tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891504874494629001.post-52230855563523907222008-04-07T10:11:00.000-07:002008-04-07T10:26:07.206-07:00According to <a href="http://searchengineland.com/080407-070923.php">this blog from Search Engine Land</a>, much more emphasis needs to be addressed by online marketers on achieving results via universal search - i.e. pay attention to your images and videos.<br /><a href="http://www.dullessouthonline.com/loudoun_SEO/uploaded_images/momatcomputer-729348.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:10px 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.dullessouthonline.com/loudoun_SEO/uploaded_images/momatcomputer-729345.jpg" border="0" alt="business woman working at computer" /></a><br />The fact that images are highly appealing, can convey an enormous amount of emotion-provoking information in a blink, and can be nearly universal from a language and culture perspective isn't new. The fact that image management should be a serious element of your online marketing strategy might be new to many businesses.<br /><br />In our marketing travels, we've seen many genres of images competing for consumer eyeballs - some focused and niche, some global and mundane. Here's a bit of an experiment - the next few blog posts will include a photo of what we think is probably one of the most appealing types of images for marketing and advertising - a woman working on a computer, or with a computer-driven device. There's many reasons and opinions for this; but we'll simply test it right here for a while to prove the point.Elisenoreply@blogger.com