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Year of New Lead Generation Verticals

When those of us in the online advertising world think of lead generation, we often think of the volume leaders - mortgage and education. It's hard not to, as they, for the most part, dominate our advertising consciousness, especially...

Chinese Chicken and the Egg

Last year, one of the predictions we made was that someone would create the X10 equivalent for Chinese traffic. Someone would create the ad that would not only monetize any remnant but signal a new dawn of advertising. With so much...

Matt Cutts – The Voice of TrustRank

The man, the myth, the legend. To black hat SEOs he embodies the dreaded arch enemy. To white hats, he is the source for authoritative, accurate advice you can trust.

Super Duper Bowl

Are you ready for some football? Brand marketers have been for months, but they're no longer thinking only of Super Bowl Sunday. Many have expanded from

2008 Cause Marketing Planner

Pick Your Partners Walk for the kids? Support the local library? PROMO's Annual Planning Guide will help you choose cause marketing partners from worthy organizations.

Google Not Embraced in Booming Russia

Though Google is a search and advertising behemoth stateside, it has had its share of problems mimicking this dominance overseas, and Sergey Brin’s own motherland, Russia, is no exception.

Top Search Terms of 2006: Four Different Takes

The line “Top Search Terms of 2006” has a certain ring to it. It’s always interesting to get a glimpse into what searchers were most eager to see or read about online, and top search terms are a nice way of summarizing that...

Search Marketing Gets More Expensive

According to the DoubleClick Performics 50 Search Unit Trends Report, search marketers saw their costs rise during the third quarter of 2006. The average cost to a search marketer who purchased a keyword for the quarter...

A Look into the World of Payday Loans

You might remember the tiny remote controlled car ads that every emailer ran several years ago. If you wanted one of those cars though, or to buy the non-remote controlled kind, you need one thing - money. December revolves...