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  1. ItsPerformance.com's Giant Pop/Banner Network is ROI Heaven for Advertisers

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-04-28
    Gaithersburg, MD November 1, 2006 - Size is everything in the online space and the Maryland-based ItsPerformance.com is establishing a giant presence in the banner advertising network world. The ItsP...
  2. Keyword Advertising - to police or not?

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-04-10
    On September 28th a judicial decision was handed down in Google's favor, a decision impacting the multitudes of businesses that engage in paid search advertising. This decision, believed to be the fi...
  3. Web Conditioning: Get Your Site in Shape

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-03-02
    It’s not talked about much, but woodland animals are notoriously unresponsive to advertising.  That’s why you don’t expect to see many billboards when camping.  The website...
  4. A Tale of Three Duplicities

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-26
    Last issue you may recall reading “A Tale of Two Duplicities.” Now you can enjoy the third and final saga in this trilogy of Internet shenanigans! This had been a notable week in terms of ...
  5. Big Opportunities in Online Video

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-26
    Don’t look now, but there are 1,300+ Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) channels available free of charge on the Internet.  And to think that back in the 1980s some thought cable TV was content ov...
  6. Apple Adopts A Leopard Program

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-19
    Steve Jobs is one the premier names in computing.  Almost no one else in the business world, perhaps Warren Buffet or Alan Greenspan, have demonstrated Jobs’ EF Hutton-like ability to freez...
  7. A Tale of Internet Shenanigans

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-18
    This had been a notable week in terms of the deluge of news articles regarding Internet fraud.  Perhaps the summer heat and the forecast of temperatures rising into the 100s have an overall noxio...
  8. Futuristic Fashion Goes Viral

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-16
    No matter how good (or should I say busy?) times are for professionals in the interactive sector, we can never take any status quo in our profession for granted; I believe the old adage “if you ...
  9. Lycos and the Importance of Linguistics in Search

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-16
    Remember Lycos, the search offspring dot-com bubble poster child CMG Information Services, Inc?  Well, Lycos is still around, quiet, but still around after changing hands a few times.  Now C...
  10. Lead Generation: Pay-Per-Action

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-13
    The June 20th cocktail party for Exchange Place could have doubled as a movie set.  I was an invited guest representing ICMediaDirect.com and among some advertising professionals thoroughly enjoy...
  11. Insane in the Domain

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-11
    Here are some things about domain names that I didn’t know that were mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article this week featuring a “domainologist”: 1) There are roughly 47 million...
  12. To BMT or Not To BMT?

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-11
    Introduction: That is the Question When mentioned among SEMs (Search Engine Marketers) in a casual setting, Bid Management Tools, which will be referred to as BMTs in this article, often dampen conver...
  13. Bet On Conviction

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-07
    Another trusted officer of a publicly traded company was arrested this week, nabbed in Texas while changing planes.  No, he isn’t from Enron or WorldCom and is not accused of cooking the bo...
  14. Newspapers Can Thrive Online

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-04
    Numbers alone might lead one to think that the end of days is almost here for newspapers, but there’s also my personal observation, too.  I could go a week without reading a newspaper or se...
  15. ItsPerformance.com Launches Superior Advertising Platform Today

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-02
    ItsPerformance.com  Launches Superior Advertising Platform TodayThe Internet remains the hottest avenue for advertisers today.  ItsPerformance.com uses the latest technology to provide the b...
  16. Twisting Your Keywords in the Wind

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-01
    Create demand for your products or services with paid search keywords that are indirectly related to your product. Introduction: Waste not, want not!While studying the creatives of competitors through...
  17. 3G: Behold the Next Generation

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-02-01
    Ten years from now you’ll reminisce about the days before wireless high-speed internet, that dark era when you were tethered to a cabled modem and computer when checking messages. Like life befo...
  18. Leaders in Alternative Search

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-01-31
    There is a search engine based in Pasadena, California called Snap.com with a stated desire to become “The other way to Search”.  All it takes is a click and a search or two to see ho...
  19. World Cup '06: I'd Like to Teach the World to Blog

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-01-27
    World Cup ’06: I’d Like to Teach the World to BlogThe Coca-Cola jingle is one of television’s classics: “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony…&r...
  20. News Release - PhatGuru.com Brings Style to the Masses with Useful and Hip Interactive Content

    by Joseph Pratt - 2007-01-27
    New York, NY – June 26, 2006 –What do you get when New York City’s coolest go online to dish on what’s trendy and what’s yesterday’s news?  You get PhatGuru.co...