Kevin Newcomb
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Kevin Newcomb

2007

Video

Test of YouTube AdSense Unit Reveals Clickthroughs

You may have noticed Google is testing a new ad format, which features YouTube videos inside an AdSense unit, as…

02 Mar 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: Mar. 1, 2007

Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search…

01 Mar 2007

Local

Citysearch to Acquire Insider Pages

IAC/InterActiveCorp, parent to Ask.com and Citysearch, announced plans to acquire reviews-based local search provider Insider Pages. IAC is not sharing…

01 Mar 2007

PPC

Google Shares More Click Fraud Numbers

Invalid clicks on Google AdWords ads have consistently remained under the 10-percent mark, and are generally in low single-digits, Google…

01 Mar 2007

Local

The Long Tail of Local Search

In his ClickZ column today, Brian Wool takes a look at how Long Tail economics are affecting local search: “Without…

01 Mar 2007

Industry

Google Offers More Click Fraud Data

The amount of click fraud detected by Google remains in single-digit percentages of total clicks, and the amount that slips…

01 Mar 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: Feb. 28, 2007

Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search…

28 Feb 2007

Industry

Autobytel’s MyRide.com: The Future of Automobile Search?

MyRide.com, set to debut during the second quarter of 2007, will offer consumers a comprehensive array of information related to…

28 Feb 2007

Industry

Google Ad Sales Exec Exits

Patrick Keane, until recently the head of advertising sales strategy at Google, has left to become executive VP and chief…

28 Feb 2007

PPC

Panama from a Big Agency Perspective

Avenue A | Razorfish put Yahoo’s Panama platform through the paces this month, and has shared some data from 33…

28 Feb 2007