Press Press
11th May 2012

Google and Facebook will both be front and centre in 'social search'

Findings from a Greenlight survey indicate Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated and that Facebook could potentially capture close to a quarter of the search market globally were it to launch a search engine of its own tomorrow. This market share would make Facebook the second most utilised search engine in every major market except for China, Japan, and Russia, where it would occupy an uncontested third place.

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Bing , brands , Facebook , Google , and more...
Blog Blog
30th Apr 2012

Should we bother with Facebook Advertising if 44% of us would never click on a sponsored ad?

Following on from Andreas Pouros’ blog, I take one of his closing points: “The good news for Facebook is that it could capture around 22% of that search market by barely breaking a sweat”. Although tiny when compared to Google’s 87% share [Source: Greenlight - Search and Social Survey 2011/2012], the opportunity still presents a greater share when compared to the other big players in the market (Yahoo, Bing etc).

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Adwords , Bing , and more...
Blog Blog
27th Apr 2012

Google’s own social endeavours with Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated

Google and Facebook will both be front and centre in ‘social search’. So it won’t be enough for sites to simply be relevant. They will also need to demonstrate qualities that attract social validation and promotion.

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Adwords , Bing , Facebook , and more...
Blog Blog
22nd Sep 2011

Pagination for SEO

Late last week Google wrote a blog post announcing a new way of telling search engines about pagination. This has prompted me to talk a bit about pagination from an SEO perspective, what I recommend to clients right now and how Google's new method could change this.

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Bing , Google , SEO
Blog Blog
27th Apr 2011

Search Alliance – A genuine competitor to Google in EMEA becoming more distant

The rumours of the past few weeks of a delay in the official rollout of the Search Alliance in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), have now been confirmed, meaning Yahoo! and Microsoft's Bing will continue to operate as separate platforms for the foreseeable future, all of 2011 at least.

But why the sudden change in strategy? Advertisers and Agencies were led to believe the Alliance would finally provide a credible alternative to Google, and sources had suggested the migration in the US, while not error free, was considered to be successful.

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Bing , Google , Microsoft , and more...
Press Press
31st Mar 2011

Google’s +1 – Success hinges on paradigm shift as far as social interactions are concerned

Google has announced the launch of +1. The new feature allows searchers, i.e. only those who already have a public Google Profile, to personalise search results and advertisements and recommend web pages to friends. However, In Greenlight’s view, unless Google can instigate some kind of paradigm shift as far as online social interactions a

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Analytics , Bing , Facebook , and more...
Blog Blog
31st Mar 2011

Google +1 - Striiiiike three, and you're out!

Today's limited release by Google of its new "+1" or "plus one" feature inevitably has the Internet awash with buzz and speculation about its impacts and the implications it will have for online marketers. What do Greenlighters have to say about +1? Let's find out...

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Bing , Facebook , Google , and more...
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