Modeling Search and User Behavior to Measure Campaign Performance
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
The concept of using behavior, namely search behavior, to understand user intent and awareness is difficult to grasp. In an industry in which focus groups and panels are the norm, the most alien of insights is that of the searcher but, consider, the ability to track the behavior of an immense audience actively seeking, evaluating,
- Published in Analytics, Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Insights / Research, Search
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Google’s Top 100 Validates Search as a Gold Mine of Insight
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Anyone still question that search behavior and trends are your greatest source of insight to customer awareness, interest, and demand? Google doesn’t. Tuesday, Trends released a feature displaying the most recent, dynamic 100 searches (excluding porn, weather, and popular websites & celebrities), replacing Google Zeitgeist and giving us insight to why Dancing with the Stars
- Published in Analytics, Insights / Research, Search
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
Google’s Pay-per-action Model Needs to Track Performance
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
The big news of the day seems to be Google’s Pay-per-action model with blogs citing the potential threat to the affiliate space this “new” advertising option presents (another from Search Engine Journal). For years, we’ve considered Adsense itself a (if not THE) threat to affiliates as a model in which publishers are merely paid for
- Published in Affiliate Marketing, Analytics, Display Advertising, Google
Building an Effective Paid Search Program
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
It seems every day we are faced with new SEM opportunities from MSN, Google, Yahoo, Ask, and, shortly, AOL. With demographic and geographic targeting now available, quality scores to consider, the long tail, copy and landing page tests, and increasing bid rates, where does one begin? If someone was already familiar with the concepts of
- Published in Analytics, Paid Search, Search
Google Now Reports Links to your Site
Monday, 05 February 2007
Feel like I’ve been neglecting my blog? I do though my feelings are torn as I’ve been traveling (and will be again), making posts difficult; I hate leaving my blog unsupported but those Mai Tais sure alleviate the concerns! 😉 I’m back for a while with so many topics and ideas broiling in my head
- Published in Analytics, Google, Natural Search / SEO, Search