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Date Archive: October 2008

Google Provides More Details On Quality Score. Nope.

“We’ll allow an ad that meets the quality threshold to appear above the search results even if it has to jump over other ads to do so. “

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Fast-Response Paid Search: J. Crew and Michelle Obama

J. Crew responds to the Tonight Show.

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The PPC Buying Cycle: Buyer Beware

The Buying Cycle is used by some as an excuse for overspending on general keywords. It’s a lovely theory, but we thought it was high time to take another look at whether the data supports it.

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Google Now Displaying SKUs in Paid Results

Helpful or harmful to users and advertisers?

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Sequoia’s “RIP” Powerpoint

Sequoia Capital’s powerpoint on the economic crisis, allegedly leaked.

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Find And Fix Your Inbound 404s

Allowing inbound links to fail on nonexistent pages is a marketing crime.

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Do Dancing Skeletons Sell More Mortgages?

I don’t get it.

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Walmart.com Runs Obama & McCain Videos

Walmart.com is promoting Obama and McCain videos from the homepage.

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A Prisoner’s Dilemma? PPC Advertising During The Current Financial Crisis

Irrational over-bidding helps none of us, except Google.

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OpenSQL Camp, Nov 14-16 2008, Charlottesville VA

If advanced database topics quicken your pulse, check out OpenSQL Camp.

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PPC Strategy During The Current Financial Crisis

Considering the perspective of paid search advertising, how should online advertisers be responding to the crisis on Wall Street?

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Our Inc 500 Brothers?

Our business is going really well thanks to our great clients. But looking at some other folks included in our category makes me shake my head in amazement…er something.

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