Where Can I Find Ads I'm Looking For? Maybe in a MOAT.

And now, a Search Engine for Ads

• This all new website www.moat.com is a new search engine for display ads, which shows you all the creative ad units currently running across the web; the website goes beyond just clicks and conversions
o Typical clickthrough rates on display ads are less than 10 out of every 10,000 visitors (0.1%); whereas about 500 of every 10,000 people (5%) spend at least half a second hovering their mouse of an ad, and 1,000 out of 10,000 (10%) touch the ad in some fashion without clicking on it
o Moat captures this data and delivers it to marketers so that they can test different images and wording in their display ads
• Moat also works on heatmap engagement and analytics, as well as a crowdsourced marketplace for display ad designers

How Do I Know Advertising Works?

An age old question. And there is no standard answer. Although I did come across this, which at the very least, validates my long held belief.

“I know from my own experience that with all the time we spend on the analytical aspects of our campaigns like quality scores, click-though rates, cost per click, and match types, it is very easy to lose sight of this simple truth: what your ads communicate is much more important than the metrics you use to track them.”

–– Mark Van England in SEARCH ENGINE LAND