By Igor Mordkovich on May 31, 2006 in General, PPC (Pay Per Click) | 0 Comments
Google announced that they now have added more “things” that play a part in your Pay Per Click ad rank. What is it … ? It’s your landing page.
Before, Google would take into consideration 2 things. Your (CPC) cost per click and your CTR (click through rate). Based on those 2 things Google would decide […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 31, 2006 in Link Building, General, SEO | 0 Comments
Call it what you want ….. “Link building, buying advertising, being out there or simply fooling search engines” …. we buy links in directories for almost the same reason. Link building. But do the rules of good keyword-like anchor text link apply there?
I’d say … No. Here is why.
Think about it … Google values relevant […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 30, 2006 in General | 0 Comments
Aside from SEO, marketing and business it’s great to remember that there is more to life than that.
This weekend I went to the “Slava’s Snowshow” at the Union Square Theater in NYC. First of all … the guy (Slava Polunin - Producer/Creator/Actor) is from the same “mother land as I am originally… Russia / Ukraine” and […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 26, 2006 in Marketing Strategy, General, Traditional Marketing | 0 Comments
A bit of a harsh headline but I just had to …. this is important.
I just spoke with a sales rep from a “service-based” company that we’re looking to hire for few search / PPC things. Now … I call them up, so that means they already have me on the phone, now is the […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 26, 2006 in General, Online Marketing, PPC (Pay Per Click) | 0 Comments
I hope not.
I hope you’re testing your PPC (Pay Per Click) ads with Google and other search engines. I hope you change your bids manually or using some sort of a bidding software. I hope you’re not just leaving your ad for a month and wait for results, measuring only the bottom line.
If you are … […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 24, 2006 in Online Marketing, PPC (Pay Per Click) | 0 Comments
There is some talk about Google changing it’s results layout. Here is a quick shot of it
Now … my thoughts are that Google might be changing the layout for few reasons.
1) I think people will pay more attention to those paid ads, and thus … more clicks, more money for Google.
2) Maybe Google wants to implement […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 24, 2006 in General | 0 Comments
If you watch The Apprentice, read the latest post here http://www.emarketingperformance.com/:/745/search-marketing/lessons-from-the-apprentice-513/
…. and my feedback. You are more than welcome to state your opinion on the last episode.
By Igor Mordkovich on May 23, 2006 in Online Marketing | 0 Comments
Google announced their new, “Click to Play video ads”. These ads will only be offered for Syndicated ads (content network). Apparently the way it works is … the page will only show a still image with a PLAY button under it. Once you click Play, the video will start and they’ll count it as a […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 23, 2006 in Increase Conversion Rate, Online Marketing | 0 Comments
It’s really fascinating how the web and e-commerce evolved. Back in the 90s when I started … people were screaming the words of “evolution on the web” … If you build it .. they won’t necessarily come. “You have to advertise and get the traffic to your site”.
These days, bigger issue is not the traffic […]
By Igor Mordkovich on May 22, 2006 in General, Traditional Marketing | 0 Comments
When are you most happy and thus enthusiastic about a product you bought? Yep …. you’re right if you say “right after the purchase”. If this is a product that you really love or need, you will talk about it with your friends and you’ll share your purchase experience with others. So … why not […]