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More Search Engine Wishes
In his ClickZ column today, Kevin Lee continues his look at Search Engine Wish Lists, with requests for search engines for things that would help search advertisers. This…
comScore Defines Panama Effects
ComScore Networks has found that Yahoo’s new ranking model has increased click through rates on its ads, at least initially. The study,…
Search Engine Advertisers’ Wish List
In his latest ClickZ column, Kevin Lee has compiled a Search Engine Wish List — changes that search engines could implement to…
Yahoo! Gives 2nd SearchLight Award
So amid the restructuring Yahoo! had time to give out the second annual SearchLight awards today. As their press release states: The…
BusinessWeek: Search Ads Getting Too Pricey
In the February/March editon BusinessWeek’s SmallBiz publication, Robert Hof reports a “fallout from a new online ad rush” where commerce giants are…
Business.com to Provide WSJ PPC Advertising
Business.com has inked a deal to become the exclusive provider of pay-per-click advertising for the Dow Jones’ Wall Street Journal Online search…
Yahoo Outlines Keys to PPC Success: Test, Test, Test
On the Yahoo Search Marketing blog, Michael Egan, senior director of content solutions, gives a run-down of the ad testing features available…
New Search Ad Management Tools Launched
Two new search ad management platforms launched this week. One, from ChannelAdvisor, focuses on the needs of online retailers. The other, from…
Yahoo Ad Ranking System Now Live
Today’s the day, as any search marketer not living under a rock for the past few months knows. Yahoo’s flipping the switch…
Yahoo Gives Tips To Improve Quality Score
Yahoo is trying to help people prepare for the addition of their Quality Score filter that will launch on Feb. 5th. I…
Affiliates and PPC
Are affiliates the cause of high PPC search ad costs for merchants? In his latest ClickZ column, Kevin Lee discusses the tactics…
Google Refutes Click Fraud Numbers, Once Again
In response to the latest click fraud report from Click Forensics, Google’s Shuman Ghosemajumder has responded in a two part post on…
Click Fraud Numbers Up, Content Networks Near 20%
A Click Forensics report found 2006 click fraud numbers reached 14.2% overall and 19.2 for clicks from search engine content networks. While…
Yahoo Keyword Tool Not Dead Yet
Earlier reports that Yahoo’s keyword research tool is being discontinued are not true, according to a Yahoo spokesperson. Apparently, issues with the…
Search & Outdoor: Separated at Birth?
Apparently SEM is not so different from outdoor advertising — you know, billboards and such. At least that’s what Intrapromote’s Eric Dafforn…
Yahoo To Add Quality Score To Panama Feb. 5th
Below is the official press release from Yahoo! regarding the addition of a Quality Score to Panama. UPDATE Conversation with Gaude Lydia…
Panama Gets Mixed Review From Wall Street Journal
Seems Kevin J. Delaney over at the Wall Street Journal got mixed reviews of Yahoo’s new search advertising interface, Panama. And this…
Microsoft Shows Off AdCenter
A new release of adCenter is expected in the next 2 months, with many of the new features resulting from testing and…
Are You Undervaluing Traffic?
Many marketers aren’t able to quantify The Value of Online Traffic. According to Bryan Eisenberg, the problem isn’t that online traffic costs…
The Sweet Smell of Search?
In his latest column at ClickZ, Kevin Lee explains the concept of “search scent,” which illustrates that humans forage for information on…
Wired Writes Yahoo’s Eulogy
Wired reporter Fred Vogelstein has penned a 3,200-word eulogy to Yahoo, “How Yahoo Blew It.” The story chronicles Yahoo CEO Terry Semel’s…
Google’s Response to “The Sausage Manifesto”
Today’s SearchDay, It’s Time to See What’s In the PPC Sausage, looks into Jeffrey Rohr’s open letter to paid search networks about…
It’s Time to See What’s In the PPC Sausage
Optiem's Jeffrey Rohrs has penned a "sausage manifesto," asserting that advertisers' click fraud concerns should be addressed as a customer service and…
Rohrs Addresses Click Fraud Issues With “Sausage Manifesto”
In a “Jerry Maguire moment” during SES Chicago last month, Jeffrey Rohrs, long-time SES moderator on legal and click fraud issues, sat…
Panama not enough? Of course not.
Business Week takes a stab at advising Yahoo about how it should take on Google in “Why Yahoo’s Panama Won’t Be Enough.”…
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