by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, September 12, 2016 Fragmentation is the biggest change and challenge in marketing today, according to David Rodnitzky, CEO at 3Q Digital, a Harte Hanks company. Consumers use multiple devices, dividing their time between social networks, apps, search, and video. He says brands should expect an increasing amount of fragmentation … Continue reading 3Q Digital’s Rodnitzky: Search Tips On Fragmentation
by Josh Engroff, Op-Ed Contributor, September 9, 2016 Remember the smartphone platform wars? Back when you actually had to think for more than five minutes when choosing which new phone to buy, because there was a whole bunch of options — Blackberry, Nokia, Microsoft, Android, iPhone — each with its own platform and handsets? For … Continue reading VR’s Distribution Problem
by Jeremy Walker, Op-Ed Contributor, September 7, 2016 When organizations redesign their Web site, most expect their investment in capital and effort to produce several automatic benefits such as a rise in site traffic and improvements for the user. While the creative will get a lot of attention, user testing will provide some insight into … Continue reading My Great New Web Site’s Organic Traffic Just Disappeared
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, September 2, 2016 A phone with interchangeable parts intended to reduce electronic waste and allow consumers to keep the core of the device longer than a year or two seemed like a good idea at the time of conception. That’s how many describe Google’s defunct modular mobile phone design … Continue reading Google Thinks Mobile First Unless It’s A Modular Phone
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, September 1, 2016 In my younger years, being first in line when the doors opened at the Long Beach Convention Center to see George Harrison proved successful. The no-assigned seat event meant the doors opened and a bunch of crazed kids ran to claim a spot at the edge … Continue reading The Moore’s Law Of Search Query Results
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 31, 2016 Bots — which some estimate make up about 46% of Web traffic — scrape the Web for whatever bits of content they are programmed to find, often mimicking human behavior. But what does it cost the company developing the content, analyzing the numbers, and creating the … Continue reading What’s The Lost Revenue From Bots Scraping Original Content?
by Aaron Baar, Staff Writer, August 30, 2016 Think about how — and especially where — you’re using smartphones and tablets. When you’re moving from one place to another, certainly. In “snackable” moments — such as a coffee shop or grocery-store line — when you have a minute of idle time. And, sadly, despite the … Continue reading Mobile Isn’t Just First, It’s Primary
by Ben Frederick, Staff Writer @mp_benfred, August 8, 2016 To answer the question in the head: Not a whole lot. In the cat-and-mouse game that is the constantly evolving world of ad fraud, the most that can feasibly be done is stop fraudsters from doing what they’re currently doing — but there isn’t really a … Continue reading What’s To Be Done About Mobile Ad Fraud?
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 12, 2016 Courtney O’Donnell, senior shopping and feed manager at Elite SEM, works on Jet.com’s Google Shopping account. The ecommerce company — founded in January 2014, and acquired by Wal-Mart earlier this week — began working with the agency in 2015 to explore search advertising. Here’s how it went … Continue reading Did Search Marketers Contribute To Wal-Mart’s Acquisition Of Jet.com?
by Josh Engroff, Op-Ed Contributor, August 12, 2016 The big new thing often starts out being dismissed as a toy. Facebook, Snapchat, virtual reality, bots, emoji, messaging — what marketer took them seriously at the beginning? What marketer dares to ignore them now? Digital life has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where the future … Continue reading Advertising’s Walking Dead, Or: Toward a New Marketing Stack
