7Search Weblog

7search’s New Home

7searcher — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:19:00 GMT

7search recently purchased a new home in Des Plaines, IL. The top floor of this beautiful building was re-modeled especially for 7search.com. The reason for the re-model was to include some “green” features like energy saving fixtures, we are using newly recycled furniture and carpeting to avoid further filling landfills. We also have great views of a beautiful golf course on one side and O’Hare Airport on the other. ...(read more)

1st Winner of 7Search.com's Crazy Mondays Contest!

7searcher — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:34:00 GMT

We'd like to take a moment to congratulate Karimova R. of Hoodia-Absolute.com. Karimova is our first winner of our Crazy Monday's give-a-way contest! Karimova gets a $250 visa gift card just for trying 7Search.com. Do you own a website? Would you like affordable targeted traffic? Sign up this month and be entered to win! This contest is running all month so now is the time to join! >>> See Contest Page! ...(read more)

We’re Crazy! No, Seriously, We Are

7searcher — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:07:00 GMT

7search is always looking to do things that other PPC’s are not willing to do, like answer your phone calls and emails and give you free campaign assistance. Now, we’ve decided to get a bit crazy. Every Monday during the month of July, we are going to randomly select every one new Advertiser who funded their account with a minimum of $25 and give them a $250 Visa gift card! How crazy is that?! We’re just giving money away!! Who can’t use an extra $250? The person writing this post could certainly...(read more)

Maintaining The PPC Edge

7searcher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:58:00 GMT

Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising has fast become the leading choice in worldwide advertising. Some would even argue that this billion dollar industry is the benchmark for advertising in the 21st century and beyond. It's a jungle out there, and maintaining a competitive online presence is the key to ensuring the success of your online business. Maintaining this edge can be a tricky proposition. PPC veterans have the knowledge to build successful campaigns and maintain a competitive engine placement...(read more)

7Search - New and Improved Search Results!

7searcher — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:43:00 GMT

This morning 7search unleashed its newest search results page! The Highlights: New Sponsored listing sections. - Our Advertisers are prominently displayed. - The top 3 bidders remain at the top of the search results, while the following are on the right hand column of the page. New Related Searches list. - If you didn’t find what you were looking for we’re now offering a short list of additional keywords to search. Images! - We put the images right on the results page! No need...(read more)

See You in Boston!

7searcher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:12:00 GMT

7Search will be at Internet Retailer in Boston, Booth 1001 Beginning June 15th, 7search.com will be prominently displayed at Internet Retailer in Boston. There will be an estimated 4,500 attendees at the Boston Convention Center making this one of the biggest shows of the year! Our Sales Team is excited about meeting new Ad Agencies and Direct Advertisers so come visit our booth, number 1001 and receive a 20% credit towards your deposit on a new Advertiser account. Internet Retailer in...(read more)

Customers Like Simplicity

AlanR — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:11:00 GMT

No matter what products and services you might be developing, they will be more likely to succeed if they can simplify customers’ lives. Think about it: would you be likely to buy a new product if it seemed like it would demand your time and energy? Would you buy a recent service if learning and concentration were important in order to use it? Most people are busy. It’s not that they are lazy – they just have a lot on their minds. Therefore, they’re looking for things which will make their lives...(read more)

4 Benefits to Using Negative Keywords

Cleofe — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:21:00 GMT

7search.com has recently enabled a great new keyword feature for all of its advertiser accounts. Negative Keywords are now a reality! How does this benefit the 7search user? What is it? Negative keywords help prevent your ad from appearing for search terms that are unrelated to your website. For example, if your ad sells new plasma tvs and you have specified "plasma tv" as a keyword, you can prevent your ad from being shown when searches are made on "used plasma tv" by specifying "used"...(read more)

How Can I Make My Blog More Profitable?

7searcher — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:42:00 GMT

PPC Advertising Guideline for Success There are two sides to this coin – the advertiser and partner sides. On the advertiser side, the key is in getting targeted and converting traffic. The following is a general guideline for being successful with PPC traffic. Using PPC traffic and a decent analytics package, like Google Analytics, you can set up and track different landing page designs and keyword performance. And in doing so you can discover which keywords make money and which are dead...(read more)

Online Advertising is Up!

David — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:33:00 GMT

IAB.net is reporting that a full year of Internet advertising revenues of 2008 totaled $23.4 billion, which is up 10.6 percent from the $21.2 billion reported in 2007. Search revenue accounted for 46 percent of 2008 fourth-quarter revenues, up from the 42 percent reported in 2007. Display Banner advertising, the second largest format, accounted for 21 percent, and followed by Classifieds (13 percent), Lead Generation (7 percent) and Rich Media (7 percent) of 2008 fourth-quarter revenues. You...(read more)

Lowest PPC Bids for Web Hosting Keywords - WHIR Magazine

7searcher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:13:00 GMT

7search was mentioned in the March 2009 issue of Web Host Industry Review (The Whir) magazine as having the lowest bids across the board for web hosting keywords. This means that if you are in the web hosting business, you need to be advertising on 7search to get the Highest ROI available in ppc search engine marketing! Start an account today using promo code WHIR0309 and we will credit a 20% match on your initial deposit. ...(read more)

Thoughts on Finding Paying Customers, by Alan R

AlanR — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:38:00 GMT

How can you find paying customers in your niche? First, write down a few keywords which are relevant to your website. Then begin entering them into the 7search Keyword Suggestion Tool. Look at the results, and make sure to exclude any phrases which are irrelevant or difficult to understand. Take the rest, and ask yourself, "Will people interested in my website/products/services search for terms such as these?" If you believe that potential customers might enter these terms, then choose them as your...(read more)

Negative Keywords

7searcher — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Did you notice the new "Predefine Negative Keywords" link in your Advertiser account? 7search has been working on this feature for some time now and its finally here! You've seen negative keywords before on other PPC's. So you know how it works; if you’re selling new cars and select ‘used’ as a negative keyword, your listing will not appear if someone searches for ‘used car’. Prior to this new feature, 7search was an "exact match" PPC, meaning if you are bidding on the keyword 'car' and the surfer...(read more)

The Smart Way to Bid

7searcher — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:23:00 GMT

New Advertisers hear great things about 7search.com and how much traffic we generate. What those new Advertisers don’t know is that the majority of the traffic is delivered from our Search Partners and Affiliate Network. You see 7search.com generates only 1% of the traffic delivered to our Advertisers. Our Partners such as Genieknows.com and in Explorer.com feed our 7search results with their own results to make one search return list. This is a great advantage for the Advertiser because listings...(read more)

7Search is @ Web 2.0 this week! Booth #801

7searcher — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:06:00 GMT

We will be exhibiting at Web 2.0 this week, Wednesday & Thursday. Come visit us at booth #801 and enter to win an iPod! Or just say "hi"! - @7Search...(read more)