Hordes of firms are taking their search marketing strategy in-house. It's a recent phenomenon; in the past, freelancers and consultants, were the go-to point-people. In order to make that critical choice, and other decisions, about your future web marketing strategy you should perform a site audit. What does an audit...
Agencies are not always sure about the value of search, so marketers must drive the positive awareness. On the one hand, the arguments centre on the agencies' reluctance to adopt the medium for reasons such as search is too small, too accountable or not sexy enough. This paper explains five...
As Google releases its first-quarter 2007 earnings today, eMarketer offers a new search marketing report. Google, together with Yahoo!, will rake in over 90% of the US paid search ad spending. But Google, ever dominant, will pocket three-quarters of net US paid search revenues this year, according to eMarketer projections....
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Oliver J. Rutz of the Yale School of Management and Randolph E. Bucklin of the UCLA Anderson School of Business have developed the first model to measure the performance of individual keywords in paid search advertising on Internet search engines.
Building a keyword list is one of the most important phases of building a successful paid search campaign. Our experience has shown that there is a strong correlation between campaign success and the number of keywords in a campaign. Generally, the more keywords the better. But it's not a black...
This white paper argues in favor of taking a keyword-based approach that both predicts and accounts for individual keyword performance. We contend that because most of the variables that impact paid search performance are measurable - both historically and in real-time - it is unnecessary, and arguably even wasteful, to...
As an online business, a person may be familiar with or currently utilize "Pay for performance" search engines to send visitor traffic to the website. Also known as pay-per-click, PPC or paid search, it has literally taken the online marketing world by storm especially the two largest players, Overture and...
The iProspect Outsourced SEO Metrics & ROI Study finds that a significantly greater number of search marketers who outsource the management of their natural search engine optimization SEO to an SEM firm - who also participate in paid search advertising and can measure the return on investment of both their...
Although optimization of bid prices is a critically important area, it is only half of the challenge. Improving the landing pages and advertising creative, adding keywords to the campaign, increasing the site's conversion power, and adding negative matches all affect the conversions and cost equation. A comprehensive pay per click...
WATERTOWN, Mass. -- iProspect www.iprospect.com, the Original Search Engine Marketing Firm, today announced it has been named one of the top three companies in both the natural search engine optimization and paid search marketplaces in the just-published JupiterResearch "Search Engine Marketing Agency Constellation" report.
Paid search marketing spending will experience substantial growth in the next few years, jumping from $6.5 billion in 2006 to $11.1 billion in 2011, according to ... Paid search marketing spending will experience substantial growth in the next few years, jumping from $6.5 billion...
The article states that Pay-for-placement, paid inclusion, and other new ad formats appear to be sucking the life out of revenue generated by the banner. The would-be fate of banners has been the subject of much conjecture from industry soothsayers. Internet advertising had begun to travel down the birth canal...
The article talks about paid search results marketing which is an effective tactic that has caught on. The writer tries to present a brief history, and an overview of who’s who. Paid search results marketing is a magnificent bullish beast that is taking the Internet advertising world by storm. In...
After two years of flat growth, the online advertising market grew 10 percent in 2003, fueled by a 50 percent surge in paid search spending. Growth will continue at a rate of 19 percent compounded annually through 2008, when overall online ad spending will reach $14.8 billion. Paid search is...
Convincing customers to buy what the seller has to offer at the right time and right place is one of the biggest challenges facing marketers. Paid search engines have turned the tables, making it much easier and more cost-effective for customers to find the seller. Article includes that with limited...
Internet marketing is all about visibility. People using the Internet look for fast and easily-navigable Web sites. The paper argues that in search engine marketing, it is not imperative to be number one in the results. Paid search is a great tool, and when planned, executed, and analyzed properly it...