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Branding and Search Engines - Experiment Call  

:: Thursday, September 16, 2004 ::

The following is a call for participants in an online experiment conducted at Organic-Rankings.com, owned by Derek Chew.



WEBSITE: Organic-Rankings.com

EXP#2: ASSOCIATING BRANDS TO ONLINE QUERIES

In conjunction with Dr. Garcia, aka Orion on SEW forums, we have opened up an experiment. Details below.

THE CALL

We are looking for SEO/SEM and traditional marketing firms interested in participating in an online experiment on brands and search engines.


THE BENEFITS

Participants that complete and return the official questionnaire will receive credit and a link in the final report.
This report will be circulated through several distribution channels (sites, newsletters, etc); in this way,
participants gain visibility within their industry.


PARTICIPANTS'S WORK

Participants will receive a set of specific instructions and are required to complete and return a
questionnaire on brands across several industries. Participants should return the completed questionnaire
before the corresponding deadline. The entire process takes minutes to complete, depending on participants knowledge on several industries.


THE SUBMISSION FORM

To participate, please complete and submit the following form.

1. Name of firm
2. Company type: (a) SEO/SEM or (b) traditional
3. Contact Person
4. Email
5. URL


IMPORTANT DEADLINES

1. Submission Deadline: September 28, 2004 by 5:00 PM ET
2. Questionnaire Deadline: October 7, 2004 by 5:00 PM ET


Final Report Publication: TBA, by October.


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Participants must complete official submission form.
2. Information collected in the submission form is confidential and will not be shared. However, in order to provide credits,
participants name will be included in the final report.
3. We reserve the right to accept/reject participations.
4. The author of the experiment retains all copyrights.


You can register through this link
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Stay tuned. I've put in a proposal for a behaviorial survey on web site design and SEO forums usage. More on that as we set up the test.

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 9/16/2004 10:23:03 AM

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