The truth is that B2B search can be challenging. The satisfaction of delivering new customers and demonstrating near-term revenue is often missing.
The known keyword universe appropriate for most B2B search programs is typically much smaller than in B2C. And with online conversions usually removed from actual offline sales, the inevitable question of “how’s our program performing?” is much more difficult to answer.
But B2B search is more satisfying for those reasons. It’s difficult. It’s challenging. It’s also much more rewarding when everything comes together and the strategic importance of search can be properly demonstrated. Read Common B2B Challenges
Monthly Archives: June 2010
We never know if a visitor to …
We never know if a visitor to our website is using a PC or a MAC,
maybe even a Blackberry® or an iPhone®. How… http://fb.me/zjXjb8P4
Consumers are more likely to t…
Consumers are more likely to trust content from media sites (72%) as opposed to portal sites (60%) and social media sites Facebook (23%).
5 Lessons a BtoB Marketer can …
5 Lessons a BtoB Marketer can Learn from “Breaking Bad” | http://shar.es/mEbnJ
“An industrial vendor’s webs…
“An industrial vendor’s website is the #1 influencing factor in a buying decision.”
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Why B-to-B Merchants Should Engage in Social Media
Business-to-business merchants are investing in social media: According to Forrester Research, 77% of b-to-b decision makers are active in social media. But it’s a reality that many b-to-b sellers are not yet equipped to handle social media. Read More
Quality Score Says: “That Ke…
Quality Score Says: “That Keyword Is Not For You.” | http://shar.es/mx5BA
It Isn’t Good Content Unless it’s SEO’d Content
The reality is, in order for content to do it’s job, it really does need to be keyword optimized. Because if your content doesn’t do that… it just isn’t good content at all. Read>
Ford Set To Invest In Battery …
Ford Set To Invest In Battery Production – Right on MI http://shar.es/mZ0eI
New SEO Practices for a Google Caffeine World-There’s a direct correlation in site speed and indexing
The paradigm of SEO is the consequence of its misuse. But that’s what Caffeine is for – to clean up the mess. Of course there’s good SEO, but anyone in the field has seen entire industries centered on paid and reciprocal link building. Not that either practice is inherently bad, they’re just no longer sustainable.
Audit your user interface and code, optimize images with related non-spammy meta-tags (GIFs or PNGs for smaller files and JPEGs for larger more detailed images), purge unnecessary duplicate content and take steps to increase page load speeds – there’s a direct correlation in site speed and indexing.

