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It's a Mobile World: How Does Search Adapt?

Mobile SEO, still a nascent industry as it is, is getting even trickier. New developments in the mobile industry - such as growing mobile advertising opportunities and technologies, new location-based technologies and mobile social networking - are already rewriting business rules only established a short while ago. To help navigate the changing environment, SEO experts advise the following: 1. Remember that search engines don't have a lot to work with,   [...]

Sponsored Forum Posts Increase Response by More than 100%

Sponsored posts that appear in targeted online forums, clearly marked as advertisements, appear to actually increase in their ability to drive response over time - by more than 100% one year after a paid campaign has ended, according to a recent analysis released by PostRelease. The study also showed that 60 days after a typical sponsored forum post’s appearance, the t  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/15/10

Ad Technology: Clear Channel debuts Google-like ad platform. Privacy: Flash cookies could become hot button privacy issue. Message Confusion: Misunder  [...]

Google Patent Suggests Ad Placements in Maps

Google has been awarded a patent on ad technology that inserts ads in its Street View mapping images - suggesting the search engine giant will expand its ad offerings to this popular application. In the patent application, Google says it will identify buildings, posters, signs and billboards in its StreetView images - a  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/13/10

Campaigns: Coors deploys handheld game to bars for Super Bowl build up. Search: Google threatens to pull out of China, citing censorship, hack attacks. AdWords' policy adjustment for display   [...]

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Alternative Paths to Online Cause Marketing

URL Shorteners, new revenue-sharing models and the latest in real time search are a few alternative online paths for cause marketing - a space that has come to rely heavily on the internet to get its message out. Consumers who have supported cause marketing efforts are most likely to respond to communications via email, websites and social media networks, according to a study from Cone Research. Another study late last year, by   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/23/09

Trends: Ad Network CEO: celeb deaths of 2009 benefited some marketers. Search: The science of managing search ads. Google unveils new tools for display advertisers on Content Networ  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/17/09

Ad Platforms: AOL clarifies what Seed could mean for advertisers. Search: Google unveils tool to see how others view a website. Google enhances analytics API.   [...]

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Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/15/09

Strategies: The future of geo-targeting is here. Stats: Study: connecting with friends via Facebook more popular than texting, email. Retailer emails   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/11/09

Ad Campaigns: Sony taps YouTube phenom to remix TV ads. KISS shows beer can be sold at web concerts too. Analytics: Majority of online retailers not confident w  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/10/09

Media: AOL to think locally now. Pluribus & Guggenheim Acquire Eight Nielsen Brands, Including THR, BB & Adweek. Online Ad Strategies: Using SEO to   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 11/30/09

Ad Industry: Ad industry produces ads and logos in response to pending privacy legislation. Holiday Shopping: Amazon tops Black Friday retail web traffic. After 'Black Friday,' industry   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets 11/12/09

Online Ad Spending: IDC: worldwide online ad spending drops slightly in Q3. Online Ad Strategies: IAB, Bain offer roadmap for online publishers. Warner Music   [...]

Bing Soups Up Search with Image-Only Results

Microsoft search engine Bing has launched a beta of Visual Search, a form of search that lets users sift through image-based results, rather than links. "Start with pictures to find results faster," the tagline reads. Silverlight must be installed to use the feature. One Silverlight is active, users can search across a number of categories -- including shopping, sports or celebrities -- and receive results instead of images back. Under shopping,   [...]

Dell, Moonfruit Claim Twitter Campaigns Effective

At a Twitter for Brands event hosted by New Media Age in London on Friday, Dell representatives said they have seen tangible uplifts in sales which can be directly attributed to marketing on Twitter. The brand's Twitter account has driven $3 million in sales since it began operation in 2007. Moonfruit, a website builder, also said Twitter campaigns have helped the brand. Moonfruit said it spent around 10,000 pounds ($16,400) on prizes for the campaign  [...]

Twitter to Add Latitude/Longitude Data to Tweets

Twitter is preparing to add an additional detail to each and every tweet published by its users: location, according to co-founder Biz Stone on the Twitter Blog. "A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet," wrote Stone, adding that with "accurate, tweet-level data" you can immediately toggle to the tweets from users in your neighborhood or city -- even if you do not follow them. It w  [...]

Yahoo's New Homepage: A Social Aggregator Flanked by Contextual Ads

At 4:30 Eastern today, Yahoo will release a fully-redesigned homepage "[balances] "push" and "pull," adding simple but useful customization without diminishing the broad reach that the page offers," according to Search Engine Land. Search is more prominent on the page, which is also less cluttered. The left-hand column is now a customizable menu where users can stream RSS feeds. Widgets and   [...]

Obama Campaign Makes Cannes Coup

Obama's political -- and media-fluent -- campaign for President last year won the two major awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival this year. Submitted by Obama for America, the effort swept two Grands Prix in both the Titanium and Integrated Lions categories. The Obama campaign incorporated tactical use of traditional TV advertising, grassroots campaigning, the ability to mobilize via an iPhone app,   [...]

Facebook Pilots Real-Time Search Terracing Features

Facebook is testing new search features on a small segment of its community. "Those of you in the test group will be able to find content from the people, organizations and public figures that matter to you as soon as they share it on Facebook," writes Kari Lee on the Facebook Blog, which reported the news. Those included in the test will be able to search their News Feeds for the most current status updates, photos, links, vide  [...]

Twitter to Launch Verified Accounts for Public Officials, Brands, Celebs

Facing a lawsuit with Tony La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, who complained about someone impersonating him on the site, Twitter is implementing a Verified Accounts process. La Russa sued Twitter in early May for cybersquatting, trademark infringement and misappropriation of his name and likeness, after someone registered the handle "tonylarussa" on Twitter and posed as the Cardinals manager. The suit has been settled out of court,  [...]