Future for Internet marketersWritten by Jakob Jelling
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The potential competition can sound ominous. And depending on your outlook, it can be. For every new product that pays affiliate commissions, there soon could be lots more marketers trying to promote it to same audience. And for every new product of your own you develop, similar products with more features and selling for a lower price could appear. That already happens now to an extent. What will it be like with even more marketers and developers competing? But change can also be good news. You as an individual marketer can either complain about unfairness of it all, or you can choose to adapt your business to inevitable and prosper. As new marketers, and surfers in general, from China, India, and elsewhere come online, they will also create entirely new markets to sell to, markets that weren't there just a short time ago. After all, as marketers they will need same types of products and services that western marketers need. And as surfers and eventual online buyers, their consumers will want not only western, but also regional and cultural goods, just as online shoppers in western world do now. Of course, marketers in those regions will also compete in their local markets, as well as western ones. The globalization of Internet marketing will continue rapidly, no doubt about it. To stay in game, western marketers would be well-advised to begin their strategic planning for this trend now. New markets and new opportunities are forming - learn to spot them at a distance through global binoculars!

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| | Google tests expanded search to include printed worksWritten by Jakob Jelling
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Once you've found your search terms in a book, you can then enter additional search terms that will be limited to book itself, rather than entire web. Google's selection includes both fiction and non-fiction, technical reference and professional books, textbooks, and more. Since Google Print is currently in testing, a searcher won't necessarily find results from every book they expect to see. As program grows, Google has indicated they will continue to add books to their searchable database. Publishers who want to participate can do so for free.

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his website for the latest on planning, building, promoting and maintaining websites.
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