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This week in Germany world leaders gathered to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The tearing down of the Wall, a potent symbol of East German oppression since 1961, marked the end of one era and the start of a new one. Strange though it may sound, the tearing down of the Wall in 1989 was a significant influence on how we do search marketing in Europe today. When doing SEO in Europe, you are bound to run into some issues which that originated in some way from the fall of the Berlin Wall. In this column I’ll try to give you a little historical insight which will help you look at search in Europe through that lens, offering a somewhat different perspective than usual. With this background you’ll benefit when entering the European market by knowing more about the wants and needs of your target audiences, increasing your chances of actually reaching them. In one day, Europe suddenly became much bigger One of the obvious consequences of the fall … [Read more...] about SEM Lessons From The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

The European Search Awards, now going into their fourth year, have officially announced the location for the 2015 awards ceremony. The 2015 winners will be announced in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday 22 April, with many of the continent’s foremost digital and content marketers expected to be in attendance. The awards opened for entries at the end of last month, and will be delivered in association with SEMPO, the industry’s trade association, SEJ, and a number of other sponsors. For the winners, receiving such an award represents the culmination of a year of hard work and dedication to their profession. Julia Gonzalez of Performics (Spain) states: This award is the result of a year of dedication and effort… the European Search Awards are similar to the Oscars for us: it ‘s very hard to come by one but it is worth the effort. In addition to the prestige that comes with winning one of these awards, winners have been known to receive significant business benefits as … [Read more...] about European Search Awards To Be Held In Berlin In April 2015, Now Taking Entries

Yahoo! announced expansion plans to their Dublin, Ireland operations center and their data and customer care facility located in Lockport, New York. More than 200 employees will be added over the next 12 months in Dublin to support business operations in the Europe, Middle Eastern and Africa (EMEA) region.  The Lockport facility intends to add 115 new jobs. In a statement released by Yahoo!, Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, confirmed that the expansion will more than double Yahoo!’s existing Dublin workforce, stating, “Today’s announcement that Yahoo!, one of the biggest brand names on the Internet, is expanding its operations in Dublin and more than doubling its workforce here in the creation of 200 jobs is great news and further evidence that the [Government’s Action Plan for Jobs] is working. We in Government are determined to continue building on this, to attract further investments and create the jobs we … [Read more...] about Yahoo! Expanding Dublin Operations & New York Data Center

share tweet share pin it e-mail share Just came back from a breakfast meeting with Mike Butcher from Techcrunch held at the St.Oberholz at Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin Mitte. Following an announcement only made 2 days ago about 30 people (and counting when I left the place for my next meeting) to pitch our companies. Great spirit, great people, great ideas. Mike Butcher in a startup speed date (aka 5 minute interview) What I liked most is Mike’s statement in his Techcrunch announcement: “And the two biggest clusters right now are London (which we are pretty adept at covering) and Berlin.” Berlin is the place to be! And Mike, thanks for clogging my favored coffee place this morning 🙂 Horst Joepen, CEO Searchmetrics share tweet share pin it e-mail share  Who’s writing this stuff? My name is Marcus Tober and I’m the founder of Searchmetrics. Because we really love to analyze every kind of … [Read more...] about Techcrunch’s Mike Butcher is “Speed-Dating” startups in Berlin –

I am not exactly sure what this picture is of but it is a man or woman wearing a wolf mask serving drinks to folks at the Google Dublin office. I guess wearing a mask and serving drinks, without spilling, does show off some skill.The person who posted this on Instagram wrote "Big Dog were lured into the Wolfpack today by wolves with bubbles."This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers. … [Read more...] about Wolf Serving Drinks At Google Dublin