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Mining Search Data For Gold

Aaron Goldman mined Yahoo's Top 10 searches of 2008 and pulled out three specific insights that marketers can take action on.

Since, as indicated by all the well-known names in this list, Americans are "celeb-obsessed," you can "leverage non-commercial searches by connecting your brand/product/service to these types of queries (eg, buy celeb keywords or optimize content using celeb names), especially if they appeal to your target audience and/or you're using celeb endorsers offline."

Also, since "people spend up to 90 minutes more online during a recession as the Internet provides free entertainment... marketers should consider creating engaging experiences on their sites."

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