According to comScore, 113 billion searches were conducted in July 2009 globally.

Google sites had 58 percent increase compared to last year and ranked as the leaders within search engines in global search market with 76.7 billion searches conducted and 67.5 percent market share. Google sites are followed by Yahoo sites with 8.9 billion searches and 7.8 percent market share. Yahoo had just 2 percent increase compared to last year and closely followed by Chinese search engine Baidu sites with 8 billion searches 7.0 percent share. Microsoft sites ranked forth worldwide with a 41 percent increase compared to last years data which seems promising for next year.

As a result of a sudden opportunity, I am moving to Turkey soon. By the end of July, Future Searches will be operating from Ankara, Turkey. I will be exploring Turkey search market closely and helping companies to show off in the first pages of search engines result pages.

I know the Turkish internet market is evolving and there are many opportunities out there. I am so excited and can’t wait to sort things out, settle down and start my Turkey SEO journey!

Economic downturn is leading every organization in to cost-cuts and find new revenue channels. As long as companies set up a clever e-strategy, e-business is an effective business model since it is cost-effective and brings many opportunities together. This is why many companies are transforming in to e-business, exploring and taking advantages of revenues generated online while succesfully integrating in to social media for brand reputation and recognition.