

Behavioral Targeting is a process used by website owners to improve user experience by delivering the right content/design to the right person at the right time. It does so by recognizing visitors’ information (in the same spirit as Web Analytics tools) and using this information to create a personalized experience.
The idea of advertising interacting with its consumers is not new. But where does online advertising sit in this context? How does it add to the online community? Advertising sets the stage to take control and incentivize what experiences take place, analytics allows us to measure them. If we play it right and measure the right information, it grants us the ability to take action, and enables a better experience.
This commercial, produced by NFL Mobile, is a short and accurate representation of why companies should be focusing on the customer experience, not on the technology.
Good food and the feeling that you’re special are the two main reasons that many people return to the same restaurant. Websites should be able to deliver the same experience to its customers. Learn more about how to do it.
In this interview Daniel Waisberg talks to Phillip Klien, Co-founder of Predicta, BTBuckets and SiteApps, about how to optimize websites by making them more relevant to users. He also shares his thoughts on the future of the industry and talks about his newest project.
This article is a discussion on how to improve websites when it comes to targeting, advertisement and usability. We discuss some of the unintended consequences of targeting and banner & design blindness; we also provide usability tips for better using ads and call to actions on websites.
A visitor arrives to a website from a search engine's keyword including "health". How can the website take advantage of this information in order to personalize the experience of the visitor? Learn more on this personalization example for content websites.
Do you remember the promise of true 1 to 1 marketing from over 10 years ago where technology would automagically give a unique message to every customer returning to the site or every email subscriber? Well our analytic capabilities have advanced a lot, but many companies are a long way from delivering targeted, relevant emails.
You only have one chance to create your first impression. Learn more about selecting the main message for the homepage of a website with two very unique target audiences can be very complicated. By segmenting and targeting your traffic you will be sure to provide the best experience for each individual segment.
In part I of this article, I discussed the unintended consequences of Targeting and how they can decrease the information quality served to consumers and their likelihood to find new products. In this part II, I turn now to a review of some of the approaches that have been advanced to increase these chances.
According to a recent New York Times column, the reason why personalized marketing is "being hailed as the latest breakthrough" is that it "tries to show consumers the right ad at the right time." From the standpoint of the advertiser, all this is indeed wonderful. Yet, it is worth asking whether there are reasons for concern. In this article, I discuss one such reason.