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ADOTAS Conversations: Henry Vogel, Chief Revenue Officer, Quigo

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February 13th 2007
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With its AdSonar product creating some buzz in the last several months, Quigo has gradually made a name for itself in the search marketing business–not by planting itself as a bratty upstart in Google and Yahoo’s world, but by simply relying on core relationships with publishers and media firms. The [...] more...

SilverCarrot Launches Affiliate Network

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December 18th 2006
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Performance marketing company SilverCarrot has entered the affiliate business with SilveriNet, a new affiliate network designed to give publishers and advertisers a new way to reach customers. “SilverCarrot’s launch of SilveriNet fills an untapped need within the online advertising community,” said SilverCarrot CEO Allan Levy in a statement. “Web publishers and [...] more...

IAB to Set Click Measurement Guidelines

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August 2nd 2006
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In yet another effort to bring structure and measurement to online advertising, the IAB today announced that it is forming an industry-wide Click Measurement Working Group to create a set of Click Measurement Guidelines. These Guidelines, which will be created in conjunction with the Media Rating Council, aim to provide [...] more...

Do Locals Give a Click? Negotiating the Buys to Make Local Advertising Work

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June 30th 2006
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Richard Rosen

Successful local advertisers and business owners know that to close a deal, they must ask for the sale. It’s a bold question at times, designed to push a hesitant buyer toward action. Now, take this same principle — one that you’ve no doubt mastered — and apply it in the [...] more...

Innovation Interactive Launches Domain Monetization Service

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May 3rd 2006
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Performance marketing company Innovation Interactive today announced its launch of SiteParker, a domain management and monetization service designed to maximize revenue from any undeveloped domain or web site. The launch comes in conjunction with this week’s 2006 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. show, a domain industry conference in Las Vegas. Beta tested by SiteParker’s team [...] more...

Quigo, Lonely Planet Build PPC Marketplace

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April 18th 2006
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Performance marketing company Quigo has partnered with travel publisher LonelyPlanet.com, the web presence of travel publisher Lonely Planet, to launch a Pay-Per-Click contextual advertising service. The new service will use a branded version of Quigo’s AdSonar ad targeting solution. Lonely Planet publishes more than 600 independent travel information books, but doesn’t [...] more...

Risk-Sharing Models Gain Momentum

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April 18th 2006
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According to the Association of National Advertisers, at least 50 percent of large advertisers have begun to offer incentive-based compensation for agency work. David Levin, founder of i33’s interactive marketing practice and leading proponent of risk-sharing ad models, will work to gain the other 50 percent’s support when he speaks [...] more...

Taking Care of Business, One Customer at a Time

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April 18th 2006
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BernardLouvat

Congratulations! Your website looks much better than it did 5 years ago. Your navigation is intuitive. Your pages are well merchandised with a clear layout and good design. Your content is to the point and your pictures look great. You are telling an attractive and convincing product story. You are using web [...] more...

MediaWhiz Merges with GRS

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April 11th 2006
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Today marked the union of Global Resource Systems (GRS) and MediaWhiz, which in turn forms one of the largest providers of online performance marketing services. Lake Capital, a private equity firm that invests in growing services companies, first invested in MediaWhiz in August 2005 and will provide further growth capital [...] more...

Bid No More: Why an Open Network Outperforms Auction-Based Advertising

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March 24th 2006
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Michael Katz

In an auction-based ad marketplace, each and every ad call is evaluated and the value of each impression is matched to create an efficient marketplace. In such a marketplace, both advertisers and publishers benefit. Advertisers pay what they determine is a suitable rate based on the performance of the network [...] more...