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Random Thoughts and Links
Random Thoughs and Interesting Links:
End of Summer, time for Engagement Rings and weddings. Don't miss the movie Wedding Crashers, it was laugh out loud funny. Soon fall will arrive and people will start thinging about buying halloween costumes again!
Here are some friends who need some extra seo boosts:
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eBay Seller Stats
An ACNielsen International Research Study for eBay reports that 724,000 Americans derive their primary or secondary income from eBay, a and another 1.5 million say they supplement their income by selling on eBay
comScore Figures for April
comScore Media Matrix released their april rankings of top internet sites and information of what sites are moving up and down and why. Always great information. Click here to read more...
Google Announces Earnings
Google reported first quarter earnings that blew away analyst's expectations today with sales of $794 million, topping the highest estimates of $767 and the average concensus of $731. Shares broke the $200 mark today.
Microsoft to Compete with Adwords
According to a recent Bloomberg article Microsoft is planning to announce how they plan to sell pay-per-click ads on MSN going forward. MSN Search is currently the thrid largest search player behind Google and Yahoo.
Web 2.0 - Search is a Platform
Listen in to some of the leading players in Search discuss where things are headed.
Pew Report
According to the Pew Internet & American Life project, only 38% of users are aware of the distinction between paid or “sponsored” results and unpaid results. Also, congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots.
PPC Growth
According to a recent Internet Retailer article Paid search keeps growing. Uowards of 500 US Retailers are now spending $50k-plus a month of paid search."
Affilaites have mixed opinions
Goyami Editor, Adam Viener, quoted in Click Z Article about Google's new affiliate advertising Policy.
Searching for Sponsored Links on Google
Want to see what ads are currently running for a specific term on Google? Check out their new sponsored links search at www.google.com/sponsoredlinks. Knowing how you rank today may be important when their new policy goes into affect in a few weeks.
Consolidation in the SEM Space?
A ClickZ article speculates that the recent acquisition of iProspect by the UK-based Aegis Group may jump-start a trend of larger agencies investing in SEM. Could this spell consolidation of search engine marketing firms?
Google Desktop Search has Security Risk
A group from Rice University in Texas told the New York Times that a security flaw in Google's Desktop Search program, which is freely available online, could allow hackers access to PCs via the internet.
Holiday Spending
Holiday spending to peak this week. $12.7 billion spent so far according to a Goldman Sachs and Harris Interactive study.