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Search Engine Watch February 14, 2007 John Tawadros |
Data Mining: The Heart of Analysis What do you do when the needle won't move anymore - when you can't invest another dollar in your paid search program without diminishing your returns? The answer lies in the data. |
CRM July 1, 2007 Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: A Company's Marketing Department Cannot Effectively Track and Manage Campaigns Across Multiple Search Engines. Tech Solution: Search engine marketing tools. |
Search Engine Watch January 5, 2009 William Flaiz |
Search Shifts and Predictions for 2009 2009 will see search engines focusing less on new product innovations and more on new revenue streams during our economic crisis. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2007 Alex Porter |
Alternative Media: Search-Engine Marketing: Click, Click ... Are You There? Pharma marketers turn to pay-per-click advertising to boost their product's reach. |
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2007 Bryan Eisenberg |
Make ROI Your New Year's Resolution Blaming Google for your traffic woes is like a brick and mortar store blaming the city for its traffic. Once they walk through the door of your store, it is your responsibility to convert them. |
Search Engine Watch June 23, 2004 Dana Todd |
Use Caution when Going Broad with Overture and Google Running a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign on Google and Overture can get complicated, especially now that both networks offer different types of keyword matching options when placing bids. Here's how to avoid trouble and maximize your campaign's effectiveness. |
Search Engine Watch December 15, 2004 Chris Sherman |
State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004 Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed looks yet at current practices and advertiser spending in the search marketing industry. |
Search Engine Watch January 24, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing Predictions for 2008, Part 2 We've collected the 2008 predictions of several search engine marketers, sharing their best guesses about the direction of the industry in the coming year. |
Search Engine Watch July 12, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 1 Some of the most common challenges of reporting on SEO performance, plus solutions. First of a three-part series. |
Entrepreneur June 2004 Catherine Seda |
Taken Out of Context? You might be part of a contextual ad program without even knowing it. Visit the search engines' sites to learn more about contextual advertising and how to manage it. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Google AdWords Quality Score -- That's Old-School for SEO By optimizing your Web site for organic search, and building out a bunch of pages for each keyword that you're honestly interested in targeting, you'll likely end up improving your Quality Scores as well. |
Search Engine Watch February 4, 2011 Kaley Dobson |
Will a New Tier of Search Advertising Providers Emerge? Google and Microsoft will dominate paid search in 2011, but we'll see a new category of search providers differentiate themselves from the rest of the ad networks and become trusted partners for those marketers looking to expand their reach. |
CRM September 3, 2015 Jessica Hawthorne-Castro |
With Campaign Metrics, You Need to Go Beyond the Basics Here are four metrics to make your decision making more data-driven -- and enhance profits. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 1, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Search Engine Optimization An interview with three industry experts on how, by utilizing search engine-based marketing, innovative banks can drive qualified traffic to their Web sites. |
Search Engine Watch October 7, 2004 Catherine Seda |
Contextual Ads: Vital to a Search Marketing Campaign? Are you bidding on keywords through Overture's Precision Match, Google's AdWords or another pay-for-placement service? If so, you're eligible to participate in their contextual advertising programs. |
Search Engine Watch May 3, 2011 Jason Tabeling |
Understanding AdWords Average Position: Optimize Your PPC Performance A key piece to your bottom line performance is understanding how average position works and impacts your campaigns. Test and optimize this data in context of your total search campaign to see your total results improve. |
Search Engine Watch May 27, 2004 Catherine Seda |
Managing a Search Advertising Budget You want top search result positions now, and you're willing to pay for them. But is your paid listing launch on hold until you can justify a budget and demonstrate ROI goals? |
InternetNews January 14, 2004 Zachary Rodgers |
The Graphical Search Divide Graphics in sponsored search listings. Want them? Need them? Marketers are divided. |
InternetNews December 18, 2003 Zachary Rodgers |
Ah-ha.com Adopts New Moniker The paid search listings provider changed its name to Enhance Interactive. The name change was motivated foremost by a gradual change in ah-ha.com's business model. |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Catherine Seda |
In the Click Want all the right people to notice your business? Gone are the days when adding keywords in meta tags to your site produced rankings. You need to make the most of today's hottest marketing method--search engine optimization. |
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2004 Shari Thurow |
Kanoodle Joins Contextual Advertising Fray Kanoodle has joined the competition between Overture and Google for distributed search marketing dollars, launching a content-targeted sponsored links program. |
Search Engine Watch June 28, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Overture Launches Local Match Listings Program Overture launched a new Local Match program today to allow its advertisers in the United States to more easily target listings toward those with a local interest. |
Search Engine Watch July 1, 2002 Danny Sullivan |
Overture Says Forget CPC, What's Your ROI? The company rolled out a new bidding system that will force many advertisers to think more about how much they can afford to pay to gain leads rather than how cheaply they can get those leads. |
Search Engine Watch September 28, 2005 Chris Sherman |
How are Search Marketers Performing? A new study sheds light on the performance of search marketing firms, concluding that many are missing opportunities and failing to provide important services for their clients. |
Search Engine Watch October 2, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Budgets to See Double-Digit Growth A significant number of advertisers plan to increase both their search ad spend and SEO budgets next year, according to a MarketingSherpa report. |
