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Date Archive: August 2008

Google Squashing Sarah Palin Ads?

As a citizen, I’m pleased to see the Palin paid results free of crass commercialism, partisan attacks, and sleazy picture sites. But I wonder: why are those ads not there today?

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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin ads on AdWords.

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How To Compute Smart PPC Bids (3 min video)

Our advice on setting rational PPC bids.

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Client Summit Success!

A big public “Thank You!” to all our clients who made our Client Summit a smashing success!

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Google Quality Score Update: First-Page-Bid Guidance Will Drive Up CPCs

At RKG, we follow a bid-to-economics strategy, because this approach generates greater profits for our clients.

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Zappos Sells Computers

Zappos has expanded beyond shoes.

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RKG named one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing companies

The Rimm-Kaufman Group, a Charlottesville-based search marketing agency, has been named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

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Experiencing AdSense From The Advertiser Perspective

Wanting to learn more about Google Content from the publishing side, last week we placed ads on a single page of this blog. Here are our initial impressions.

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Yegge: If It’s Something You Want, Then You Already Know What The Requirements Are

if a company needs research to determine what customers want, then the company is probably too far from the customer, and the software or product or service they produce will likely miss the mark.

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On Writing Effective Blog Post Titles

Here are the top 30 RKG blog post titles to date.

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Google Declares Bankruptcy!

You heard it here first!

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AdSense: Crossing To The Dark Side

After years of content-bashing, a sudden twinge of guilt: was it hypocritical to criticize AdSense without testing the publishing side?

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RKG Makes IR500 Top Vendor List: Our Thanks Go Out To Our Great Clients!

We here at RKG are darn proud to make IR’s top vendor list for the second year. A big “thank you” to all our clients, big and small, retailer and non-retailer, for allowing us to serve you.

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PPC Averages can Hide Incremental Nightmares

When does it make sense to view a marketing program holistically, and when does it make sense to look at it in increments? In other words, if a program is working as a whole, does it matter if some pieces of it are inefficient? Does it depend on how inefficient?

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Harry Joiner: How To Hire Top-Notch Online Marketing Talent

Harry Joiner shares his insights on hiring top-notch online talent, and how he uses online marketing techniques himself to grow his recruiting practice.

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Tell Us About You

Enough about us; tell us about you.

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July 2008 Search Engine Share: Google, Yahoo, MSN

The ad spend share situation by engine is essentially unchanged since last month.

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PPC Bid Optimization Platforms: The Perils Of Inflexibility and Extremism

As Joel experienced in the 58th St. Starbucks, going to extremes can lead to suboptimal outcomes.

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