Video Metrix data, so it isn't possible to do a year-over-year comparison of data that is apples-to-apples, either. So, the month-to-month comparison isn't apples-to-apples. The latest data from the comScore Video Metrix service shows that 182.5...
Facebook search and Google search are apples and oranges, and always will be to some degree. For some time now, social has been all the rage. Yet, many people are still trying to figure out exactly how social plays into their search strategy.
A few bad apples spoil it for the rest of us. As I’m writing this, the area that I live in (Kansas City) is getting nailed by a tremendous snow storm. On a break, I caught up on local news and was hearing about some local tow truck companies...
Then, to normalize the trends for months with differing numbers of days, and really compare apples to apples, add on: Every so often, after having worked on an account for several months (or years) with successful results, there can be a plateauing...
Fast forward from the 1g communication on your favorite (or not-so-favorite, depends if you like apples or … little green men that look like fat alien robots) mobile device to 2013 when all of life’s young influencers stroll about with their...
Luckily, similar analytics data is available to SEO practitioners as well, giving opportunity to offer “apples to apples” comparisons of metrics that matter to budget negotiations. By the time this article publishes, the holiday season will have...
While they aren’t exactly apples to apples, they are both indications that the individual enjoyed your post or tweet. Utilizing social media is frequently a key driver in content marketing success. Knowing how to measure the impact that social...
If this is the case then it would seem that, unwittingly, we are not comparing apples with apples as we first thought. The definition of 'Bounce rate' is the total number of single page visits divided by the total number of visits but analytics...
Regrettably, we cannot make an apples-to-apples comparison of these percentages versus YoY or MoM declines,” Cazier reported. Anecdotal stories and panic spread like wildfire across blogs, forums, chat rooms and social media networks.
Since looking backwards would be comparing apples and oranges, let’s look sideways to see how online video stacks up to other comparable data. Internet users watched 37.7 billion online content videos in August 2012.
Perhaps “bad apples” who attempt to destroy the reputations of individuals should not be rewarded for their efforts, either. Kent Walker, a Google lawyer, wrote in a 2010 statement on the Google Public Policy blog, “.along with this new wave of...
It’s difficult to compare apples to apples going back any farther because comScore Video Metrix started including certain YouTube formats in its February reporting. Over the past five months, Google sites, driven primarily by YouTube, and the...
Maybe they’ve always wanted to grow watermelons, or apples, or prize roses – and they just can’t get them to produce no matter how hard they try. Spring is the time to clean up after winter’s mess: we clear out last year’s weeds and leaves from our...
It’s apples and oranges. The Electronic Privacy Information Center is considering filing an FTC complaint, even after two of the senators involved in the first subcommittee investigation suggested an FTC investigation last month.
For instance, if you perform a search for [apples] that yields 6,000 results, and a search for [bananas] that yields 3000 results, you can be relatively assured that twice as many people are searching for one over the other assuming all else is...
Google's Marissa Mayer noted the difficulty of doing this work effectively, since the algorithm had to find a way to compare apples and oranges, displaying the most relevant results across categories.
Although more up-to-date data is available in some countries, let’s look at the April 2011 numbers to get an apples-to-apples view of where the largest market opportunities can be found. Back in the 18th Century, George Macartney used the phrase...
Pick a few products – five, six, even 10 of them – and run, rather than trudging along with their traveler's pack of unpolished golden apples. Google is likely the most ambitious company to date: They want to own every facet of the Internet...
One interesting thing to note is that in doing an apples to apples comparison with the Firebug Page Speed plugin yields differing results. About a year after that, and following a slew of tools and technical advice, Google apparently didn't feel...
Facebook and Google - An Apples to Oranges Comparison and Why Current Metrics Don't Work - Efficient Frontier Search Engine Optimization Top 13 Social Media Ranking Factors for SEO by Gareth Owen Looking to carry out an investigation into whether...
