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Leveraging a new clipping service called Amplify, BitBriefs.com brings you trends, statistics, news, links and perspective on the latest secondary research around topics such as in-game advertising, mobile phone marketing, email marketing, search engine marketing, online media usage, and traditional media marketing.

CHART: Where Google Gets Its Revenue

CHART: Advertising Tactics Trusted by Internet Users

Study Shows Online Display Increases Performance of Other Digital Efforts

Amplifyd from www.adexchanger.com

Dotomi announced results from the use of its attribution technology which reiterates the impact strong attribution models can have in driving display or any digital media’s future growth. From the release: “Dotomi found display increased performance by an average of 20 percent in paid search, 26 percent in natural search, 25 percent in affiliate marketing, 16 percent in CRM email and 26 percent in direct load, where the consumer goes directly to the retailer’s website.” Pour on the attribution for display, and it’s full steam ahead! Read the release.

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Small Business SEM Spend Up 91%

Amplifyd from www.emarketer.com

Small businesses using search advertising have sharply increased their efforts in Q3 2009, according to data from WebVisible.

Average spending by small-business search advertisers was up 91% year over year and 93% quarter over quarter in Q3. The average number of keywords purchased was also up.

Average US Small Business Search Advertising Spending and Number of Keywords Used in Campaign, Q3 2008-Q3 2009
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Sherpa Chart: How Merchants Manage the Affiliate Search Marketing Dilemma

Amplifyd from www.marketingsherpa.com
SUMMARY: Competition between companies and their affiliates is natural. Affiliates can be very effective at creating revenue-generating traffic through search so there’s an inherent tension in the system. See the main attitudes/policies with which merchants attempt to deal with this issue.
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Search Engine Market Share and Volume Sept. 09 to Oct. 09

Sherpa Chart: How Agencies View Client Search Marketing Budgets

Amplifyd from www.marketingsherpa.com
SUMMARY: Today, many marketers have been forced to make sacrifices to accommodate smaller budgets. This decrease in elastic budgets has caused many companies to run out of available money when they need it most, reducing their ability to meet consumer demand for their keywords.
The Elasticity of Client Search Budgets
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October Sees Search Volume Spike, Google Gains Market Share

Amplifyd from blog.compete.com
  • Google reaches a new record market share of 73.6% on 5.6% in volume gains
  • Yahoo! continues its slide dropping almost a ½ point in share despite volume gains
  • Bing held market share nearly steady with a very slight 0.1ppt loss on the second strongest volume gains
  • Ask dropped almost a full point and held the dubious distinction of posting the only volume loss and a sharp one at that.
  • AOL held steady on a modest near market tracking volume gain
  • Octover 2009 Search Market Share and Volume
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    comScore September 2009 U.S. Search Rankings

    Amplifyd from comscore.com

    Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in September with 64.9 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (18.8 percent), and Microsoft Sites (9.4 percent). Ask Network captured 3.9 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 3.0 percent.

    comScore Core Search Report*
    September 2009 vs. August 2009
    Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
    Source: comScore qSearch
    Core Search Entity Share of Searches (%)
    Aug-09 Sep-09 Point Change Sep-09 vs. Aug-09
    Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% N/A
    Google Sites 64.6% 64.9% 0.3
    Yahoo! Sites 19.3% 18.8% -0.5
    Microsoft Sites 9.3% 9.4% 0.1
    Ask Network 3.9% 3.9% 0.0
    AOL LLC Network 3.0% 3.0% 0.0
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    Ad Pricing Still Down

    Amplifyd from www.emarketer.com

    The first half of 2009 has drops in ad spending across all media—even online—but advertisers are more optimistic about the latter part of the year, according to JPMorgan.

    The company’s “Advertising Outlook 2H’09 and 2010” survey found that more than one-half of US media buyers and planners polled think second-half spending will be higher than first-half outlays. Only 10% predict spending declines.

    The majority of media buyers and planners reported they were paying less in 2009 than the previous year for ads across all media. Nine out of 10 respondents said prices had gone down for radio and outdoor, while 85% reported the same for magazines and newspapers.

    Advertising Pricing Change in 2009* According to US Media Buyers and Planners, by Media (% of respondents)

    Read more at www.emarketer.com