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Google AdWords Plusbox Revisited

New Google AdWords Plusbox Functionality, SERP Layout & Notable Data Updates

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Bing Shopping & PPC Ads

A look at how Bing Shopping (formerly MSN Shopping) integrates with paid search advertising.

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AdWords $20 Million Class Action Payout

Find Out if the Settlement Applies to You.

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Google PlusBox Performance Results

Reaction to 6-months of Google AdWords’ PlusBox performance data.

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Keep Day-Parting Up to Date

It’s important to make sure that your day-parting bid logic changes with the demand. We’ve seen a number of our client’s day-parting rules move up and/or down when compared to 2008.

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Challenges with Microsoft adCenter Normalization

MSN adCenter’s normalization and ad serving logic can cause some undesired effects.

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Early Read on Google’s New Mobile Phone Network Setting

Google’s New Mobile Device Network Distribution Setting – Should We Care?

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Google Now Displaying SKUs in Paid Results

Helpful or harmful to users and advertisers?

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Early Read on Google’s Quality Score Changes

Google released their Quality Score Changes early last week. Based on early results, we’re seeing minimal effects.

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Customer Type Matchback Analysis & Lifetime Value

Measuring new customer acquisitions and lifetime value calculations applies not only to traditional marketing, but paid search too.

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May 08 Paid Search Share Steady, Google At 81%

May 2008 search engine share results aggregated across RKG clients: steady, no big change. Google at 81%.

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Fred Reichheld Discusses the Importance of Customer Loyalty to Business Growth

“The only way to grow your business long-term is through this process of turning your customers into your sales force.”
- Fred Reichheld

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Paid Search Share Q1 ‘08: Google Up, Yahoo Down, Microsoft Steady

Looking at Q1 numbers for our client base, Google continues to gain paid search market share.

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Search Engine Market Share

Last time, I discussed the unclear future direction of Ask.com. Would the search engine cut it’s previous plans to launch and develop a world class platform? TBD. As for now, the only clear conclusion is that Ask wants more traffic and is willing to go to great advertising lengths to get it.
The plot thickens:
At an [...]

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Ask.com’s Next Steps – To ‘Platform’ or not to ‘Platform’?

Mixed messages on the future of Ask.com paid search platform. Will Ask ever compete with the big players?

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