No one or their sister is talking about clickfraud. Sure, AdSense might be the most incredible ad platform ever, but at what cost? What are we in the CPA Network side of things doing to combat the eventual governmental/regulatory and public scrutiny that will inevitably be a result of a glossed-over clickfraud problem in online … Continue reading Can ValidClick Neutralize Clickfraud?
Is Rosenweig correct in his assumption that the market is changing back from a seller’s market to a buyer favored space? I don’t think we’ve hit that point in inventory just yet, but even in the CPA world, this market shift will definitely occur again. This would also supply more reason that Google and other … Continue reading Glut of Cheap Ad Space (According to Yahoo)
Does your program rely on search for attracting new affiliates, customers or traffic (most likely, it does)? Then you need to be aware of “impression fraud”… What is Impression Fraud? Does it ever end? This has been a problem since day one with Google’s yield mechanism, but luckily, when you’re bidding on 25 million keywords … Continue reading Impression Fraud is a Problem
What the writer of this piece doesn’t include is the clickfraud problem. Search spamming and gaming search results are a nuisance, but not crippling. Clickfraud money goes to some very nasty places and could bring close scrutiny that would topple the house of cards… Many of you will agree that Google’s search result relevancy is … Continue reading Google’s Search Problems (More on Clickfraud)
I’ve heard from my sources that the Google Multimedia branch (video, music, audio) will be based in their new(er) Chicago offices. Here’s a listing from Craig’s List with some info on that… Audio Account Coordinator, Google Audio – Chicago This position is based in Chicago, IL. The Audio Account Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to provide … Continue reading Google Multimedia To Be Based in Chicago?
Google launched Google Co-Op a short time ago, and it hasn’t taken long for some in the affiliate marketing space to create a Google powered search engine specifically tailored to the affiliate marketing world. Specifically Affiliate Classroom has launched AFFoogle. I hope to get in touch with them sometime in the coming week to discuss … Continue reading Is AFFoogle Needed?
Ah, the annual ritual of long flights, business card updating and Plaxo checking is occuring (I hate Plaxo, by the way). That can only point to the immenent coming of AdTech NY. Some go for the networking, some for the presentations and most for the parties. I still have never had a worthwhile business discussion … Continue reading What’s AdTech Without the Parties?
From the Azoogle Ads Newsletter… AzoogleAds 2.0 is just around the corner, and it is stocked with the tools you need to help you optimize your campaigns and ultimately make you more money! WATCH YOUR EMAIL – They will be transitioning in stages and the email will alert you when it’s time for YOU to … Continue reading Azoogle 2.0 Coming Soon
From the just plain stupid way that politicos have been trying to game Google or Youtube, it seems that the very area that could benefit the most from the social web (POLITICS) is either too dumb, too corrupt or too oblivious to see the real opportunity. Google Bombs are nothing new to most of us … Continue reading Google Bombing Politics
Jamie M. sent me this. As an ex-pat Southern Carolinian living in Northern Carolina now, I was surprised at the results. Turns out I’m 100% South Carolinian. Start with 100 and take off 5 of each question that you answer NO to. The higher the percentage the more of a South Carolinian you are! 1) … Continue reading How Much of a South Carolinian Are You?
I’m having some email problems with the me@samharrelson.com address. If you’ve emailed me there today, I probably have not received it. However, my GMail address is working fine. Hopefully, the address will be back to normal sometime this evening and I’ll keep you posted. Blogged with Flock Continue reading Email Problems (Tues Oct 24)
Choose Links On October 19, Google announced that their 3rd Quarter profit rose 92% from $381 million a year ago to $733 million. These impressive numbers might lead one to suppose that the most important question facing Google is “what’s next?”. However, that’s not the whole story. Google must deal with the one term that … Continue reading The Most Important Question for Google