Search Engine Watch August 22, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
6 Tips for Aligning Your National, Local SEM Efforts The volume of local searches continues growing, which means national-level search advertisers must develop strategic plans for incorporating local search into their national search programs. The benefit: lower cost leads with higher conversation rates. |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Why You Should Combine Your PPC & SEO Strategies Here's how advertisers can develop a search strategy that effectively coordinates paid and organic listings. |
Search Engine Watch April 15, 2008 Joshua Stylman |
Is Search Recession-Proof? While online advertising will probably suffer if there is a recession, search will be the last place from which marketers pull their ad dollars. |
Search Engine Watch September 12, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Reporting: Going Beyond Rankings Enterprise-level SEO provides consistently outstanding ROI over the life of the project. One of the best ways to substantiate this is through ongoing reporting. But if you're just tracking organic positions and nothing else, you're doing a disservice to your clients. |
Search Engine Watch January 9, 2006 Chris Sherman |
The State of Search Engine Marketing New research from SEMPO sheds light on what's happening in the search marketing industry today, from the size of the industry to key trends that will shape the year ahead. |
Search Engine Watch October 26, 2004 Shari Thurow |
Search Engine Marketing For Travel-Related Sites Search marketing in the travel industry is brutally competitive, with intense jockeying between travel agencies, affiliates, wholesalers and travel products companies themselves vying for top positioning. |
Search Engine Watch January 31, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketers' Wish Lists, Part 2 Predictions of the future of Internet marketing from several search marketers and social media marketers. |
InternetNews January 7, 2004 Janis Mara |
Overture Breaks Up Contextual, Search Listings Overture will offer the option to bid on each of its products individually. |
Search Engine Watch June 11, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
Can Bing Really Bring It for PPC Advertisers? Advertisers want to know if Bing can really provide a new experience for searchers, or if it's just Live.com with a cooler name. |
PC Magazine April 19, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Your Site's Stats Now that you have a Web site, it's time to learn how to analyze the traffic that your visitors generate. |
Bank Technology News February 2006 Glen Fest |
Search Engines: Out Of Banks' Plain View Google, Yahoo! and MSN are trying to convince banks to ramp up search-engine advertising and optimization. So far, banks have not been big-time adopters. |
Search Engine Watch November 25, 2003 Catherine Seda |
Dayparts & Other Search Engine Paid Listings Evolutions When it comes to gaining the most bang for the buck from paid search engine listings, micro-managing is a good thing, says our panel of experts. |
Search Engine Watch August 17, 2004 Shari Thurow |
Search Engines and Competitive Research Search engines can tell you a lot about your competition, if you know what to look for. A panel of experts offers tips on profiling your competition and their online marketing efforts. |
Search Engine Watch September 2, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Overture Shifting To Default Broad Match Within the next few weeks, Overture will make a major switch to matching terms on a broad basis, rather than the traditional exact match default it has followed since the company's launch. |
Search Engine Watch December 18, 2003 Grant Crowell |
The "Secret System" of Search Engine Advertising Search engines have become one of the fastest growing venues in the advertising market. While ad revenue increases for the search engines, so do the concerns for some long-time search advertisers who have invested a huge stake in the industry. |
Search Engine Watch February 24, 2005 Heather Lloyd-Martin |
Forecasting Paid Search Traffic Despite the hype, being #1 in paid search results may not provide your company the desired bang for your marketing buck. Intelligently optimizing a paid search budget involves far more than setting random bid prices and guessing at returns. |
Search Engine Watch June 2, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
The Paid Inclusion Dinosaur A look at the bet Yahoo's making and alternative plays they could have tried. |
Search Engine Watch March 7, 2011 Adam Audette |
Maximizing Your CTR for SEO in Organic Results Be mindful of the way your organic listings appear in the search results. Listings designed to maximize CTR will have a ranking advantage. |
Search Engine Watch April 29, 2011 Derek Edmond |
How to Establish a B2B Social Media Benchmarking Plan Some ways you can develop performance measurements for social media initiatives that tie into the search engine marketing needs of your clients. Also: tips on establishing metrics aligned to your Internet marketing objectives. |
Search Engine Watch November 29, 2006 Greg Sterling |
Search Marketing 2006: Facts & Figures If you're looking for hard data about the world of search engine marketing, arguably the best single source of metrics is MarketingSherpa's annual Benchmark Guide. |
Search Engine Watch May 21, 2010 Alex Cohen |
Why Google Wants to Eliminate Bidding In Exchange for Your Profits How Google is removing CPC and bidding from paid search and the implications of these changes. |
Search Engine Watch July 7, 2010 Alex Cohen |
3 Techniques to Avoid the High Cost of Free Search Marketing Tools Don't let people, process, or platforms stand between you and better paid search results. |
Search Engine Watch September 25, 2006 Catherine Seda |
Compare & Contrast: Search Ad Program Strategies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo's pay-per-click (PPC) programs are similar, but each have unique features that require different campaign tactics to use effectively. How do you get the maximum advantage from each program? |
Search Engine Watch February 10, 2011 Guillaume Bouchard |
Intentional Targeting: Search vs. Facebook Facebook marketing offers a very different value proposition from search marketing. Results driven marketers can still get a much better return out of search than social. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
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 customer feedback collected through adLabs. |