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Search Engine Watch February 3, 2011 Stephen Cobb |
Anchor Your Landing Pages and Convert Wayward Clickers Your chances of converting the traffic you drive to your site will increase if you can keep visitors focused on your conversion message. A landing page anchor is designed to do just that. |
Search Engine Watch September 2, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch August 5, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch July 23, 2008 Tim Ash |
How Valid Are Your Landing Page Test Conclusions? Landing page testing can lead to major Web site changes. How sure are you that your conclusions are valid? |
Search Engine Watch June 11, 2008 Tim Ash |
Uncovering Site Problems for Landing Page Optimization, Part 1 How do you find problems with your landing page hidden in your test results? Instead of waiting only for good news, filter it out instead. Accentuate the negative. Focus on problems and things that are askew. |
Search Engine Watch October 15, 2008 Tim Ash |
Landing Page Optimization: Guessing vs. Testing The real experts on the design of your landing pages are your Web site visitors. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2009 Tim Ash |
How to Get Started on Landing Page Optimization Tips for getting buy-in from high-level executives and other team members. |
Search Engine Watch August 6, 2008 Tim Ash |
How Long Should My Landing Page Test Run? What's the right length for a landing page optimization test? That's a bit like asking 'how long is a piece of string?' But there are some guidelines to follow to help you know when enough is enough. |
Search Engine Watch September 30, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Robert W. Lucky |
Black Swans What if Gaussian engineering is clear, simple, and wrong? |
Search Engine Watch January 5, 2011 Stephen Cobb |
Will 2011 be the Year of Conversion Rate Optimization? The business logic behind conversion rate optimization is compelling, yet in 2010 many businesses managed not to do much about CRO, perhaps distracted by trends like social media. But 2011 will be the year that CRO finally has something to crow about. |
Search Engine Watch October 29, 2008 Tim Ash |
Landing Pages and the Decision-Making Process Landing page optimization and testing is a complex activity that requires knowledge of many fields, including usability, copywriting, math, and Web design. But at its core, we're still trying to influence the behavior of people, and human nature hasn't changed. |
Search Engine Watch June 23, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Taking the Fear Out of Web Analytics for Your Small Business Do you have Web analytics installed on your small business Web site? If not, you should. How will you know how your Web site is performing if you aren't measuring the right data? |
Search Engine Watch June 10, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch August 5, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Increase Web Site Conversions with the Scientific Method It's so simple in description, but has unlimited potential. The scientific method can apply to any type of experiment, be it chemistry or Web site marketing. |
Science News October 16, 2004 |
A Catalog of Random Bits A computer scientist and collaborators have identified a variety of flaws in computer-based random number generators, invented more robust versions of existing generators, and developed a suite of rigorous tests to check for randomness... Puzzle of the Week... |
Entrepreneur August 2006 April Y. Pennington |
Odd Man In How understanding reasoning and the random wonders of probability can help you make better decisions. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Emil Lee |
How to Calculate the Kelly Formula Although any formula is only as good as the estimates and data plugged into it, this formula forces investors to think in terms of payoffs and probabilities when investing in a company. |
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch December 18, 2008 David Szetela |
PPC Landing Pages: PPC Visitors Have ADD This week I'll pick up on the introductory discussion of PPC landing pages. |
Search Engine Watch August 19, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2010 Eric Enge |
4 Things SEOs Should Consider When Creating Content When evaluating your content development strategy, make sure to address on-page search engine optimization, conversion optimization, link worthiness, and social media environments. |
Entrepreneur November 2009 Mikal E. Belicove |
Graceful Landing A well-conceived landing page sends the right signals about your company and helps customers navigate toward the sale. |
Search Engine Watch February 25, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
Conversion Rate, A Most Powerful Lever Indeed Some best practices and a guide on how to execute an A/B split serve landing page test. |
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Google Analytics, Conversion Tracking & Single Segment Reporting Power There's awesome power in the simplicity of surfing Google Analytics, only studying a single conversion setting. The only limitation is your imagination. |
Search Engine Watch December 6, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Funneling your Traffic into Conversions Rankings and referrals are important but even more so is what your traffic is doing once they get to your site. Following these few easy steps helps to get your traffic back on track. |
CRM November 22, 2011 Melody King |
Three Keys to Successful Video Management Include them in your company's platform. As the Web continues its transformation into a video channel, marketers are putting greater emphasis on video to drive deeper customer engagement and increased sales. |
