Top 5 iPhone Apps for Search & Internet Marketers

Search and Internet marketing can, at times, be a 24 hour job. It doesn’t necessarily HAVE to be, but if you want good results and want to keep up with new information often times it is. Sometimes we just want it to be regardless; it’s something we enjoy. Even when we leave our computers we’re still tempted to take a peek at things or be able to manage our tracking and analytics. Thanks to the beauty of the iPhone and the app store, we can be slightly obsessive but in a not-so-obvious way. 1 . SEJ News                   This application should be the beginning of your quest for up to date information. SEJ News for iPhone is constantly refreshed when articles are added to Search Engine Journal. When you have some down-time in your day you can open up this application and read your heart out. Simply pull the top to refresh and you’ll always have the newest read available. 2. Social Pop                 SocialPop! This is a social media/internet marketing/search marketing/social news aggregate from your top favorite sites, including: Digg Reddit Fark Mixx and many more. This is necessary if you want to keep your head above the water with the technological changes from day to day. I’ve noticed that every time I open something, Facebook is adding/improving/changing something. This could be dire if you’re a search or internet marketer. 3. Analytics Agent                     There is both a free version and a formal paid version for this- the application uses your Google Analytics API to access your information for you.  It doesn’t allow you to actually manage your data but it lets you view it directly from your phone. The lite version is good enough if you don’t feel like paying for it. It includes features such as: Site usage Visitor information Absolute page views Direct Traffic Referring Sites                   There are many other features. The formal version is only $2.99 and includes novelties such as: Graph and pie charts depicting your traffic for easy viewing Top landing pages Adwords information- it follows and analyzes customer actions such as purchase, page view, register and the sell opportunity. This will help you figure out how effective your Adwords campaign is. Adsense - Improve the effect of Adsense according to click-throughs picked up in Google Analytics. Also provides the sales status. E-Commerce data- It can show total revenue, conversion rate, purchased products and more. The Analytics Agent app is very handy and useful for having data at your finger tips at all times of the day… and the price certainly isn’t anything to shake your head at either. 4. SEM Calculator                     This awesome little free application has multiple calculators so you can figure out those pesky search engine marketing equations that nobody wants to carry around another calculator or a notepad for. This is also great if you’re involved in online media buying. Abilities include: CPM calculator CPM to CPA conversion Banner/Email campaign CPA CPC to CPM Max CPC for PPC                     SEM Calculator is very clean and easy to use… not to mention- everything is mostly black. Your eyes won’t be hating you later if you need to stare at it for extended periods of calculating glory. 5. iNetUtil                   This is another free application. It doesn’t really have much that it can do; what it does do is extremely useful. I’ve been using a few different services online to make sure that my website is up and running at all times. It’s actually really nice to know when you’re website is offline so you can contact your server company and let them know they need to step up their service. Aside from that, if you’re a web design company and you’re hosting the sites you make, you need to know that the company you’re using is reliable. iNetUtil does just that- it lets you check on your website status from anywhere, at anytime; letting you know whether: Internet access is available If it cannot connect If connection is reachable There aren’t too many useful iPhone apps available yet for search and internet marketing. I mean, there’s lots that are OUT there, but most of them have horrible reviews or an interface that isn’t that great. These are what I managed to find… are there any others that you readers find useful? If so, please post them into the comments so I can keep growing this list! What search and Internet marketing  iPhone applications do you use? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Top 5 iPhone Apps for Search & Internet

Google Gives AdWords a Mobile Interface

Google has just rolled out its AdWords for Mobile applications that should run on the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre devices. AdWords for Mobile provides mobile access to your account, key alerts and statistics as well as a facility to make quick changes to your AdWords settings even while on the move. AdWords for Mobile lets you select parts of your AdWords account that you want to monitor and access using your mobile phones. You can set up custom alerts for key account events such as when you campaing has reached a certain amount of your daily budget or when traffic is dropping substantially.  The mobile app also has a link that lets you switch to the desktop interface of your AdWords account in case you need to do major edits to other parts of your AdWords account. In short, AdWords for mobile will help you better manage your AdWords account and you will no longer have reason to say that you failed to make some changes since you are on the move. Well, unless of course you don’t use any of the devices supported by the mobile app. If  you want to try AdWords for mobile, simply point your mobile device’s browser to  http://adwords.google.com/dashboard/Dashboard . Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Gives AdWords a Mobile

Yahoo Search Arrives on the Apps Store

Why Yahoo took this long to release a native iPhone app for its search engine is a mystery. Yet, it’s a significant day for the iPhone since the release of Yahoo Search app for the iPhone finally completes the triumvirate of the major search engines for the iPhone.  Google has long been in the Apps Store while Microsoft’s Bing recently got an update. And while both Google and Bing tried to include as much nifty features as they want in their respective iPhone apps, Yahoo decided to go the simpler route – a simple and yet pleasant interface that loads search results as fast as you can think it can. The Yahoo Search app for iPhone also remembers your visited links and displays a short description of the sites you are loading. The app also display news flash in real-time place at the top of  your iPhone’s screen. The only thing that could probably turn you off is the fact that the application is ad-sponsored.  And given the small screen real estate of  the iPhone, those ads can get pretty annoying. The app’s poor voice search feature is livable as well as the lack of direct access to maps and some other features. Still, the Yahoo Search iPhone app is a pretty good one and is packed with some great features such as the following: Local Maps: Get maps tied to your location; place a phone call or get directions with one tap Search Assist: Offers instant, local suggestions as you type Best of Yahoo!: Get results from Yahoo! Sports, News, Finance, Movies, and more— designed just for the iPhone. Voice search: Don’t type—just talk, making search easier and faster Local Businesses Photos: View photos, ratings, phone numbers, and more from Yahoo! Local, Yelp!, and Citysearch Personalized information: Tailored results that get even better the more you search Fast queries: Get site summaries at a glance with Quick Load “My Log”: Offers quick access to recent searches and local business results Shake to clear: Start a new query with a shake of your iPhone Here’s the iTunes Link for Yahoo Search app. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Yahoo Search Arrives on the Apps

Google Adds Blue Dots to Product Search Results

Just a quick update to inform you that if you’re using Google’s product search , whether on your computers or mobile devices such as iPhone or Android phones, you can now check whether a particular product is in stock on a store nearby. You can check out the product’s availability by clicking on the “blue dot” included in the search results. This is particularly useful if you’re out on the street and saw something which you might want to buy. You can just search for the product on your mobile phones, and if Google mobile search returns a search result with a blue dot, you can check it out to find out where you can buy the product. You can also see the distance of the nearest store from your current location. Some popular retailers are already participating in the said feature including Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn or West Elm. To try this feature, point your iPhone, Palm WebOS or any Android phone to google.com, tap on the “more” link and then choose “shopping” from the options. Alternatively you can check out the “shopping results” section from the Universal Search results provided by Google mobile search. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Adds Blue Dots to Product Search