By Vered Avrahami

Introducing a taste of Kontera’s live advertising campaigns:

As of last night a Google search query for the term “advertising” yields some 1,010,000,000 results, if you’ll check it again now, the number will probably be higher. Advertising is everywhere, and can no longer be referred to as mere “sponsored messaging”; it has evolved and now offers consumers plenty of added-value.

The ads featured during the Super Bowl for example have their own devoted fans, and for a good reason. They are extremely creative skits, featuring A-list celebrities, and to say it out front – they’re fun. Ads introduced us to many memorable characters, my personal favorites being the Taco craving Chihuahua and the wireless company’s “can you hear me now?” guy. We all use witty ad slogans and catch phrases in everyday conversations – anyone forget the “Wazzup” beer campaign?

These are all examples of successful TV ad campaigns, but advertising online is where the future lies. Kontera’s In Text Ad Program presents a win-win situation for all members of online advertising ecosystem and we manage to do it, if to quote our very own slogan, by: Creating In Text Relevance.

Kontera lives up to the slogan’s 3 part promise. ContentLink ppc ad units guarantee maximum creative flexibility as they can include text, logos, video, audio, flash animations, and interactive forms. ContentLinks are placed where users’ attention is focused, within the text. And finally Kontera’s advanced technology ensures that the ads will be highly relevant to the content in which they’re featured, so ContentLinks simultaneously provide added user-value and a particularly well targeted advertising campaign. See for yourself.

By Vered Avrahami

Oscar night is right around the corner. It offers an enjoyable mixture of exciting film making, brilliant acting performances, stars strolling down the red carpet, and lots of on and off screen drama. Since we believe Kontera’s In-Text Advertising is very similar to product placement in movies, this is a great opportunity to explain why. Product placement basically means showcasing an advertiser’s brand as an integral part of a movie’s storyline and setting. A recent example can be found in the popular monster flick “Cloverfield”. A prominent manufacturer’s cell phones were an integral part of the plot, as the film’s lead characters were trying to escape the latest attack on NYC. “Cloverfield” served the featured cell phones well, but the cell phones returned a favor in promoting the film’s narrative.

Our ContentLink ads complement a website’s content in similar way: providing users with information which is relevant to the content of the webpage they are viewing. With ContentLinks, advertisers display their marketing messaging to potential customers that are engaged with topics related to that message. Kontera publishers enjoy numerous benefits, and inline with the beginning of this post, we were looking for a clip from an Academy Award winning movie to describe them.

Since Hollywood is not making films about heightened relevancy, improved customization options, and real-time page-analysis, we decided to bring in something short and to the point…

Take a look at this clip from a 1996 Academy Award winner:

You don’t have to take our word for it, simply watch what a senior Britannica.com executive  has to say about Kontera ContentLink™ Ads.  See more of our BlogWorld adventures.

By Mika Tal

I’m no search engine expert but there are a few basic things anyone who’s ever launched a site knows about increasing its popularity. Golden rule number 1: on the web- your presence largely depends on the level of attention search engines decide to invest in you. We also know well there’s much that can be done to encourage search engines to notice your site. For Kontera publishers, the good news is that while improving your search engine rankings, you improve your ContentLink results- and not only for the simple reason of traffic increase.
Here are a few ways in which your SEO efforts improve your ContentLink results.

1. Search engines love text rich sites. In fact, the ultimate search engine friendly web-page contains 250-500 words.
   This is great news for ContentLink ads. The ideal environment for ContentLink ads is a text rich site. Think of a text rich site as fertile ground for In-Text ads to thrive on. Part of the reason being that the more text a site has, the greater the selection and the number of ads that our relevancy engines can display. Optimizing your website for search engines increases your ranking while enhancing your ContentLink results.
2. Including within your content keywords that are relevant to your users. You are more likely to be noticed by search engines when your webpage contains contextually related keywords. Contextually related keywords give search engines the idea of what your site is all about. So for example, if you use words such as herbs, plants, flowers and fertilizer, you’re probably writing about gardening. Similarly, when a publisher signs up with Kontera, we determine the site’s category in order to target ads which are most relevant according to our contextual advertising technology.
   Relevant keywords are the pillar stone of your SEO efforts. Search engines look for those words that are most relevant for your users. By targeting keywords, you can direct your readers to the most relevant pages on your site, forum or blog. Highly targeted content leads to higher conversions and better visitor experiences.
   Similarly, Kontera’s ContentLinks searches for relevant keywords within your content in order to match it with the most relevant ad. Our engine analyzes the text on your site in order to figure what your content is all about. Within seconds, keywords are selected according to relevancy, click-through rates and revenue potential. These parameters are set to bring the most targeted, highest paying ad to your site. Considering this, optimizing your content for search engine purposes simultaneously optimizes your site for Kontera’s relevancy engine.
3. So what’s the number-one tip for search engine ranking? Fresh Content. Search engines like websites that are frequently updated with fresh, unsullied, content. This is part of the dynamic search engine- webpage relation. Luckily, Kontera’s ContentLink are dynamic ads that bring the most relevant results at real-time. It does not matter how often you update your site’s content, Kontera’s engine analyzes and matches ads to your site each time a visitor enters.