Archive for June, 2009

Census Bureau Reports Increase of Nearly 1 Million Nonemployer Businesses The United States added nearly 1 million nonemployer businesses between 2006 and 2007, bringing the total to 21.7 million, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This 4.5 percent growth rate is detailed in Nonemployer Statistics: 2007, an annual data series on businesses...
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In-Game Advertising Measurement, Releases New Guidelines for Public Comment Brings Clarity to Emerging Interactive Advertising Platform SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 15, 2009) – As consumers spend more time playing in immersive gaming environments, marketers and game publishers have been struggling to compare campaign results because different measurement methodologies are used by different platforms. To establish a...
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — “Google had a good quarter given the depth of the recession–while revenues were down quarter over quarter, they grew 6% year over year, thanks to continued strong query growth. These results underline both the resilience of our business model and the ongoing potential of the web as users and advertisers...
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Internet Advertising Revenues Surpass $23 Billion Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. remained strong, topping $23 billion, according to the 2008 Internet Advertising Revenue Report, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Despite a difficult U.S. economy, interactive advertising’s continued growth, albeit at a slower pace, confirms marketers’ increased recognition of...
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Publishers and Advertisers Reach Consensus on Critical Online Measurement NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To an Internet user, a click is a simple action. Accurately counting those clicks, however, is a complex operational task. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the release of its Click Measurement Guidelines, which establish parameters for the...
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There are a number of free services that will take a long web adress and shorten it. A few examples of these companies are notlong.com, bit.ly, and LinkBee. What these services do is take a long URL and give you an alternitve URL that is much shorter. The URL for this article is http://myadvertisingmarket.com/wordpress/2009/06/02/beware-of-url-shorteners/....
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The Clear and Conspicuous Requirement The FTC offers free information on how to comply with advertising laws. One requirement for on-line advertising is that disclosures are clear and conspicuous: Disclosures that are required to prevent deception — or to provide consumers material information about a transaction — must be presented “clearly and conspicuously.” Whether a disclosure...
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