Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

Advertiser spying annoys consumers

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I am both an online advertiser and a consumer. I know that if I want my online ventures to be successful, i.e., maximize the monetization of my web site audience, I have to carefully monitor their behavior, collect data, and target advertisements accordingly. As a consumer, I know that many ...

Understanding ad clickers

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

I often wondered who are the people that click on text ads on websites and on search engine result pages? Myself, I never felt the need to click on an ad and as far as I can remember I may never have clicked on one even though I am not ...

Internet advertising spending to keep increasing

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

According to eMarketer, Internet advertising expenditure will continue to rise and even more than double by 2011. Currently, online advertising accounts for roughly $21 billion or 7% of total media advertising spending. eMarketer speculates that in the next 4 years this number will increase to $42 billion or 13% of ...

Case Study: ExactSeek.com flat fee keyword advertising

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Everyone knows that Google is the king of search engines with a 50% share of the marketplace followed by Yahoo! Search and Microsoft Live (former MSN.) Each of these three major players allows advertisers to purchase text ads that appear next to organic search results for specific keywords. I am ...

PayPerPost about to introduce a ReviewMe-like marketplace?

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

There is a post on the official PPP blog that is encouraging posties to update their profiles and blog data. A screenshot of what is apparently a future version of PPP shows a marketplace similar to ReviewMe for advertisers looking for blogs to buy promotional space. Such a feature would ...