips)

This being the third low priority post in a row, turning it from hello magazine for nerds, into a Danielle Steele miniseries and now into an Interview Saga… I did an interview with Alex Cohen over at Search Marketing Gurus on the matters of SEO and Analytics the other day; Titled (funny enough): SEO, Analytics [...]

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05

Feb

By Dennis R. Mortensen
The difference between a KPI and a Metric

Summary:How does one decide if a Metric qualifies as a Key Performance Indicator? and if so, what are the characteristics of an excellent online marketing KPI? I am actually an extraordinarily positive advocate of creating and using KPIs and I truly believe that one has to understand that using KPI and Metric interchangeable is not [...]

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26

Jan

By Dennis R. Mortensen
Search Engine Benchmarks: Visit to sale conversion rate

Summary Microsoft adCenter emerge as the better Search Engine (Paid Search advertising Platform) – from a visit to sale conversion point of view – above Google and Yahoo. Looking at a site wide non-segmented visit to sale conversion rate is almost meaningless, but used properly, it is a fair metric to use in paid search [...]

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02

Oct

By Dennis R. Mortensen
Search-dominant visitors vs. Navigation-dominant visitors. (+ how to segment)

I somewhat recently wrote an article on how to determine the width of an internal search box. However; this post do not debate whether you should have an internal search tool to begin with and if so, how prominent you should feature it. So please notice the previous post as a successor to this post, [...]

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26

Jul

By Dennis R. Mortensen
What and how to measure Media and Content websites

By media and content websites, I am talking about pure online media properties like CNET as well as companies (e.g. traditional newspapers like New York Post) who must somehow, either be in the midst of an involuntary transitioning of readers, from offline content consumption (their paper) to online content consumption (their website) – or in [...]

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27

May

By Dennis R. Mortensen
In qualitative analysis 5-8 users are enough

First; if you do not read Robbins conversion blog – add it to your list, it belongs there. Secondly, there was a great post the other day: Conversion on a limited budget: Users vs experts – which you should read. I had a reply to the post or more precisely the one comment saying: “I [...]

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