http://searchenginewatch.com/ Latest News - Tim Ash en-us http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Sat, 26 May 2012 01:31:03 GMT http://ukn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/rss-powered-by.png http://www.ultraknowledge.com/ http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051332/Google-Considering-China-Pullout-in-the-Wake-of-Suspected-Government-Hacking Many in the West reacted negatively when Google kowtowed to the Chinese government's demands to censor its Chinese search engine Google.cn. At the time Google said that it would monitor conditions in the country and make adjustments in policy as n... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:58:48 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051332/Google-Considering-China-Pullout-in-the-Wake-of-Suspected-Government-Hacking Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051341/Kiss-Your-Phone-Leads-Goodbye Landing page optimization (#lpo) can be a powerful way to increase conversion rates and to get more people to complete online forms. What you do after the form-fill can be even more important. If your next step is to follow up over the phone... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:20:30 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051341/Kiss-Your-Phone-Leads-Goodbye Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064703/Emotional-Motivators-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Visitors will arrive at your Web site with their own needs, perspectives, and emotions. Because you don't know much about them individually, here's how you can influence them with the design of your site. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064703/Emotional-Motivators-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064754/Roles-vs.-Personas-vs.-Cognitive-Styles People who visit your site all have unique personalities and temperaments. Understand these differences all play key roles when planning for landing page optimization. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064754/Roles-vs.-Personas-vs.-Cognitive-Styles Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2065668/How-to-Get-Started-on-Landing-Page-Optimization Tips for getting buy-in from high-level executives and other team members. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2065668/How-to-Get-Started-on-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064435/The-Cost-of-Landing-Page-Optimization You must be willing to suffer short-term pain during landing page testing in order to attain the long-term gain of improved performance and higher conversions. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064435/The-Cost-of-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066422/Tips-for-Organizing-Your-Landing-Page Address these questions to ensure that visitors can access information on your landing page. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066422/Tips-for-Organizing-Your-Landing-Page Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051737/Wake-Up-The-FTC-is-screwing-with-bloggers If you are a blogger in the US your life is about to change big-time. You have just entered the Twilight Zone... New FTC guidelines (read full version) described in the official press release state: 1 - "the post of a blogger who receiv... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:12:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051737/Wake-Up-The-FTC-is-screwing-with-bloggers Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051745/Eye-Tracking-Without-The-Eyes-AttentionWizard.com-Beta Eye tracking studies can be a very valuable tool that can help identify significant problems with your website or landing page. Unfortunately eye tracking requires expensive and specialized hardware and software to be used, and live test subjects ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:01:28 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2051745/Eye-Tracking-Without-The-Eyes-AttentionWizard.com-Beta Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064692/The-Myth-of-Perfect-Conversion Don't make the mistake of assuming that every visitor is a potential prospect or buyer for your goods or services. The mythical 100 percent conversion rate simply doesn't exist. It's a delusion. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064692/The-Myth-of-Perfect-Conversion Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067159/Granularity-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Between changing a button color or font size and completely redesigning a landing page, there's a continuum of possible changes to test. Changing the granularity of your tests allows you to include your important ideas while keeping test sizes reasonable. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:14:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067159/Granularity-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2065257/Landing-Page-Optimization-Pitfall-Not-Collecting-Enough-Data In statistics, results do not become stable until a large enough sample is tested. Accordingly, making landing page decisions using data from a too-small sample size can lead marketers to make bad decisions. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2065257/Landing-Page-Optimization-Pitfall-Not-Collecting-Enough-Data Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048835/The-Art-of-the-Landing-Page-7-Tips-For-Increasing-Conversions Landing page optimization and testing can have a dramatic impact on your online marketing profitability. But even without testing you can quickly eliminate several common mistakes that can instantly skyrocket conversion rates. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048835/The-Art-of-the-Landing-Page-7-Tips-For-Increasing-Conversions Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067512/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-Statistics-in-Landing-Page-Optimization The statistics branch of mathematics has a poor reputation among the public. While there's nothing wrong with statistics itself, there are many common misuses. Let's look at some of the implications for landing page optimization. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067512/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-Statistics-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048516/Your-Baby-Is-Ugly After launching a landing page optimization project, you inevitably will find chinks in the armor of your beautiful and perfect creations. Before fixing anything, you have to let go of your ego and acknowledge that your baby is ugly. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048516/Your-Baby-Is-Ugly Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064767/Meaning-Making-in-Landing-Page-Optimization We all want to create "meaning" and see the larger patterns in our tests that can apply to other circumstances. But the world is very complex, and trying to generalize universal truths from a single landing page test result is often a horrible idea. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:17:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064767/Meaning-Making-in-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064469/Applying-Probability-to-Landing-Page-Optimization In the context of LPO, probability can be viewed as simply taking the best guess given the available information. The more information you have, the more accurate your guess will become. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:27:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064469/Applying-Probability-to-Landing-Page-Optimization Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2052179/Free-Google-Webinar-7-Deadly-Sins-of-Landing-Page-Design-TODAY-10am-PDT FREE Google webinar on the 7 Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design led by SiteTuners.com CEO Tim Ash will be held on Wednesday June 24th from 10:00-11:30am PDT (GMT-7). Plenty of time will be included for audience questions. For more informa... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:02:17 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2052179/Free-Google-Webinar-7-Deadly-Sins-of-Landing-Page-Design-TODAY-10am-PDT Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066629/What-Is-the-Desired-Conversion-Action Understanding your conversion actions is the key to landing page optimization success. Knowing what to measure for different situations can help you optimize your site for the right goals. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:46:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066629/What-Is-the-Desired-Conversion-Action Tim Ash http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067171/The-Decision-Making-Funnel-Stage-4-Action-Part-2 Each product or service category only has room for a tiny number of established leaders, and they capture disproportionate value in their respective market categories. Although other products or services may be objectively just as good, they require addit Wed, 27 May 2009 14:08:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067171/The-Decision-Making-Funnel-Stage-4-Action-Part-2 Tim Ash