Yahoo and Google and Microsoft oh my!
Friday, 04 May 2007
Can anyone keep up with recent news? Acquisition talk following what seems to be the month of mergers, with Hitwise going to Experian and, of course, Google’s pick up of DoubleClick, brings my old stomping grounds and once world’s strongest brand into the limelight. Yahoo! and Microsoft Microsoft is stepping up pursuit of Yahoo! to
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Google, MSN, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Yahoo!
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Free Shipping is Not Important
Monday, 23 April 2007
I’ve been out of the office for the past week, welcoming my second daughter home. She arrived 9 days ago and, of course, my mind still turns to the industry that keeps us all employed. As you can imagine, we’ve started receiving gifts and presents from friends and family through FedEx, UPS, and the USPS;
- Published in Brand Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Fun, Insights / Research
Online Industry Events in One Calendar
Thursday, 19 April 2007
For years, I have been frustrated with our industry’s conference and event promotion. Without a single, comprehensive calendar of search and marketing conferences, we’re left to subscribe to every newsletter and publication just to be informed of an upcoming event. Still, we often miss the smaller, local seminars and meetings. This year, I practically neglected
- Published in Change Log, Conferences / Events, Vertical Search, Web 2.0
Marketing is Dead
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
I recently had a chance to discuss the future of online advertising with Shane Vaughan, VP of Marketing for Balihoo, and offered a forum in which to share his perspective. He has succinctly characterized how the relevance of advertising, enabled by the internet, will deliver more qualified customers while supporting, not replacing, traditional forms of
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Insights / Research, Search, Targeting
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
Will be Speaking: AMA Hot Topic Series
Wednesday, 07 March 2007
Marketers interested in discussion of advanced paid and organic (natural) search engine marketing strategies and opportunities should attend one of the American Marketing Association’s Search Engine Marketing Hot Topic Series I’ll be there sharing my insights on managing the long tail and measuring success in Search. Event Dates/Locations April 20, 2007- San Francisco, CA Crowne
- Published in Conferences / Events, 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