BizReport : March 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008 Archive

March 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008 Archive

Research | March 21, 2008

Hitwise: Question/Answer website business is booming

Advertisers may want to pay a little more attention to those question and answer websites. According to a new report from Hitwise, visits to Q&A websites increase by nearly 120% between March 17, 2007 and March 15, 2008. >>

Advertising | March 21, 2008

How marketers can buy ads with real-time research

When campaigns are performing well most marketers want to quickly buy more ad placements to gain an even higher ROI. The problem is getting that real-time information and being able to quickly place ads for optimized performance. Enter the Agency Trading Desk from AdsDaq Exchange. >>

Trends & Ideas | March 21, 2008

Magnify360 allows on-site behavioral targeting

Targeting consumers based on past behaviors is nothing new. Differentiating between two behaviors from the same consumer is, but that is exactly what is offered through the Magnify360 platform. In most cases behavioral targeting is used only on advertising but the Magnify360 platform targets within marketers' websites. >>

Trends & Ideas | March 20, 2008

Widemile launches browser-based platform

Advertisers now have the chance to test campaign performance at the landing page and interior website pages thanks to a new browser-based platform. Widemile, a tech marketing startup, recently released the platform which allows marketers to test several variations of a marketing site. >>

Social Marketing | March 20, 2008

How to make the most out of social marketing

It seems there is no getting away from social marketing because more and more consumers are turning to social platforms, not only to meet people but also to make purchasing decisions. A new study from TNS Media Intelligence/Cymfony could help marketers with a social media strategy. >>

Research | March 20, 2008

comScore: Emerging markets key to online growth

In 1996, US users accounted for 66% of the world's Internet population. That is only one of many things that have changed in the past twelve years. According to a recent comScore report, only 22% of the world's online population is now from the US and emerging markets are pushing growth in the digital realm. >>

Advertising | March 19, 2008

Video advertising in need of standards

A technology-driven media services company has revealed some interesting findings from research carried out to better understand the perceptions and experiences of online video ad buyers. >>

Mobile Marketing | March 19, 2008

iPhone users make most of mobile web

iPhone users are making sure they get the maximum out of their devices, with a large number browsing the mobile web and watching mobile TV. >>

Social Marketing | March 19, 2008

Internet radio: 33M U.S. listeners each week

The number of Americans listening to a radio station online increased during the twelve months to January 2008, according to an annual report from Edison Media Research. >>

Research | March 19, 2008

Report: Email open rates drop end '07

MailerMailer has released a report showing that email open and click rates dropped in the final six months of last year, as well as providing new figures on email opening behavior. >>

Advertising | March 19, 2008

eMarketer revises 2008 Internet ad spend forecasts

eMarketer has knocked its Internet advertising spend forecasts down by almost $2 billion in light of a potential economic rough patch. >>

Advertising | March 19, 2008

GoFish to serve age-appropriate ads to popular game

GoFish and Cookie Jar Entertainment, a children's entertainment company, are teaming up to serve age-appropriate ads to kids playing Cookie Jar's online games. The ads will be served to the upcoming release "Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands". >>

Research | March 19, 2008

TNS to buy Compete, create new metric solution

The merge of TNS Media Intelligence, Compete Inc. and Cymfony will give global marketers greater insight into how their brands and messages are faring globally. TNS announced earlier this month that it would acquire Compete for $75 million. >>

Advertising | March 19, 2008

Channel Intelligence ad network adds 100 brands

More marketers are beginning to sign on with advertising networks, hoping that offering targeted ads to specific content sites will help with the ROI of online campaigns. More than 100 advertisers recently signed on with the global Channel Intelligence ad network. >>

Advertising | March 18, 2008

Yahoo, Click Forensics team up to tackle click fraud

Yahoo has become the first search engine to work with a third party click-tracking company to ensure online advertisers are getting what they pay for. >>

Advertising | March 18, 2008

Microsoft expands online advertising arsenal

Microsoft makes more moves in its bid to dominate online advertising, and has purchased ad management solutions firm Rapt. >>

E-commerce | March 18, 2008

Local search the next trend for ecommerce

In the beginning days of ecommerce offering free shipping or online coupons was enough of an incentive to draw online shoppers. Research shows, however, that now consumers expect free shipping. That isn't the only change: consumers want products instantly but do not want to drive all over their city looking for a specific item. >>

Research | March 18, 2008

Marchex: Local Online Ads Continue to Rise

Look for more of the same in 2008. That, according to a new report from local online advertising solution Marchex, which predicts that local online advertising will continue to rise, national advertisers will move into local advertising and that advertisers will increase their use of geographical targeting. >>

Research | March 18, 2008

Report: Some consumers would do away with packaging

Clever packaging may not be as necessary to consumers as originally thought. Though unique or colorful packaging may catch a consumer's attention, a new study from Nielsen finds that more than half of US consumers would get rid of all consumer packaging if it would benefit the environment. >>

Mobile Marketing | March 17, 2008

Security concerns hamper m-banking, m-commerce

Security and scam concerns are just a couple of the reasons that consumers aren’t embracing mobile banking and shopping, finds an Harris Interactive survey. >>

E-commerce | March 17, 2008

Study: Multi-channel customer service disappoints

Many websites are still making their customers jump through hoops to find answers to simple questions, finds the latest of Transversal’s annual customer service studies. >>

Advertising | March 17, 2008

Break Media debuts high resolution vid ad option

High def television was first. Now online video ads are going high-res, too. Break Media has rolled out a new video advertising option with better definition that is likely to grab consumers' attention. The ad unit expands cross-screen when engaged. >>

Viral Marketing | March 17, 2008

1 in 3 videos viewed on YouTube

YouTube continues to hold on to the top spot for American video downloads. According to the latest information from comScore, YouTube accounted for 1 in 3 video downloads in the US during January. >>

Advertising | March 17, 2008

Kontera launches in-text ad targeting solution

Can you contextually target ads according to site content, video and images? You can now with a new advertising offering from in-text ad provider Kontera. The new offering is said to increase ad engagement by 20%. >>

E-commerce | March 17, 2008

OFT web sweep analysis revealed

Over 500 UK-based retailers’ websites were examined for the Office of Fair Trading’s latest web sweep, as they sought to identify websites not upholding their regulations and continued to raise awareness among online retailers. >>