Vertical Search Is Better For You
Monday, 16 April 2007
I’ve been spending time with vertical search lately; though a long time fan and advocate of social search networks like Del.icio.us, I want to revisit my experience with vertical search and catch up on some of the new options and opportunities. Vertical, or specialized search, describes engines that are the focus on a specific business
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Search, Vertical Search, Web 2.0
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Google the Ad Network
Friday, 13 April 2007
And the winner is… Google for a mere $3.1b A agreement was announced today outlining Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick combining DoubleClick’s expertise in ad management and analytics for media buyers and sellers with Google’s leading advertising platform and publisher monetization services. I admit it felt a little weird reading the news on Yahoo! in a
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Google, Vendors / Agencies
How Ad Based Digital Content Allows Us to Reach Engaged Customers
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Though we’ve witnessed the demise of Napster, dozens of other file sharing networks have risen in their place creating a network of 9.4M simultaneous peer-to-peer users legally, and illegally, trading music, movies, and other content. What does that have to do with Marketing you ask? Intent MediaWorks, endorsed by various record labels, has begun seeding
- Published in Brand Marketing, Fun, Web 2.0
Search Marketing is Reputation Management
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
I was wrestling with the concept of the value of Paid Search for Branding over the weekend as I contemplated the limitations of performance based bid management. As a fan of performance based bidding, I believe all search programs should be managed as such with even obscure objectives, such as creating awareness or branding, leveraging
- Published in Brand Marketing, Paid Search, Search
Produce Your Next Commercial for Free
Thursday, 01 March 2007
Limited marketing budgets? Annoyed with that agency you feel charges too much? Perhaps you feel you could do a better job creating a commercial for your company yourself thinking? Zooppa is for you! Yes, Zooppa, a new startup generating hype for their attempt at creating a platform for paid, user generated video, has released a
- Published in Brand Marketing, Fun, Vendors / Agencies, Web 2.0
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
- Published in Brand Marketing, Insights / Research, Search
Happy Friday Fun – Brand Marketing
Friday, 19 January 2007
If you haven’t caught wind of the show with zefrank, you are missing out on arguably the funniest and most original video blogger online. Rumor has it we’re going to lose his daily humor to bigger things the same way we lost Amanda Congdon (I still can’t find the joy I once had from my
- Published in Brand Marketing, Fun