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 Affiliate Marketing, Analytics, Brand Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Google, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Vertical Search, Yahoo!
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Bees can tell you so much about your audience
Friday, 12 January 2007
103bees.com has a search engine analysis tool that knows whether a search leading to your site was a question or request. Already a great resource for marketing, 103bees.com provides natural search engine traffic analytics with a laundry list of statistics and in-depth information on the queries that drive visitors to your site. Discover the Long
- Published in Analytics, Vendors / Agencies
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
Search For Insights
Friday, 17 November 2006
From time to time I’ve alluded to a little known, little used, concept by which marketers use search activity and trends to study customer behavior and marketing effectiveness. Consider that with the majority of U.S. adults online and studies suggesting 80-90% of those online use search, you have a tremendous, real time focus group of
Partners and Platforms Support Retailers Developing Keywords Lists
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
Online stores in need of help with a paid search keyword program should turn to Yahoo! and Google for support.With much anticipation, Yahoo’s new search platform allows advertisers to test different copy no the same keyword while auto-optimizing by favoring the ad which performs best. Yahoo! elevates paid search to the next level with their
- Published in Analytics, Google, Paid Search, Search, Vendors / Agencies, Yahoo!
Google Site Optimizer
Friday, 20 October 2006
I’m of the believe that you have to take Google’s tools for more than their face value. They claim, for example, that they don’t use Google Analytics to peer into website performance because of privacy, in a way, I hope they do leverage the data from Analytics. What better way to evaluate the value of
- Published in Analytics, Google, Insights / Research
5 reasons to love MSN Ad Labs
Friday, 06 October 2006
If you have not already, I encourage you to spend time with MSN Ad Labs https://adlab.microsoft.com This is the first practical application of using search as an analytics resource.Still in development, you’ll find many sites and keywords not yet indexed but the insights for those that are available are tremendous. Visit Demos Here’s a sampling
- Published in Analytics, Insights / Research, MSN, Paid Search, Search