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Category Archives: Books

Bee keeping and the Beehaus

August 10, 2009

Monday mornings are never the most cheerful time of the week, but mine are often brightened up by perusing our list of the previous week’s fast moving search terms. This morning the term that brought a smile to my face... Continue reading...

Posted by Robin Goad at 11:00 AM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Books | Celebrities | Demographics | Environment | Experian | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Science | Shopping and Classifieds

Online retailers receiving less traffic from paid search, but more from social networks

April 22, 2009

The amount of traffic that online retailers receive from paid search – i.e. from sponsored or paid for links on search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Live and Ask - has fallen over the last 12 months. During March 2009,... Continue reading...

Posted by Robin Goad at 08:00 AM | (11) | (1)
In Categories Books | Economy | Email | Fashion | Paid search | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks

Searches for e-books double

February 02, 2009

Over the last year UK interest in e-books has grown significantly, with searches for ‘ebooks’ doubling between January 2008 and 2009. There are four main e-book readers currently available: the Amazon Kindle, the Sony Reader, the Borders iLiad, and the... Continue reading...

Posted by Robin Goad at 10:15 AM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Books | Demographics | Gadgets | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds

Google Book Search on the rise

April 15, 2008

Recently, Google announced that it has released an API which enables websites to link to the books within its Google Book Search functionality. This allows users to preview the book in question in a similar way to the ‘search inside’... Continue reading...

Posted by Robin Goad at 01:00 PM | (1) | (2)
In Categories Books | Demographics | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds