Thursday, January 26, 2012

Increase in demand for online marketing and digital media jobs in South Africa

Google Trends demonstrate that South Africa currently ranks 4th fourth highest (after Pakistan, India and Ireland) in searches for 'Jobs in Online Marketing'. In Africa, Kenya shows the most searches for 'Internet Marketing', followed by South African and then Uganda with this search term peaking in January 2010 since 2004.

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Most Popular Search Terms

While the terms 'Internet Marketing', 'Digital Marketing' and 'Online Marketing' are often used interchangeably within the industry, companies and recruiters should pay attention to how people within this field are searching and advertising for jobs.

From around 2004 to the end of 2007, the phrase "Internet Marketing" was most commonly used to describe this area of expertise. The term 'Online Marketing' has featured most prominently in search queries since 2009. 'Digital Marketing' was the most frequently used phrase in January 2010 and has been climbing gradually since, and is still being used frequently amongst online marketers.

Search Trends in South Africa

* Search trends show that job seekers search for these jobs most frequently in January, May and July months, with Mpumulanga currently trending as the region that most frequently searches for jobs within the Internet Marketing industry.
* In South Africa, the region that first showed any significant interest in online marketing jobs in early 2007 was Kwa-Zulu Natal.
* The Eastern Cape started to feature on Google Trends from October to December 2007, where after it showed a significant drop-off until July 2008.
* During the first quarter of 2008 Gauteng and the Western Cape both started showing interest in search for jobs in the online industry.
* Until January 2010 there was not much shift in search trends until the Free State started to feature.
* A dramatic rise in searches for 'internet marketing jobs' in the Northern Province and Mpumulanga started to come to the forefront in the first quarter of 2011.
* While Gauteng and the Western Cape seem to have an ongoing and steady interest in searches for 'internet marketing jobs, Mpumulanga continues to rank as one of the regions with the highest search trends within this field with search queries predominantly coming from Nelspruit.
* Polokwane, Bloemfontein and Kimberly all rank very high at present, as interest continues to grow for jobs in new media from these regions.

Online Content Supply versus Demand

While search continues to rise for web content matching search trends for 'Internet Marketing Job', 'Online Marketing Job' and 'Digital Marketing Job', a quick search for web pages that have been optimized to rank for these terms

Thanks: http://www.bizcommunity.com

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