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Google's UK Dominance Continues
Monday, August 28th, 2006Digital Marketing, Industry News
New statistics out this month show that Google has an even larger market share then previously reported. These figures published this month by e-consultancy estimate that Google is now powering 77% of UK Internet searches [Hitwise, June,
2006]. MSN and Yahoo! powers just over 7% of UK internet searches each with Ask.com picking up a 5% market share, higher then you might have thought.
Search Engine Optimization appears in the Sunday Times
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Search Engine Optimization has long been ignored by the print press, despite the many thousands of posts it provokes online. However, it was picked up by the Sunday Times this weekend, and you can read the article here.
It’s been criticised by many in the industry as being incorrect, and has provoked debate as to whether the industry should be glad for the attention in the main part of a national newspaper, or whether the inaccuracies override any progress that could have been made. For instance, one point of dispute regarded this paragraph:
West Yorkshire boosts training budget by £14 million
Friday, August 18th, 2006Yorkshire Forward have pledged an additional £14 million to help train a local workforce, working in key industry sectors. They’re working with the Learning and Skills Council, as well as other Skills Group Partners, to identify the gaps in training for young people that currently exist.
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