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
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Publicis to Acquire Digitas & Modem
Wednesday, 20 December 2006
Most of you are probably familiar with Modem Media or Digitas, both wonderful interactive marketing agencies; fewer with Publicis Groupe, the fourth-largest agency holding company. Today, Publicis announced that they will add Digitas to a burgeoning list of digital agencies media companies including ZenithOptimedia for $1.3 billion, paying Digitas shareholders $13.50 for each share. Earlier
- Published in Vendors / Agencies
CometQuery better than Google? Really??
Monday, 18 December 2006
Digg has generated some buzz for new search engine CometQueary citing “CometQuery provides fast results with thumbnails, like as seen on Ask.com. We may have a simple homepage but we also have a lot of power” I say decide for yourself These days, new search engines with better algorithms, faster results, or improved features are
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
Search Behavior and a Proxy Site (yes, its a full day!)
Wednesday, 06 December 2006
The holidays sure keep us busy don’t they!? I confess my recent intermittent posts are not a result of the busy season but attention to new research and my support of a couple remarkable blogs. I anxiously await the results of a comprehensive study of online searcher behavior correlated with online activity and time spent,
- Published in Comparison Shopping, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Vendors / Agencies
New Yahoo! Ambassador certification
Monday, 04 December 2006
Yahoo’s Search Marketing Ambassador training and the test for certification have been updated to reflect the new features and enhancements to Yahoo! Sponsored Search. In order to retain your Ambassador designation beyond January 31st, 2007, you are required to pass the new test. As an added bonus though, if you pass the new test by
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