How vertical search can generate revenue and drive traffic for publishers

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TM Online traffic generation and revenue growth from vertical search Andy Black AD:SAUCE July 22 nd 2008 [email protected]

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A presentation given by Andy Black of Convera to major publishers and media owners in Soho, London on 22nd July 2008

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Online traffic generation and revenue growth from vertical search

Andy Black AD:SAUCE July 22nd 2008

[email protected]

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Search as a Service

Save time

Save money

Reduce risk

Focus on core competence

Adapt faster

Easy to use

Self-service Benefit from Convera’s expertise

Rapid Deployment Templates

Integrated Ad Server

Reporting and analytics

Build a Virtual Team

Have a global delivery model

Generate new revenues

Minimize the impact of rapid changes in technology

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making search customised for specific communities

• Make a search scope (white list) for a specific community

• Control crawl and spider (editorial control)

• Search scope continuously evolving (editorial control)

• Community involvement

• Bookmarks improve search experience

• Categorization of search results (editorial control)

• Integrate proprietary content and databases

• Control over results list ranking• relevance, freshness, popularity

• Community specific knowledge resources• heart attack = myocardial infarction

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create a superior search experience

• Wikipedia Entry

• Surfing Magazine

• Van Morrison Web Site

• GCSE Physics

• Educational resources

• Professional Accountancy

• Personal Home Page

• Laser wavelength meter

• Wavelength calibration

• Spectrometer wavelengths

• Laser diodes

• Measurement of wavelength

• Wavelength glossary of terms

Google Results “Search Optics” Results

Search for ‘wavelength’

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Traffic driving tools

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revenue opportunities

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get inside the daily workflow of your community

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thank you

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Andy Black

[email protected]

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Thank you

Andy Black AD:SAUCE July 22nd 2008

[email protected]