Archive for August, 2009

Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous (Valleywag)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Remember Evony, the online game whose banners epitomize the worst in online advertising? It turns out the company doesn’t like people talking about its deceptive practices. The company’s banner ads…

New Start Up Provides SMEs With Data Analysis Advertising Tutorials to Evaluate Online Expenditure (ITNews)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

NEW YORK, August 25 /PRNewswire/ — Smart Digital Spending, a New York start-up launched today, offers a new approach to measuring online advertising which could save firms thousands of dollars each year.

New Start Up Provides SMEs With Data Analysis Advertising Tutorials to Evaluate Online Expenditure (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Smart Digital Spending, a New York start-up launched today, offers a new approach to measuring online advertising which could save firms thousands of dollars each year. Smart Digital Spending provides written, audio and video instructions on how to measure online advertising using data analysis advertising techniques in order to make simple yet effective media optimization decisions.

WebVisible Announces New Online Merchant Center Dashboard for Advertisers (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – 08/25/09) – WebVisible, Inc., a worldwide leader in local online advertising, today announced it has launched a new interactive Merchant Center for its small and mid-size business (SMB) customers, as well as the company’s reseller partners and their customers, to track progress and effectiveness of their Internet marketing campaigns. Featuring always-on insight into …

Yahoo Acquires Arab Online Community Maktoob (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

In an effort to grow its international presence, Yahoo on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Maktoob.com, an online community with a large presence in the Arab world.

The Revolution Online Advertising Report: Beyond pre-roll (Revolution)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

As web users flock to video content, how can brands tackle the problem of pre-roll blindness? Alex Blythe investigates.

Yield Optimization Increases Advertising Revenue For Online Publishers and Ad Networks (PRWeb)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

InMotion Group’s inClick Ad Server increases online advertising revenue through the introduction of its Yield Optimized Advertisement Delivery Engine. (PRWeb Aug 25, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/inclickadserver/yieldoptimizedresults/prweb2785844.htm

Yield Optimization Increases Advertising Revenue For Online Publishers and Ad Networks (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

InMotion Group’s inClick Ad Server increases online advertising revenue through the introduction of its Yield Optimized Advertisement Delivery Engine.

UK to investigate online advertising, targeting (BizReport)

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Online advertising, ad agencies and targeting companies are in the spotlight in the UK. The UK Office of Fair Trading has plans for a study which will look into online advertising and targeting to determine if some practices are detrimental to consumers.

Google on Online Ads Boosting Offline Sales (WebProNews)

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Google is talking about how online ads can boost in-store sales at a couple of its different blogs today. The first one looks at the relationship between POS (point of sale) and O2S (online to store). “Online To Store research is transforming retail today based on the ability to test digital marketing during a specified period of time and measure exactly what happens to sales not only online …