Category: Google AdWords

UK Office of Fair Trading Threatens Future of Pay Per Click and Social Media Marketing in Financial Services Explains ClearDebt.co.uk

| September 8, 2011

Fair trading guidance for the debt management industry in the UK could ban companies from advertising on Google, Twitter and Facebook – and the credit industry could be next LONDON – The OFT’s guidance, revised and published for consultation on 14th June, finds Google and Twitter “inappropriate” for debt management companies. The guidance proposes to [...]

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ReachLocal and Google Form Global Strategic Partnership

| May 16, 2011

Google and ReachLocal Sign First-of-its-Kind Global AdWords™ Agreement to Accelerate the Delivery of Google’s AdWords Advertising Program to Small-and Medium-Sized Businesses Around the World

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Small Businesses Achieved More in Search in Q4, with Diversified Search Engine Strategies and 56% More Calls

| February 7, 2011

Mid-Quarter Shift from Google to Yahoo-Bing Search Alliance Reflects Increased Click-Through Rates and Lower Costs Per Click IFA 2011 IRVINE, Calif. – Small businesses achieved more in search in the fourth quarter of 2010 by increasing their keyword portfolios and diversifying ad spending across the major search engines, according to a report released by WebVisible [...]

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IAB Applauds the First Ad Networks and Exchanges to Commit to Self-Certification

| August 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Companies Advance Brand Safety in the Industry NEW YORK – Responding to marketers’ call for better brand safety and enhanced transparency online, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced that 16 member companies are the first to commit to comprehensive self-certification against the IAB “Networks & Exchanges Quality Assurance Guidelines.” Released in June of this year, [...]

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American Express OPEN Launches SearchManager, an Online Solution That Helps Businesses Harness the Power of Search Engine Advertising

| June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

SearchManager Joins AcceptPay, InsuranceEdge and FX International Payments from American Express in Largest Rollout of New Business Products by OPEN NEW YORK – American Express OPEN launched SearchManager, a new product for small business owners that simplifies search engine advertising, an increasingly important way to find new customers and drive sales. SearchManager streamlines the way [...]

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Paid Search Spend Increases in Q1, Indicating a Strong Year Ahead for the Search Marketing Industry

| April 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

SearchIgnite issues Q1 report evaluating the state of U.S. search marketing ATLANTA – U.S. paid search spend increased 11% in Q1 2010 from Q1 2009, marking the strongest quarter for paid search since the fourth quarter of 2008. In addition, search marketing was flat quarter-over-quarter (-0.5%), a metric that typically shows declines in Q1 due [...]

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BrandVerity Unveils AdSense Ad Monitoring Service

| April 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

PoachMark’s AdSense Monitoring Gives Marketers an Unprecedented Ability to Monitor Affiliate Use of Their Trademarks in the Largest Contextual Advertising Network SEATTLE – BrandVerity (www.brandverity.com) announced that PoachMark, BrandVerity’s pay-per-click (PPC) ad monitoring service, now monitors PPC ads run on the AdSense network.

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Research and Markets: Google Buzz

| March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

DUBLIN – Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Google Buzz” report to their offering. On February 9, 2010, Google, Inc. announced a new service to its existing Gmail service that would permit users additional social networking functionality. Providing functionality in many ways similar to Facebook, Twitter, and other web-based services, Buzz was [...]

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Trada Raises $2.2 Million from Foundry Group and Angel Investors to Boost Search Ad Results in Google and Yahoo

| March 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

BOULDER, Colo. – Trada commercially launched the first online marketplace allowing small and medium businesses and agencies to leverage the skills of hundreds of paid search experts, who in turn earn money by generating low-cost clicks and conversions for advertisers. Trada entered private beta in January 2009 and has more than 70 advertisers and 280 [...]

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Q4 2009 Search Advertising Report

| March 8, 2010 | 0 Comments

The AdGooroo Q4 2009 Search Engine Advertising Report is now available for download. You may access this report at no charge (link below). Highlights of the Q4 2009 Search Advertising Report

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Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results

| January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. “Google had a strong fourth quarter, with 17% year over year revenue growth,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “Given that the global economy is still in the early days of recovery, this was [...]

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AdGooroo Report Shows Q4 Gains, a Decrease in Active Advertisers for Google

| January 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

Quarterly Search Engine Advertiser Update shows a 12.5 percent increase in Google ad spend across top retailers and other data on Q4 performance at the big 3 engines CHICAGO – AdGooroo (www.adgooroo.com), a leading provider of online marketing competitive intelligence and keyword tools, released its latest quarterly Search Engine Advertiser Update. The report’s findings demonstrate [...]

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