2016 – Digitalization: The Global Transformation

Eindhoven, Netherlands, 19–20 September

Google's push to optimize web page load times seems to have rubbed off on Facebook.

Forrester estimates that smartphone sales reached $60 billion in 2016, but influenced $1.05 trillion in offline sales. By 2021, consumers will spend $152 billion directly on mobile phones, or nearly 24% of total online sales.

LiveWorld on Tuesday began rolling out a service for brands that want to launch a chatbot on Facebook Messenger in real-time, but lack the resources to get started.

Bing Ads this week released a list of actions that it has taken to keep those searching the Web safe from misleading or malicious activity often found across the Web

Google is taking over Twitter’s mobile app developer platform Fabric, as well as its Crashlytics crash reporting system, Answers mobile app analytics, Digits SMS login system and FastLane development automation system.

Voice search is the way of the future. Google’s Beshad Behzadi said as much in an address at SMX West last March.

As Google moves forward into mobile-first indexing, initially the algorithm will not take mobile Web site speed into consideration as it does for desktop, says John Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends analyst based in Switzerland.

Two things we heard a lot about in 2016 were “autonomous cars” and “bots,” but rarely in the same sentence.

Taykey, a real-time audience data company, weighed in on the fake news controversy that bubbled up in the aftermath of the presidential election.

Consumers who browse, and search for discounts, deals and things to do typically prefer doing so on the mobile Web. In fact, when doing these tasks, 79% participating in the study from Google say they prefer mobile Web sites versus apps.

This holiday season, Upworthy’s data scientist Sean Wojcik has an uplifting find for publishers: Readers are more likely to share content when it makes them feel positive, energized and empowered.

The ability to deliver ads to specific audiences has made digital advertising highly attractive to businesses of every stripe. But despite the promise of precision to drive effective advertising, broad reach still matters —a lot.

Google Maps on mobile devices has become the cornerstone for local advertising. Now an analyst firm estimates the revenue opportunity for Google from Maps at about $5 billion by 2020.

Preliminary findings from analysis done by an Israeli company suggest Apple might have hit the jackpot when it comes to improving download and retention rates among consumers visiting its app store.

There are five areas/initiatives that should be observed closely, as these could be prototypes for the future of mobile local search. These are:

Machine learning continues to make Bing Ads a bit smarter as the Microsoft team works to simplify processes and create a more intuitive interface, helping advertisers to create better targeted search campaigns.

A little-known search engine that focuses on user privacy has canceled its partnership with Yahoo. StartPage made the announcement Monday.

Continuing to grow its ad-targeting options, Pinterest is now inviting brands to create campaigns based on users’ interactions with their Pins.

Apple this week opened Search Ads in its App Store for iPhone and iPad in the U.S to all publishers and developers after announcing the service last June.

We don’t generally think of paid search as a great channel for personalisation, but increasingly, it’s becoming one.

Amazon maintains its lead over search engines when it comes to consumers deciding where to make that first search for products. 

Location services continues to grow in popularity, and with it the deployment of indoor positioning systems (IPS).

While Google remains the most important and dominant search engine, as it transitions into machine learning with RankBrain, marketers should not neglect other sources of traffic.

I’m reasonably certain we’ve all had a good look around our competitor’s ecommerce sites and I’m pretty sure they’ve had a good look around ours as well.

I was having a conversation earlier today about some of my favorite SEO resources and how I felt like they were flying under the radar.

I read an interesting statement this week, one that resonated and made sense in all the right ways. “I think of link building the same way I would my retirement account.”

Callout extensions are a really important component of Google AdWords, and they can be incredibly useful in describing what your business has to offer that may not be clear by your links and description alone.

That’s a question many ecommerce business owners find confusing; it’s easy to visualize the benefit a small business with a few products can get by blogging, but when you run an ecommerce store with hundreds or thousands of products, is there still any benefit to blogging?

Companies often make deals with each other to avoid bidding on each other’s terms. The result is lower costs and less competition. Such agreements make a ton of sense for all parties involved.

