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RKG is Again Named One of Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Companies

The Rimm-Kaufman Group has once again been named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

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Merry Christmas, Mike Ullman

We’d welcome JCP customer relations to our blog to describe how to reach JCP customer service.

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Google Analytics Blinders?

“An entire generation of web analytics experts are being trained by Google to analyze business exactly the way Google wants your business to be analyzed.”

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Shop.org: 51% retailers surveyed report higher sales in November 2008 vs. November 2007

Some retailers are having a very very tough time. Other retailers are seeing growth. The situation is quite mixed.

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Online Retail Stats: CyberMonday 2008 vs. 2007

One day isn’t an entire retail season, but I thought it interesting to compare CyberMonday 2008 to 2007.

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SearchWiki For Adwords

Yesterday Google announced SearchWiki, allowing Google users to customize their search results.

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Negative News Flow Is A Lagging Indicator

Wise words from Paul Kedrosky.

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The Promotional Dilemma

Shop.org recommends discounting and free shipping for Thanksgiving. But when all retailers adopt this strategy, nobody gains share and everybody loses margin.

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Is Your Online Store Vulnerable To CSRF and XSS Attacks?

An excellent powerpoint giving technical background on some newer approaches for websites attacks..

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Patent Trolls Lose Round In Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrowed what can be patented as an abstract business method.

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Online Retail Sales Stats: Consumers Buying But Spending Less

As November begins, the situation has become bleaker.

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

J. Crew responds to the Tonight Show.

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Sequoia’s “RIP” Powerpoint

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

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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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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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Stats: Online Shopping More-Or-Less Steady During Current US Financial Crisis

We do not observe broad weakness in online sales.

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Security Tip: Never Display Fatal Stack Traces To Users

Never send fatal errors to outside world.

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How Aggressively Should You Bid In Paid Search? (3 min video)

Here’s a three minute video with some advice on how aggressively to bid in paid search.

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PPC Musings Via NPR: Chrome, UAL Bankruptcy, and the Freddie/Fannie Bailout

Driving in this morning, three stories on NPR caught my ear as having a paid search angle.

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Chrome: Strong Out Of The Gate

I’ve been using Google’s new browser for a day and a half now. I like it.

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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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How To Compute Smart PPC Bids (3 min video)

Our advice on setting rational PPC bids.

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Zappos Sells Computers

Zappos has expanded beyond shoes.

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