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Chitika Settles with FTC Over Behavioral Ad Targeting

Bill Hartzer

Prior to March 1, 2010, an error in Chitika’s opt-out process mistakenly set opt outs to expire in 10 days rather than the intended 10 years. Since March 1, 2010, Chitika’s option to opt out of any behavioral targeting is a 10-year opt-out. “Our advertisements only worry about what you want, not who you are.&#.

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Your Media Is Controlled By A Handful Of Companies (Yes, Even The Internet)

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Digital Marketing professional and venture capitalist, Darren Herman , ran some quick numbers and here's what he uncovered: " the digital media ad spend (search, display, mobile, etc) is controlled by Google , Yahoo , AOL , Facebook , and Microsoft. advertising landscape. advertising network. cable network.

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Social Media Spins Into Specialization

Diva Marketing Blog

Social Media Services Add On - The Agencies: PR, Advertising, Consulting Social Media Enterprise Structure - Focus on Internal Business Structure; Enterprise 2.0 Social Media Advertising Networks Social Media Blog Networks Focus on Facebook or Twitter advertising Add to that Technology end from social media platforms, widgets, apps and well.

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17 Digital Marketing Experts Share Their Top Tips, Tricks, and Tools

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you sell something online, you can actually tie Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn activity to revenue. It’s what I use to track my Facebook and Twitter profiles. Once connected with my Facebook fan page and Twitter account, Raven Tools starts to monitor growth of fans and followers. Pretty nifty. Chris Winfield.

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Why Snapchat Memories Will Be Pivotal (And Why Marketers Are So Excited)

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If you could travel back in time to when Facebook or Instagram first started grabbing mainstream attention, knowing what you do now about the opportunity they hold for brands, you’d jump aboard, right? Something that Facebook mastered on its way to becoming a dominant mobile advertising network.

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Analysis: Revealing the Highest Earning Blogs that Sell Advertising

Viper Chill

They’re the biggest (open) blog advertising network that I’m aware of, though in recent years they have featured more and more sites which aren’t blogs. I mean, even their ‘connect with us on Facebook’ box at the bottom of the blog homepage has a certain design flair to it. Domain Age: August 2010.