Marketing with Zvents – SEO and Shopping in One
Friday, 22 June 2007
The announcement has been made, not long ago I left HP to join the brilliant group of folks creating a remarkable event search technology at Zvents. Considering yourselves Mr. and Ms. America (not Mr. and Ms. Marketer), I’d be remiss (and not doing my job) to not mention that Zvents is where you want to
- Published in Brand Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Display Advertising, Fun, Local, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Vertical Search, Web 2.0
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Free Shipping is Not Important
Monday, 23 April 2007
I’ve been out of the office for the past week, welcoming my second daughter home. She arrived 9 days ago and, of course, my mind still turns to the industry that keeps us all employed. As you can imagine, we’ve started receiving gifts and presents from friends and family through FedEx, UPS, and the USPS;
- Published in Brand Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Fun, Insights / Research
Throw Hitwise on the Acquisition List
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Experian, the company I know best for their free credit reports, acquired Hitwise today for approximately $240m; adding to our growing list of recent acquisitions. Credit is by no means all for which they are known as the parent brand of well known online names including Lowermybills.com, cheetahMail, and a favorite from my old stomping
- Published in Analytics, Comparison Shopping, Insights / Research, Vendors / Agencies
New Google Base Attributes
Friday, 09 February 2007
My favorite CSE, Google Base (I still prefer “Froogle” don’t you?), has made a significant enhancement to the quality of their product engine with the addition of product attributes to the feed specifications. As I hope you know, Google Base allows stores to upload product feeds so that their audience can find, consider, and compare
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Google, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Vertical Search
Redesign News from AOL
Wednesday, 07 February 2007
Expected at the start of Q2 are a number of changes from the sleeping giant AOL. With over 100mm unique users, though not top internet portal nor media darling, AOL still has some tricks up its sleeve worth your attention (did you know that in Q4 AOL topped MSN on monthly uniques for the first
- Published in AOL, Comparison Shopping, Google, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search
It’s all about Search
Saturday, 27 January 2007
That was a bold perspective I frequently heard years ago while working for Yahoo! This isn’t new insight about Yahoo’s strategy (I’m often wonder what they’re doing); no, I want to share and discuss with you the claim. It’s ALL about Search Think about whether or not that is true for a moment and give
Comparison Shopping Does Not Drive Sales (not immediately anyway)
Tuesday, 23 January 2007
In a study I’m wrapping up of customer interaction with a single brand and store, we’ve found that as as 80% of all purchases are preceded by time with a comparison shopping engine. 80%! Do you know what impact CSEs have on your business? Most marketers relegate Shopping.com, Bizrate, or Shopzilla to an relevant but
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Insights / Research
