The Search Monitor Releases Software That Measures the Reach of Affiliate Programs on Paid Search

The Search Monitor (“TSM”), an online monitoring service that tracks competitive advertising activity on paid and organic search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites, announces its release of a new affiliate tracking software that identifies affiliate marketers who are sponsoring paid search results pages.

This powerful new tool is the first and only way for internet marketers to gain insight into the scope, strength, and breadth of their competitor’s affiliate programs. The Search Monitor is able to identify affiliates who deploy direct linking tactics and affiliates who manage and operate individual web sites.

Uses for this new tool include:

Measurement of the reach and strength of competitors’ affiliate programs on paid search.
Policing affiliates for compliance with affiliate program terms of use.
Identification of competitor’s affiliates for potential recruitment opportunities.
“Affiliate programs are a smart way to gain maximum exposure on paid search,” says Troy Lerner of The Booyah Agency. “By using affiliate programs as a tactic in our arsenal, our clients can own more page real estate on SERPs. We like the new reports from The Search Monitor because it gives us incredible insight as to where our affiliate efforts are strong and where we need to focus more time. Our clients love it because it enables them to build strength in numbers, while at the same time protecting their brands from misuse by affiliate marketers.”

“We are excited to bring this information about the affiliate channel to internet advertisers and their agencies,” says Lori Weiman, CEO of The Search Monitor. “We are a strong supporter of affiliate marketing as a powerful way to optimize online advertising in a controlled and deliberate way”


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TwitterBar Introduces Realtime Search Powered by OneRiot

gi_oneriotPost to Twitter and Search Realtime Web Directly From Firefox Address Bar

The partnership with OneRiot is a natural fit because OneRiot search delivers exactly what Twitter users are looking for – the hottest and most shared news, videos and blogs on the web today. 

Boulder, CO and San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 20, 2009 — OneRiot, the realtime web search engine, today announced that it will be the exclusive search provider for TwitterBar, one of Firefox’s most popular and recommended add-ons. TwitterBar is one of many services to recently join the new OneRiot Realtime Search Partner Program which offers developers access to the company’s API.

TwitterBar, a straightforward service that allows users to send Twitter updates directly from the Firefox address bar, opted for search powered by OneRiot to enhance the user experience by adding realtime web search capabilities. This integration enables TwitterBar users to explore the realtime web for any topic and immediately share their findings on Twitter without navigating away from their current web page. Download TwitterBar for free from the Firefox Add-On Gallery here: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664

“I am impressed with OneRiot’s fresh search results and wanted to give users a way to find the top content from the social web to tweet about from TwitterBar,” said Christopher Finke, author of TwitterBar. “The partnership with OneRiot is a natural fit because OneRiot search delivers exactly what Twitter users are looking for – the hottest and most shared news, videos and blogs on the web today.”

About OneRiot API and Realtime Search Partner Program:

The OneRiot API is for developers of browser add-ons, desktop applications, social websites and other services looking to enhance their user experience with realtime web search powered by OneRiot. The OneRiot API is free and available by request. For more information about the API or the OneRiot Realtime Search Partner Program, please contact Jayson Ayers at jayers (at) oneriot (dot) com.

About OneRiot:

Launched in November 2008, OneRiot is a realtime search engine. Users search with OneRiot to find the news, videos and blogs that are people are buzzing about right now on the social web. Uniquely, OneRiot delivers search results as they emerge, ordered to reflect current social relevance. OneRiot is a privately held company headquartered in Boulder, Colo. with offices in San Francisco. For more info, please follow OneRiot at www.oneriot.com / twitter.com/OneRiot / blog.oneriot.com

Contact:
Courtney Walsh
Director of PR, OneRiot
303.938.3054

amiando joins Facebook Connect as the first European company, and leverages the power of social influence for event organization.

Munich, 2008 — amiando, the leading tool for online event organization in Europe, today announced plans to implement Facebook Connect to boost the power of amiando ViralTickets, its recently released social promotion system for events.

“Events are the most important social happening. Therefore we will use Facebook Connect to let event organizers and their guests enjoy, recommend and promote events within the social context of their real identity and friendships on Facebook®. ”, said Felix Haas, CEO of amiando.

The key feature of amiando’s implementation of Facebook Connect will focus on boosting the power of amiando ViralTickets, the recently released social promotion system for events. ViralTickets enables event organizers to leverage the internet’s viral effects for their event marketing. Using word-of-mouth marketing they can sell significantly more tickets with less marketing effort.
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The Search Monitor Releases Geo-Targeted Ad Monitoring of Competitors, Trademarks, and Affiliates

The Search MonitorThe Search Monitor, an online monitoring service that tracks competitive advertising activity on paid search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites, announces its release of geo-targeted monitoring. TSM now monitors 17 countries, 6 languages, and most major regions, states, and cities in each market.

 

Pittsburgh, PA September 9, 2008 – The Search Monitor (www.thesearchmonitor.com) (“TSM”), an online monitoring service that tracks competitive advertising activity on paid search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites, announces its release of geo-targeted monitoring. TSM now monitors 17 countries, 6 languages, and most major regions, states, and cities in each market.


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Photographic Printing Meets the Web 2.0 Revolution — theprintspace Launches an Online Photographic Printing Studio for Professionals

theprintspace has extended their groundbreaking ‘DIY’ photographic printing process to the web. theprintspace.com will be the first online service to incorporate an easy to use professional colour management process. The result – enabling accurate soft proofing of images by clients on their own systems using bespoke print profiles, meaning prints that are as accurate as possible – first time! The process is explained in easy-to-follow video tutorials filmed exclusively by theprintspace, making theprintspace.com the first specialist professional photographic printing lab to utilise the web 2.0 spirit of innovation to its full potential.

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