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
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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
Alleluia Floodlight
Friday, 05 January 2007
I neglected to point out in December that Doubleclick picked up an award for a technology worth your attention. During the fourth annual ASPY awards created by Aspen group to salute the best solutions from publishers and vendors, Doubleclick’s Floodlight tag was recognized “Best Technology Solution” I call it a container tag. Floodlight is a
- Published in Affiliate Marketing, Analytics, Insights / Research, Vendors / Agencies
Cash Back with jellyfish
Thursday, 21 December 2006
jellyfish, a promising and somewhat novel addition to the Comparison Shopping scene is a combination of Upromise or the Discover card and Woot; they accomplish both giving you cash back on purchases while a discount on a deal of the day increases until the supply of that offer is sold out. Given the press I’ve
- Published in Affiliate Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Fun
How effective is Google Base?
Monday, 18 December 2006
Brian Smith today pointed out some challenges worth reading about Google Base. For those of you unfamiliar with Base, consider it a comparison shopping engine where you can submit product to be searchable on Google. Like a CSE, you can describe any item you post with attributes and specs to help people find it when
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Google, Insights / Research