Archive for February, 2010
February 9th, 2010 by Richard Zwicky
This evening, we’re adding a new set of reports to Enquisite’s Optimizer product.
Optimizer has been Enquisite’s core search analytics service since launch. Late last year we added a links tracking module to the reports, as search marketers needed to be able to monitor which links when live when, and more importantly which links pointing in to a web site stopped sending traffic, or had huge spikes in referrals. These additions were designed to help the search marketer monitor more of their traffic sources that affected their search campaigns. We’re taking that logic further with tonight’s release.
Tonight, Enquisite is adding a layer of Social Marketing tracking functionality to our reporting. The search marketing industry has grown considerably over the last year and a half, and so have we. Social networks were still nascent, and their impact was hard to understand. But a combined perspective on Search and Social (not just the firm Search and Social) has become very important to any online marketer. We recognize that marketers are having a hard time measuring the impact of both channels, independently and together, so we’re bring perspective to the marketplace.
Enquisite Campaign was designed from the ground up to report on, and provide predictive analysis of opportunities across channels, and let online marketers, VP’s, CMO’s and CFO’s understand how the various channels interact, and combine together to contribute to revenue. Businesses need that perspective to invest.
Today’s addition to Enquisite Optimizer adds a “Social” tab to the reporting suite. Now, you can understand all your social campaign referrals from within one interface, and also view that traffic geographically via our mapping interface. Plus, you can compare that against your paid and organic search campaigns.
Do you really know how your social campaigns are affecting your search campaigns? Now, you can see where social referrals are coming from, and map that against your search referrals. Do the geographies overlap? What’s the lag time? How does it affect referral quality and conversion rates? These are all questions that for the first time you can now answer.
Log in, take a look, and provide us feedback of what else you would like to see added in Optimizer’s Social reports.
In March we’ll be making a significant addition to Enquisite’s suite of products in the area of linking. Linking continues to present a myriad of challenges for search marketers, and the amount of spam generated in this area is massive. We’re going to help you cut through the noise and implement more effective linking campaigns. We’ll be contacting all Enquisite account holders with an early participation offer shortly, keep your eyes peeled, you won’t want to miss it.
Tags: CFO, CMO, conversion, functionality, marketer, online marketers, predictive analysis, social campaigns, social marketing, social networks, traffic sources, vp
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February 3rd, 2010 by Richard Zwicky
Many, many years ago when I was a youngster growing up, I read lots of books about people like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. I marveled at how many things they had invented, and the effects just the things they patented still had on our lives.
At the time, I never expected to be in a position where I would have my name associated with a published patent.
Yesterday, a patent I wrote was issued. It’s patent number 7,657,626, and refers to an original method of detecting click fraud. It’s a dry read, so I’m not sure if you want to rush out and read it, but if you’re having a hard time sleeping, you can find the patent here, at the USPTO office.
Now, in no way do I consider that this one issued patent in any way puts me, or any of my ideas in the league of these great inventors or innovators, but I am thrilled nonetheless. To have an idea recognized as truly original in this process is special, and I truly feel honored, and am indebted to everyone who helped guide me through the process.
Of all the things I’ve done, this one really was like a light bulb going on. The idea came to me over a holiday weekend a few years ago. My son and I were enjoying a boy’s weekend getaway at our cabin at a lake near Victoria. I’d been deep in data looking at random server activity data all week, so playing around in the water, cooking meals over the fire, and staring at the night sky was a welcome change. The second night I went to bed around 11, and was out solid until 2:30 a.m. I woke up with a start and an idea in my head. Normally, like most people I’d just roll over and go back to sleep, telling myself that I’d deal with it in the morning, by which time I’d forget about it. But this time, I grabbed a pen and paper and started writing. Two hours later I was stuck; I’d written many pages of notes, and long-form formulae / processes, but something was missing. I put the notes away and went back to sleep.
The next day I spent being very busy doing nothing! I didn’t even read my notes from the night before, figuring that I could get back to it after the weekend. That night, I woke up at 3:00 a.m., with an idea how to break through the last barrier in the process. I started writing, and that night completed what turned out to be the first draft of the provisional patent application.
The following week I sat down with our Mathematican, Rafael Parra Hernandez, and he helped me take my long-form formulae and convert them to more conventional mathematics. He also explained to me the various types of math I had incorporated in the processes. If my high-school math teachers could see it now, they’d never believe it!
And, that’s how a patent came to be.
Tags: application, Click Fraud, formulae, inventors, patent, patent filings, patent number, USPTO
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