Top Internet Marketing Trends for 2011

The Internet is moving and accelerating at a rapid pace. We saw a lot of trends develop and accelerate last year. Twitter, for example, went from a “huh, what’s that” to a mainstream communication tool. It’s not easy to predict what will happen in the coming year, but here’s a few predictions I found and wanted to share.

• Top 10 Internet Marketing Trends for 2011 from digdugmedia.
  • Highlights include increases in Local, Mobile and a bold prediction that Video will lead to the death of TV.
• Top Ten Internet & Search Marketing Trends for 2011 from WebSeoAnalytics.
  • Predictions call for increased emphasis on Link Building, increased budgets for SEO, continued increase in Social Media, especially “community engagement strategies”.
  • The bold prediction here is that Google will begin losing market share to innovative search engines such as Blekko.
• Future Internet Marketing Trends for 2011 by Christopher Terterian.
  • He foresees a continuation of 2010 trends and calls out Social Commerce such as Groupon.
  • Localization such as FourSquare and Gowalla.
  • The rise of tablets and other mobile devices.
  • Bold prediction – Google v. Facebook War
• Top 5 Marketing Trends for 2011 from Atomic Email Marketing Blog. Here’s 5 trends that I too believe are at the top of the list.
  • Embrace Social Media Marketing – Facebook Places, Google Places, Foursquare, Linkedin
  • Engagement is King – using content to engage people
  • Video Content
  • Mobile Marketing on the Move
  • Open source and the cloud make web marketing easier
• Web Design Trends in 2011 by Web Design Ledger.
  • More CSS 3 and HTML5
  • Simple Color Schemes — a la Web 2.0 web design
  • Mobile Ready – web designs that port to mobile devices
  • Parallax Scrolling – gotta read it to understand it
  • Depth Perception – design to create dimension
  • Large Photographic Backgrounds – grab your attention
• TBH Creative has some spot on predictions in Web Design Trends for 2011
  • 3D Effects
  • Hand Drawn and Cartoon Images
  • Large Header Banners
  • Typography
  • One Page Layouts
  • Minimalism
  • BIG SEO Footers

Be sure to check out the links to read more detail about the upcoming trends.