Archive for the ‘Digital Marketing’ Category

Another day in search, another Google announcement, and today it’s the fact that they are bringing voice search to Google desktop search. Not a great surprise, voice search has been available on iPhones for 2-3 years at least, and on Android phones for around a year.  Microsoft have been ramping up their voice services with [...]

“In a world where no one experiences a commercial they don’t want to, do you really expect people to listen to what you tell them and be sold to every third minute?  You’re dreaming.” I can’t admit that I’m not guilty of ad avoidance.  Working in advertising, I should probably feel a little guilty about [...]

Since the recent rise in popularity of Spotify, I’ve had a few discussions with people regarding the business models it uses. I’ll assume you’re familiar with how it’s advertising and charging model works; get the service for free and get ads, or pay a monthly premium and receive the service ad free. It’s an interesting [...]

As we come to end of 2009 and look forward to the new developments for 2010 (& one big personal development, but more on that later) , I’ve got a little announcement to make before we all break up for a well deserved Christmas break! Last week the Web Marketplace Solutions Blog went live! There’s [...]

Just a quick, useful note about how you can block those annoying pop-out, musical video crazyness banner ads that appear in the bottom of msn messenger (or ‘live messenger’ as it’s now called) if you happen to accidentally roll your mouse over the thing.  It doesn’t require any hi-tech tinkering or software installs, and can [...]


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Tudor House covers two of my interests; Music & Marketing, as well some personal insight.

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  • Dan S: It would be great if ads could be better targeted. I guess google and facebook are trying very hard [...]
  • John Scott Cothill: blink-182 for example - 10 years ago they were singing about dog f***ing - now it's all about the 2 [...]
  • Adam T: Hmmm... I think there should be an element of targeting used most of the time. Dull? I would love t [...]
  • Swissss: Although, as aBay have found out, the higher the targeting, the less room for serendipity. eBay (al [...]
  • Joel: Well written. As generic ads become more intrusive, developers are making a fortune in blocking the [...]

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