Over the past couple of months there has been quite a bit of banter on the web about whether or not search engine optimization (SEO) will finally fall on its face in 2010. This has been a perennial argument for at least the past ten years, maybe longer. After all, Google keeps updating its algorithm [...]

My name is Ann Marie, and I am the newest addition to the Red McCombs Media team. I am a senior at THE University of Texas. Hook ‘em! I am an advertising major interested in the new business and account services area as well as client management.
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So my former cynicism regarding the launch of Bing has been tempered by my initial experiences with the search engine. I still haven’t switched my default search tool to Bing, but I am intrigued that Microsoft will “buy” my loyalty with Bing Cashback. I discovered this when doing a side-by-side comparison of Google & Bing’s [...]

Is new media advertising simply banners on websites? Video ads? Or maybe new media is sponsored text listing on search engines? Hmmm. Oh, I know, new media is Social marketing. No No No – it’s viral marketing through some catchy, funny or controversial content distributed through video. WOW, how silly of me, it’s got to [...]