Buyer Beware! What Local Media Sites Don’t Want Advertisers To Know

Posted by Marty Weintraub on September 6th 2008 in Analytics, Conversion, Paid Marketing | 9 comments

We encounter companies spending obscene amounts of Internet marketing cash on unfocused local television and newspaper website banner ads, relying on semi-useless statistics and without building in the campaign’s ability to calculate return on investment.

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Under the Lens – Ads in a Quality Score World

Posted by Jennifer Osborne on August 21st 2008 in Paid Marketing, SES San Jose 2008 | 1 comment

Google Quality Score - Ad Lense

Moderated by Dana Todd, CMO for Newsforce, Day 3 of SES San Jose found SEM experts discussing how Quality Score has impacted results and how you can impact quality score results.
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Neutered SEOs, PPC, Google Sheep, & Paid Links Gone Underground

Posted by Marty Weintraub on June 29th 2008 in Google, Links | 17 comments

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PPC and organic search alike serve classic functions in the marketing mix. However Google is effectually forcing many advertisers into buying more AdWords PPC by systematically setting out to neuter SEOs, who are increasingly going underground.

We all know Google’s been eviscerating organic paid link-building tactics which historically have been a vital component of attaining prominence in natural (unpaid) search results. Let’s take a closer look at how Google’s organic linking policies are as much about selling AdWord as preventing spam. Read the rest of this entry »