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Class Action Suit On Click Fraud STILL To Stay In Arkansas

Google Suit Sent Back to State Court from the Associated Press notes that a class-action lawsuit against Google, Yahoo and other search engines over click fraud accusations will…

By Danny Sullivan · 15 Sep 2005

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When & Why You Should Buy Your Name

Beaten at Your Own Name: Buying Your Brand from Kevin Lee at ClickZ looks at why brand holders might decide it makes…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Sep 2005

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Yahoo Rapped Over Funding Spyware — Isn’t It Overdue For Source Selection To Be Allowed?

How Yahoo Funds Spyware out now by spyware researcher/activist Ben Edelman looks at how Yahoo ads run in plenty of places beyond…

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Sep 2005

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Yahoo Apologizes For Ad Management Problems; Issues Case-By-Case Refunds

I wrote last week about how a weekend upgrade to Yahoo’s ad management system went awry, making things sluggish or keeping some…

By Danny Sullivan · 31 Aug 2005

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Transcripts from Conference on Search Ad Disclosure Now Available

In June, Danny blogged about a panel he was on at: Trust or Consequence: How Failure to Disclose Ad Relationships Threatens to…

By Gary Price · 26 Aug 2005

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Yahoo’s Ad Management System Down Or Sluggish For Some, After Upgrade

More woes for Yahoo Search Marketing’s account system. Yahoo! Search On The Fritz After System Upgrade from MediaPost looks briefly at how…

By Danny Sullivan · 25 Aug 2005

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Small Business Owner Says He Lost $500,000 Due to Click Fraud

Adam Penenberg’s Wired article Click Fraud Claims Drive Lawsuits, provides another example of a small business owner who says his company lost…

By Gary Price · 18 Aug 2005

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Yahoo Readying New Paid Listings System

Yahoo plans a new paid listings system for next year that will allow advertisers to have multiple creatives, rankings based on a…

By Danny Sullivan · 18 Aug 2005

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Yahoo Expands Ambassador Program and Adds Services for Certified Affiliates

The Media Post story: Yahoo Beefs Up Training For Search Marketers, has details about the folks in Sunnyvale expanding access to its…

By Gary Price · 15 Aug 2005

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U.S. District Court Judge Issues Written Decision in Geico v. Google AdWords Case

Out-Law.com reports that the judge in the Geico v. Google case recently released a written version of her ruling in a case…

By Gary Price · 15 Aug 2005

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Providing Relevant Ads After a Search

AlmondNet, what Danny calls a “post-search” behavioral ad network launched in January. His into to the service is here. Today, Wired’s Adam…

By Gary Price · 04 Aug 2005

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Complaints Over Yahoo’s Direct Traffic Center

One of our SEW Forums moderators sebastian has had it with Yahoo’s Direct Traffic Center, the administrative control center for those running…

By Danny Sullivan · 27 Jul 2005

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Yahoo Using Search Profile To Trigger Banner Ads Over Time

The PC World article, Yahoo Tailors Graphical Ads to Users’ Search Queries, discusses changes to Yahoo’s “Impulse” advertising program. Yahoo captures a…

By Gary Price · 15 Jul 2005

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New Click Fraud Calculator

How much click fraud is there? When I’m asked, my answer is honest. Who knows? We’ve had a few stats and estimates,…

By Danny Sullivan · 11 Jul 2005

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Measuring Brand Value Of Search Ads

Trying to tell if your search ads have branding value? Paid Search Ads and Site-Side Brand Metrics from Kevin Lee at ClickZ…

By Danny Sullivan · 11 Jul 2005

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Testing For Click Fraud Rates

Marketing Experiments decided to test how much click fraud Google might detect through an experiment (free registration required). Findings? An individual just…

By Danny Sullivan · 06 Jul 2005

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Cost Per Action Ads At Snap

Kevin Ryan offers a few thoughts on how cost-per-action ads work over at Snap.com. Cost per action? Yes, you decide what action…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Jul 2005

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Google Wins Click Fraud Case Against Auctions Expert

Last year, news came out that Google was suing one of its own AdSense affiliates alleging click fraud. Google Wins $75,000 In…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Jul 2005

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Google Targeted With Second Class Action Suit On Click Fraud

Google sued over "click fraud" in Web ads from Reuters brings news that Click Defense has filed a lawsuit against Google involving…

By Danny Sullivan · 30 Jun 2005

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ET Don’t Go Home, Go To A Targeted Landing Page!

The Simple Pay Per Click Change That Could Earn You More from Jennifer Laycock is a plea to marketers that if you…

By Danny Sullivan · 24 Jun 2005

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Tips On Capturing The Search Tail Via Paid Listings

I wrote about the long search tail of queries earlier. In Use PPC to Capture the Search Curve Tail from Kevin Lee…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Jun 2005

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Tips On Improving Landing Pages

11 Ways to Improve Landing Pages at Digital Web looks at simple things to consider to ensure that when people land at…

By Danny Sullivan · 15 Jun 2005

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Report Suggests Paid Search Disclosure Could Be Better

Last week, I participated in a panel at the Trust or Consequence: How Failure to Disclose Ad Relationships Threatens to Burst the…

By Danny Sullivan · 15 Jun 2005

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WashingtonPost.com Says Goodbye to Google and Hello to Yahoo

In case you haven’t noticed, web search and keyword ads on the popular online news site, WashingtonPost.com (also my hometown paper) are…

By Gary Price · 14 Jun 2005

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Where Oh Where Will My Search Ad Show Up?

Paid Placement SEM Is Dead. Long Live Paid Placement from Kevin Lee at ClickZ looks at how while you can still buy…

By Danny Sullivan · 10 Jun 2005

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