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  • Lead Quality:

    A few months ago, I was talking about the state of online lead quality with the head of performance marketing for one of the top interactive agencies. I asked him to sum up his view on the type of relationship that lead sellers and buyers…

  • Evolution of the Quality Score – Part 1

    A little more than a week ago, beginning November 6, 2006, Google unveiled its fourth Quality Score announcement. If you don’t advertise on Google, this might not mean to much to you, but if you do advertise on Google, especially if…

  • Evolution of the Quality Score – Part 2

    With the Quality Score, Google has found a masterful way to make more money from its advertisers in the name of more relevant ads. As an advertiser, it comes down to one thing, the higher the Quality Score, the lower the actual…

  • What’s in a Follow-Up?

    Now that Ad:Tech New York is over, the fun begins. We’re now one week past the show, and if you attended, it’s well past time for all of those dreadful follow-ups. It’s time to kick it in gear (especially if you haven’t yet) and really explore…

  • Datran Media Announces Business-to-Business Services

    Datran Media, a performance-based marketing leader, announced it has customized its adLoyalty email solution for the business-to-business (B2B) community. Now, adLoyalty gives B2B marketers access to a customer…

  • Active Response Group Acquires Oridian USA

    Strategic Asset Purchase Expands Online Lead Generation Expertise and Media Resources

  • New All-in-One Destination for Online College Degree; Education Counseling At Its Finest

    November 14, 2006: Internet Advertising Group, an iMedia Holdings, Inc. company, has launched CollegeEducationWeekly.com, a one-stop online destination for potential students interested in pursuing an online college degree. Education counseling just became even more…

  • MySpace is the Driver, All Other Sites Are Destinations

    If the Internet was a bus, MySpace would be the driver, and other Web sites would be stops that users are dropped off at. This is the basic idea behind a recent report by Hitwise. The report analyzes the traffic that big sites like…

  • Calling Dr. Google

    Reports surfaced a few weeks ago indicating that Web users were relying on the Internet for answers to their medical queries and concerns. A report titled “Online Health Search 2006” was released by the Pew Internet & American Life…

  • Online Courses Growing, For Better or For Worse

    Regardless of the disapproval from some academic officials, online learning is a phenomenon that is continuing to grow quickly and does not look like it will dissipate any time soon. New figures released by the College Board in…