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Challenges with Local Search Advertising Up 39%

June 9, 2009
Challenges with Local Search Advertising Up 39%

Borrell Associates has just released “Economics of Search Marketing” to specifically address the challenges of a scalable local online advertising model. The first important takeaway from this study is that local advertising is...
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Google Product Search

June 5, 2009
Google Product Search

One of the new beta services we got to see at the recent B2B Refocus Summit in Mountain View was Google Product Search. This free service takes a product data feed from a brand manufacturer or online seller...
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Product Details in Google AdWords Plus Box

June 3, 2009
Product Details in Google AdWords Plus Box

Knowing that the best conversions result from matching your keywords to your text ad to your landing page, advertisers should only consider adding the Google AdWords Plus Box product detail to highly targeted...
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Google Search Options: Better Filtering for Searchers; More Work for Marketers

June 2, 2009
Google Search Options: Better Filtering for Searchers; More Work for Marketers

The "Show Options" link under the Google search box is so subtle, maybe you haven't noticed it. But, many searchers have so you need to know what...
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Is Geo-Coding Going to Kill National Advertising?

May 29, 2009

With all of the improvements in technology, where our ability to target  into more precise and more precise physical localities, are we about to dramatically eliminate the need for national advertising or at...
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44% of Consumers Go to URL, 55% Make a Call

May 28, 2009

There is a new report from Telemetrics about the percentage of consumers who read a Yellow Page ad and then either call the store or visit the url listed in...
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Words per Search Increasing

May 21, 2009
Words per Search Increasing

There are some interesting statistics coming out about how the use of search engines is changing.Here’s a chart that shows that the number of words per search is increasing. So often when we look at search...
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Consumer Search Queries Longer, More Relevant

May 18, 2009

In a tight economy, it's important to use your advertising dollars wisely. If your business is already placing paid ads online, you're headed in the right direction, but you'll get there a lot faster...
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Landing Pages are Critical for Local Google AdWords Buys

May 15, 2009

When buying Google AdWords locally it is important to control the landing page.

70% is Reason Enough

May 8, 2009

By John Sullivan JGSullivan Interactive There was an interesting discussion yesterday on Greg Sterling’s Blog about the number of searches that have a local modifier to them and then Greg’s twist to try and determine how...
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