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Some observers reported monthly growth of ‘high threat’ clicks in 2006
Real data to expose the truth about click fraud
Companies with large paid search budgets are rightly concerned over rising instances of ‘click fraud’. Their worries are shared by the search engines. All acknowledge fraud to be one of the causes of invalid clicks and run [...]
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Ok…so this is a little late, but I’m catching up on my reading in preparation for my speaking slot at Search Engine Strategies in London next month.
In an Interview with Jim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com, gave his take on the beta testing taking place for Ask X, potential acquisitions strategy and their vision for the [...]
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With all that is happening in the mobile search space - and with rife speculation that 2007 is the year mobile search will explode - the Mobile Data Association’s newly released stats on mobile usage in the UK are worth a look:
Mobile phone users in the UK accessed the internet via their handsets about 15.9 [...]
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MySpace has launched a French version of its popular social-networking site, expanding into Europe with a strategy of using local-language sites to attract more users.
MySpace has been running the French version of the network for months in beta, but the site went live on Thursday, Reuters reports. The French version of MySpace is the second [...]
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Lycos has announced the launch of Lycos TV, offering its users a variety of free online video content.
The service and content is being provided by video system specialist Roo, and will deliver current videos, along with archive news, music, films, and sports content.
The TV portal will also provide Lycos with a complete library of Roo’s [...]
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Amazon has moving into the space that Google has recently left by creating its own Answer portal. Called Askville it will work in the same manner; the press release from the main blog outlines its main functionality
As a valued Amazon customer, you’ve been specially picked to get an early look at a new website Amazon [...]
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Day three’s line up for this years SES Chicago 2006 looks like the following -
9:00am - 10:15am
Linking Strategies
Web Analytics & Measuring Success Overview
Social Search Overview
Images & Search Engines
Search Arbitrage Issues
11:00am - 12:15pm
Buying & Selling Links
Vendor Chat On Measuring Success
SMO: Social Media Optimization
Flash & Search Engines
Dealing With Affiliates
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Link Baiting & Viral Search Success
Converting Visitors [...]
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Its that time of year again; cold windy it must be SES Chicago! Todays schedule is split into four sessions and includes the following topics
9:00am - 10:30am
Compare & Contrast: Ad Program Strategies
Video Search Optimisation
Business Issues for the Small SEM Shop
11:00am - 12:30pm
Drive traffic to your site with Google
Ads in a Quality Score Network
Business Issues For [...]
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Ask.com has won the deal that will see its organic and paid search results replace those of Google and MSN on the Lycos network.
Under the terms of the agreement, Ask.com will provide branded algorithmic search, including Web Search, Image Search, and Zoom Related Search.
“We selected Ask.com over other providers because of its great search technology [...]
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As big brands continue to realize that the internet is a viable advertising medium, they are beginning to ask for more accurate traffic measurement and a greater focus on stopping click fraud.
Many larger companies that will begin, or are considering, moving more of their advertising budget to the internet, are calling for independent audits of [...]
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I find one of the most useful ways to use GEO-Targeting is to implement it so that you can utilise different ad...
I see the benefits of the algorithm update, however it still needs a lot of work, in fact in many ways initially...
I gotta admit, I was pretty shocked at the changes they made. But very happy with they did change. The only...
We can add up “CountIf” formula also for counting same term repeating number of times from our keywords...
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