More usually a website or web page is created for a desktop, but when the same website or webpage is seen on a mobile device or Smartphone the resolution does seem to be altered, providing a sub optimal interaction and viewer experience.More usually a website or web page is cre

Think back to the last great email campaign you read. Was it long-winded, with paragraph upon paragraph of creative vocabulary and thematic layers that you eagerly read through in order to discover the vague reasoning for the email in the conclusion? Didn't think so.

If the internet killed the phone call, the smartphone has revived it.

Last week, reports surfaced suggesting the possibility that Google has made changes to local map results.

Search experts are losing faith in the idea that links are more important to ranking algorithms for good content than previous studies have shown.

Last night my friend Bill Campbell passed away. He meant everything to me and I am having trouble even beginning to say something.

Two-year export program provides resources to support international business.

Forget the clunky Web. The future of the online world will be a river of information flowing through time;
People ask where the Web is going; it’s going nowhere. The Web was a brilliant first shot at making the Internet usable, but it backed the wrong horse. It chose space over time. 

It's not magic, although online search -- the media that has become the backbone to augment many technologies like Microsoft Windows 10, and businesses such as Google -- may sometimes seem that way to those who don't fully understand how it works.

Strata, a Chicago-based advertising systems provider, says that 44% of agencies in the second quarter say they are getting a “good value” for recent online video ad purchases -- up 43% increase from the previous quarter.

Data from comScore covering 2013-2015 shows that mobile Internet usage is indeed growing fast, from an average of just over 400 minutes per month in February 2013 to almost 900 minutes per month in April 2015. But over the same period desktop held steady at around 500 minutes per month, showing no serious variation.

Iger opened Disney's meeting in San Francisco yesterday by showing off his Apple Watch, which he claims to have picked up earlier this week. Apple only launched the smartwatch on Monday and showed off a number of interfaces, including a Mickey Mouse theme.

Mobile video is booming, with about 50 million people watching video on their mobile devices, according to Business Insider. Advertisers have taken notice.

For the record: Tim Cook told Wall Street that Apple has sold 25 million Apple TVs over the product’s lifetime. That’s up from 20 million in April of last year, the last time Cook provided an update.

For all the focus on social media and the next generation of bright shiny communications technologies, the most important “digital tool” in the workforce is one of its oldest -- email.

By ANGUS LOTEN, ADAM JANOFSKY and 

It has never been more important for leaders of growth companies to make the right decisions about people, strategy, execution and cash. In today's economy, there's little room for error. You and your team simply must outlearn the competition.

"We hope to see more websites using HTTPS in the future," Google said in a blog post, referring to the protocol for securing c

Laszlo Horvath gave a presentation

To cloud, or not to cloud? That is the question.
According to what business and other aspects should you consider the introduction or rejection of cloud based information solutions?

The purpose of the event was to enable linking of Libyan government and business entities with American partners in the domain of cyber security and information technologies.

You will: Understand dramatic consequences of a global behavioral change and its impact on your ability to sell products.

PLAYA VISTA, CA (December 13, 2012) -  The X PRIZE Foundation and LEGO Group announced today the winners of MoonBots 2012: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge.

Utah topped the list for the third straight year, with North Dakota, North Carolina and Colorado rounding out the top five. Maryland came in at No. 16, up three sports from a year ago.

Attend peace meditation and energy healing session to benefit Operation Smile UAE.  

When: Saturday, October 20, 2012...6pm onward

Where: Crowne Plaza, Abu Dhabi, Hamdan Street

Jason Moore, GCC regional partner for ActiveMedia, meets Mayor Yang Hong, of Shenzhen City, China as part of CEO Clubs of UAE official function held at Dubai Shangri-La Hotel earlier this month.

CEO CLUBS UAE is proud to announce that Five of its valued members receive Awards in different industries and also a major appreciation of "Masterclass Entrepreneur of The Year" Award to our Founder & CEO, Dr.Tariq Ahmed Nizami in " 3rd Middle East Business Leaders Awards "

 "We appreciate the recognition of our industry peers and are grateful to our clients for the opportunity to increase their digital footprint," says ActiveMedia founder and president Laszlo Horvath.