Entrepreneur November 2003 Catherine Seda |
The ROI Treatment Get better results by creating an ROI model. |
Search Engine Watch July 22, 2009 Tim Ash |
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. |
Search Engine Watch April 15, 2009 Tim Ash |
The Decision-Making Funnel, Stage 3: Desire, Part 1 The AIDA conversion funnel governs all Web conversions. We've examined Awareness and Interest, so now we'll take a look at the Desire stage. |
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2007 Bryan Eisenberg |
Make ROI Your New Year's Resolution Blaming Google for your traffic woes is like a brick and mortar store blaming the city for its traffic. Once they walk through the door of your store, it is your responsibility to convert them. |
Search Engine Watch March 11, 2009 Eric Enge |
Improve Conversion Efficiency with Demandbase Increasing conversion efficiency should be the goal of every Web site publisher. Regardless of what you're trying to accomplish with the sit, having a higher conversion rate than your competitor provides you with a strategic advantage. |
Science News February 28, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
Heads or Tails? A new mathematical analysis now suggests that, in a typical toss, a coin is more likely to land on the same face as it started out on. |
Entrepreneur October 2009 Mikal E. Belicove |
Analyzing the Analytics How to make sense of your website's performance data. |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2009 Tim Ash |
Writing Sales Copy for Conversions One of the most common components you can test is sales copy. Changing your approach to writing can often lead to a double-digit increase in conversion rates. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Learn the Full Value of Your Paid Search Program If you have a conversion without revenue tied to it, here's how you can use data from various channels to help put a value on those events. |
Search Engine Watch December 4, 2008 David Szetela |
PPC Landing Pages: The End of the Line -- Or the Beginning? Expert PPC advertisers realize that PPC landing pages have more impact on conversion rates and ROI than anything else they can do. |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Stephen Mauzy |
The Only Way to Be 100% Sure Tread carefully when calculating investing odds. Investors are attempting to quantify the unquantifiable when they attach concrete probabilities to investing outcomes. |
Search Engine Watch September 15, 2008 David Szetela |
Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability Setting ad group bid prices at the beginning of a campaign is one of the more challenging tasks for many PPC advertisers. The answers are a snap once you know the fundamentals. |
Science News March 4, 2000 |
MathTrek: Losing to Win ...striking new result in game theory is now called Parrondo's paradox... |
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Boost PPC Performance With Google Conversion Optimizer Find out the best ways to use Google's Conversion Optimizer to boost your paid search performance. |
Search Engine Watch August 20, 2008 Tim Ash |
What Are You Converting? Many people view conversions as large-scale events, such as product sales or sign-ups for a service. But a conversion can mean many things, depending on the site. |
Search Engine Watch May 13, 2009 Tim Ash |
The Decision-Making Funnel, Stage 4: Action, Part 1 We've been discussing the well-known AIDA conversion funnel and how it governs all Web conversions. We've already examined awareness, interest and desire. It's time for some action. |
Science News June 11, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
Winning at Tennis Intriguingly, mathematical models tend to show that the chances of winning a game, set, or match in tennis come down to the probability that a player wins a rally when he or she serves. |
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2009 Tim Ash |
The Decision-Making Funnel, Stage 1: Awareness Awareness, and its close cousin attention, are scarce commodities in our fast-paced world. People learn to tune everything out, so it takes more effort for an advertiser to break through the clutter and noise to reach their target audience. |
Search Engine Watch June 25, 2008 Tim Ash |
Uncovering Site Problems for Landing Page Optimization, Part 2 Web analytics on your Web site can help you uncover and prioritize potential site problems. Some additional techniques to discover conversion issues on your landing pages include mining onsite search, or conducting usability testing, focus groups, and surveys. |
CRM June 3, 2015 |
TruConversion Launches New Web Analytics Product TruConversion brings together heatmaps, surveys, polls, AB testing, form analytics, and conversion funnels in one product. |
Search Engine Watch October 13, 2008 David Szetela |
Reading the Tea Leaves: Interpreting Keyword Reports Once enough data has accumulated, it's important to run reports and take action based on the data. But what do all those numbers mean, and how should we make adjustments to improve PPC campaign performance? |
Search Engine Watch January 21, 2009 Tim Ash |
Writing Sales Copy For Conversions, Part 2 Once visitors end up on your landing page, you're no longer competing for their attention with other Web sites, so change the focus to the task they're trying to accomplish. |
Science News February 19, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
The Coin in the Cake An International Mathematical Olympiad worked out the probability of cutting through a coin placed in a cake... Puzzle of the Week... |