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MarketingSherpa Releases 2008 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide

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Online banner ads and print advertising receive the lowest grades for ROI. The return on PR spending is viewed as the most difficult to measure. Click fraud remains a significant problem, but is very difficult to measure (duh! Thinking of bringing SEM and SEO in-house? Like you needed a research study to learn that.).

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Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEM

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RIP, PPC by ClickZ Author Gary Stein argues that click fraud, the rise of alternative online media, and CPA models will cause pay-per-click (PPC) advertising models, "the bright star of the online advertising universe.to fade a bit."

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