• Google Ad Manager, Importance of Metrics Measurment, Social Media ROI| 1 Comment

    Google Ad Manager which has been in beta since March went live yesterday. Some of the key features include Ad Manger third-party support (Ad Networks), support in 32 languages, as well as geo, date, banwidth, browesrs and domain custom targeting. It also of course can be integrated into AdSense campaigns. Users will need an AdSense [...]

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  • Google’s Realtime Qualilty Score Update & More| Leave a Comment

    This evening Google announced their latest round of quality score updates. There are three main points: Quality Score will now be more accurate because it will be calculated at the time of each search query Keywords will no longer be marked ‘inactive for search’ ‘First page bid’ will replace ‘minimum bid’ in your account I [...]

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  • CPM Rates Decline, Results Demanded!| Leave a Comment

    AlwaysON’s Bambi Fransisco interviews Rajeev Goel, co-founder and General Manager of PubMatic about the declining rates on many publishers sites. The rate drops are apparently anywhere between 12 percent and 20 percent, depending on the vertical. The verticals that were hardest hit in July were social networks, entertainment and gaming sites. There is definitely the [...]

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  • Sponsered Text and Email Provide Awarness Lift, Recession Marketing| Leave a Comment

    Yesterday, Yahoo and MediaVest released a study that concluded there is a 160% lift in consumer awareness. The study found that there was a huge impact on brand awareness, perception and purchase intent – interestingly enough, even among consumers who never click on them. Also of note, was a finding that consumers were 20% more [...]

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  • Online vs’ TV, VC and M&A Deals, Lotame Closes $13M Funding Round| Leave a Comment

    More American’s are getting their news on the television versus the internet. As expected the younger the demographic, the more news is consumed online – more here. Paid content has released, Online Advertising VC and M&A Deals In The Last Year. This is just a tidbit, but there are some interesting statistics. For example, there [...]

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  • CAPTCHA, Azoogle & comScore, and Friendster’s OpenSocial| Leave a Comment

    Many users are familiar with CAPTCHA, but did you know it is used for more than just verification? Azoogle (my employer) has been ranked the 28th largest ad network domestically for July by ComScore, Inc. The monthly reach through the Azoogle Ad Display Network now spans over 40 million unique visitors a month, more information [...]

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  • Google Ad Planner, Top 50 Advertisers, Scrabulous and Facebook| Leave a Comment

    Many publishers (and advertisers) question web statistics, when Google announced back in June that they would be releasing Ad Planner, many people paid attention. I came across a posting today by John Battelle, Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore that I found relevant – anyone interested in Ad Planner should check [...]

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  • Singlesnet to Epic Advertising (AzoogleAds)| Leave a Comment

    As most of you know, I have returned to Epic Advertising – parent company to AzoogleAds as the VP of Sales. I was formally the CMO of Singlesnet.com for 16-months. I have taken a brief hiatus from writing this blog during my transition. I will be back in the swing of things soon, updating the [...]

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