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Jan 2012
2011 has been a busy year for the Search industry with Google acquiring Invite Media and Teracent. As we head into 2012, Google is about to officially launch its DoubleClick Search V3 platform - DS3 - a bid management programme which will combine Yahoo and MSN into an AdWords type interface, and significantly invest in the Double Click platform, specifically Double Click for Advertisers (DFA) and the Exchange. As advertisers will we really need to invest elsewhere when Google could potentially provide it all?
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Aug 2011
At the back end of last week Google officially introduced AdWords Express - described as 'a faster and simpler way to start advertising online in less than five minutes'.
Google Express is actually a rebrand of Google Boost, an earlier product launched last October 2010 in the U.S. Boost was a quick-and-dirty solution for businesses to create auto-generated search advertising campaigns in AdWords. In essence the principles are the same, except for the name.
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Dec 2010
When it comes to paid search, here at Greenlight we're tipping 2011 to be the year that, display marketing starts to mirror much of what is search in practice. And that's just one of our predictions. Here's more on what we're expecting to unfold for paid search in 2011
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Mar 2010
Paid Search has come a long way since its "official" inauguration back in 1996. Of course, paid search has presented itself in various formats since then and many providers have come, gone, purchased one another, and rebranded.
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Feb 2010
Social media is user generated content - effectively consumers creating, sharing in two-way discussions about their interests, experiences and frustrations. Social media advertising plays out almost before the buying cycle where the consumer might be thinking indirectly about a product or brand - and therefore is quite a way off from the consideration or purchase decision.
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Feb 2010
The potential in the global marketplace is huge, with almost two billion people (1,733, 993, 741) accessing the internet, of which up to 70% will speak a language other than English. Research studies prove however, that when a user searches the internet, they are still most comfortable with native search engines. Although this doesn't mean to say the big three (Google, Yahoo! and Bing) are struggling to make an impression.
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Feb 2010
As we head into 2010 the big question is what will the year ahead deliver for search marketing. In its 'Year in Review Briefing', Greenlight, the UK's leading independent search marketing agency, provides a summary of developments in natural and paid search.
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