Search marketers should work with webmasters and know how to secure data that Google, Bing, Yahoo and other engines should not index. "Not for public release" often starts off as the text for pages companies don't want indexed, but marketers should pay more attention to locking down content behind logins that they don't want indexed by engines. ...Read the whole story
Infolinks will launch a self-service In-Text Advertising Marketplace Monday that allows advertisers to create an in-text ad campaign, with numerous targeting options in minutes. ...Read the whole story
Stipple launched an ad platform that turns still images into ecommerce storefronts. The platform lets consumers mouse over any product in a tagged photograph in online magazines or publisher Web sites to reveal brand name, pricing and links to save or make purchases. ...Read the whole story
Ziff Davis, the publisher of PC Magazine, sealed a deal Tuesday to acquire Focus Research, allowing the publisher to offer lead-generation to brands wanting to advertise across its network of publications. ...Read the whole story
If you represent a nonprofit organization, I hope by now you've applied for a Google Grant for Google AdWords. Started in 2003, the Google Grant provides nonprofits with $10,000 or more of free clicks in the Google AdWords advertising platform. That equates to $120,000 or more of free advertising for each nonprofit organization each year! And for current Google Grant participants, there is another grant level, Grantspro, which awards even more grant money for advertising each month -- up to $480,000 per year! ...More
New research shows the potential value of Facebook and Twitter for network marketers in reaching millennials to promote shows for the new season. Some of it is intuitive, but validation doesn't hurt. ...More
I love a good story of mystery and intrigue, especially when it involves something as mundane as search engine optimization. This story involves a reporter from Forbes, a Google salesguy, and the case of a missing news report. ...More