#web engagement

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SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Your SEO determines how high or low in the rankings on a relevant search. Bad SEO means that you are on page two or lower. Good SEO means that you are on the first page. Great SEO means that you are on the top of the first page. Two things determine your SEO. Keyword density and backlink value. Keywords represent the search term or terms a person uses to find your site. Backlinks represent how many quality sights are linking to your site. This helps the search engines know that your site is relevant and none spammy. Learn more about this at Create Blog Website linked below.

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Blogging is Dead ..... Long Live Blogging

The Economist carries an interesting article reflecting on how blogging has entered the mainstream.

Many pioneering “A-List” bloggers are apparently turning their backs on blogging because the medium has become too big, too impersonal and too blase. Yet blogs themselves have blossomed – new forms such as micro-blogs (Twitter) have evolved, and traditional media such as newspapers, radio and television now update their blogs faster than their core channels.

Perhaps the clearest sign that blogging is maturing as a medium is its embrace by the business world.  Companies large and small now view blogs as just another business tool that is well suited to diseminating their corporate mesaages internally and externally.

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Twitter for Business?

Even before you’ve fully understood the fuss around Facebook, along comes yet another social networking tool that has got the web-enabled generation all aflutter.

If you haven’t even heard of Twitter, there’s no need to feel bad – its still a very recent phenomenon, even when measured in Internet time.  But it is a rapidly growing phenomenon and could be a useful tool to grow your professional connections.  So do check out CIO magazine’s quick and easy guide on how to Twitter for business people.

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Cloud Gains

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center reveals that Internet users are increasingly using web-based applications and services.  The survey of US-based Internet users revealed that  69% had participated some form of cloud computing  activity such as using a webmail service, storing digital files online, editing documents online or using social networking tools.

Convenience and flexibility were the primary draws for those who accessed cloud computing services. The ease of sharing information and the ability to access their data from anywhere and through any common device were cited as key benefits of web-based applications by many users.  On the flip-side, users did list data  security and privacy as their primary concerns about the emerging cloud computing model.

The rapid growth of wireless connectivity such as WiFi and 3G networks that provide convenient on-ramps to the Internet from practically anywhere has clearly spurred the growth of the cloud services model.  The survey also found that younger internet users are more inclined than older ones to use web-based services or applications.

While this particular survey only sampled American Internet users, the the same trends have been reported anecdotedly in most mature Internet markets including Singapore.  Seasoned web users are becoming increasigly comfortable in accessing cloud-based services and solutions.  Service providers who effectively address the key concerns of such users over data security and privacy will be well positioned to soar with this rising cloud.

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Internet users more influential in business

A recent Business Times article reports that “internet users in Singapore exert more influence in their organisations than their non-Internet using counterparts”.  This according to a survey conducted by Synovate PAX.

Apparently, about 34 % of web users in Singapore are business decision makers, compared with  19 % who are non-internet users. Also, 21 % of Internet users here engage in ‘influential’ business activities, against 6 % who do not use the internet.

The implications are clear – the Internet is already a crucial medium to reach out to your prospects.  Is your business taking full advantage of this resource?

Read the full Business Times article here.

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Here's your brain on the Internet ....

No need to feel guilty about spending time surfing the web … it is apparently good for your brain.

Research by a University of California team suggests that searching the web could in fact mitigate age-related slowing of the brain.  Scans of the brain indicated significant activity in areas of the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning while subjects surfed the web – but only in those who were experienced web users.  A BBC online article reports on this in more detail.

So, go ahead and add web surfing to your health regimen – doctor’s orders!