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SearchWiki For Adwords

Yesterday Google announced SearchWiki, allowing Google users to customize their search results.

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But Wait — There’s Still More

Final batch of most popular RKG paid search links, based on Feedburner readership stats.

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Reader’s Choice: Best Articles About Paid Search

As we approach our 800th post, we decided to highlight some of our most popular posts.

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Negative News Flow Is A Lagging Indicator

Wise words from Paul Kedrosky.

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Political Paid Search: 2008 Election PPC Dataset Available

If anyone would benefit from a data set tracking the use of political paid search advertising in the 2008 US Presidential cycle, we have one to share.

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Target Gift Cards Also Cameras, Night Lights, Thumb Drives, etc.

A new twist on gift cards this season from Target.

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The Promotional Dilemma

Shop.org recommends discounting and free shipping for Thanksgiving. But when all retailers adopt this strategy, nobody gains share and everybody loses margin.

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Block Russian Comment Spam In Wordpress

Configure Akismet to vanish Russian spam comments.

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Is Your Online Store Vulnerable To CSRF and XSS Attacks?

An excellent powerpoint giving technical background on some newer approaches for websites attacks..

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Patent Trolls Lose Round In Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrowed what can be patented as an abstract business method.

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3 Methods for Setting Cookie Windows

Proper attribution is critically important, and we recommend revisiting your cookie windows periodically to make sure you’re in the right neighborhood. Too long and you’re liable to waste money by over advertising, too short and you may miss opportunities.

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Monitor Your Brand With HowSociable.com

Monitor your brand across 22 social media sites.

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Online Retail Sales Stats: Consumers Buying But Spending Less

As November begins, the situation has become bleaker.

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Google Provides More Details On Quality Score. Nope.

“We’ll allow an ad that meets the quality threshold to appear above the search results even if it has to jump over other ads to do so. “

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Fast-Response Paid Search: J. Crew and Michelle Obama

J. Crew responds to the Tonight Show.

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The PPC Buying Cycle: Buyer Beware

The Buying Cycle is used by some as an excuse for overspending on general keywords. It’s a lovely theory, but we thought it was high time to take another look at whether the data supports it.

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Google Now Displaying SKUs in Paid Results

Helpful or harmful to users and advertisers?

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Sequoia’s “RIP” Powerpoint

Sequoia Capital’s powerpoint on the economic crisis, allegedly leaked.

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Find And Fix Your Inbound 404s

Allowing inbound links to fail on nonexistent pages is a marketing crime.

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Do Dancing Skeletons Sell More Mortgages?

I don’t get it.

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Walmart.com Runs Obama & McCain Videos

Walmart.com is promoting Obama and McCain videos from the homepage.

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A Prisoner’s Dilemma? PPC Advertising During The Current Financial Crisis

Irrational over-bidding helps none of us, except Google.

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OpenSQL Camp, Nov 14-16 2008, Charlottesville VA

If advanced database topics quicken your pulse, check out OpenSQL Camp.

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PPC Strategy During The Current Financial Crisis

Considering the perspective of paid search advertising, how should online advertisers be responding to the crisis on Wall Street?

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Our Inc 500 Brothers?

Our business is going really well thanks to our great clients. But looking at some other folks included in our category makes me shake my head in amazement…er something.

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