Clickable
by Robin Wauters on February 9, 2009

Clickable is debuting version 2.0 of its search advertising management suite today, adding to the software a slew of features that should make it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to stay on top of online marketing campaigns held across a variety of advertising networks such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.

While it was already possible for Clickable users to import different accounts in order to manage their campaigns from an interface designed to make them more intuitive and effective, Clickable Pro 2.0 now enables them to consolidate management of multiple search advertising campaigns across advertising networks from one central location. To achieve this, Clickable has added features like bulk editing and filtering of keywords which allow agencies and advertisers to rapidly search, edit and export high volumes of keywords across all advertising networks and accounts, as well as a recommendation engine that should allow advertisers to make search campaigns more effective.

Clickable Raises $14.5 Million More For Online Ad Management
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by Jason Kincaid on July 30, 2008

Clickable, the web advertising management company that launched at TechCrunch40, has closed a $14.5 Million Series B round led by Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, and FirstMark Capital. The round brings Clickable’s total funding to $22.5 million, and comes only eight months after the company completed its $6 million two-part Series A round.

Clickable offers users a web-based dashboard that allows them to manage their advertising campaigns across a number of websites. The site also offers a tutorial section called “Clickable University” where users can see how to more effective use and analyze their ads. The large sums of money will be used to “accelerate Clickable’s momentum”, likely by attempting to increase exposure with a marketing push and adding to the company’s workforce.

Clickable Raises Another $3 Million, Officially Adds Jonathan Miller to Board
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by Erick Schonfeld on November 20, 2007

clickable-logo.pngAdvertising technology startup Clickable has raised another $3 million from its lead investors Union Square Ventures and Pequot Ventures, in a follow-on round to the $3 million it raised last July, confirms CEO David Kidder. He is calling it an A-1 round. Former CEO Jonathan Miller has also joined Clickable’s board, a fact we reported back in September during TechCrunch40, where Clickable launched.

Velocity Investment Group, the tech buyout fund Miller recently started with Ross Levinsohn, is not an investor in Clickable. The startup is developing Web-based ad campaign management tools.

Update: Peter Thiel and Jonathan Miller are understood to have participated personally in the round as well.

TechCrunch40 Session 6: Revenue Models & Analytics
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by Duncan Riley on September 18, 2007

Session six as follows, including our live notes.

Spottt (Adbrite)

spottt.pngSpottt helps like-minded sites promote each other for free. Just put a Spottt on your site, blog, or MySpace profile. Every time you show someone else’s ad, they’ll show yours. Spottt was created by AdBrite, with the assistance of Tony Hsieh, co-founder of LinkExchange.

Simple model, 1:1 exchange model. Same as original link exchange program bought by Microsoft.

More useful than original program. Original co-founder of LinkExchange.com on board

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Clickable

clickable.pngClickable provides a service for creating and managing online advertising. Their technology provides campaign management tools and an intuitive interface to view and manage performance and direct spending across all major ad networks. In addition, advertisers are empowered to self-manage their ad buying to yield transformational results.

TC40 anouncements: Ex AOL CEO has join board, adding Adbrite on site, and released in beta.

advertising aggregation tool, slick interface. Manage campaigns on Yahoo, Adwords.

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GotStatus

gotstatus.pngGotStatus is a community-driven systems management and monitoring tool that is aiming to become “Google Analytics for servers.” Users are able to place a snippet of javascript and start managing and monitoring the server side of their web applications in the same way Google Analytics does for their browser side. They will be able to track metrics on items like new accounts per day, database size, and Amazon S3 usage.

Intro is a comparison to Google Analytics, but states that Google only solves half the problem, no coverage of the server.

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Another nice interface, provides server stats including email.

Multi-user platfrom, supports customers/ clients. Can customize results with dashboards, widgets.

“User Generated Monitoring”

PubMatic

pubmatic.pngPubMatic is a meta ad server that sits between online publishers and online ad networks like Google AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Network and Value Click. Their service helps small- and medium-sized publishers manage and maximize their advertising inventory by seamlessly communicating with multiple ad networks to help them find the optimal ad layout and the highest paying ad network. They also provide them with a central dashboard to track all their ad networks and ad configurations.

Pitch: we’re the first company presenting at TC40 that offers revenue opportunities for publishers.

Pubmatic works as the middle man.

Offers optimization tools as well, color choices, sizes.

In alpha testing until today, now in open beta

Sites using the service have seen 70-110% increase in revenue.

Data is pulled from other ad networks.

Also offers dashboard widgets.

Nice idea, I’ll be keen to try it.

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ZocDoc

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ZocDoc is an online service that lets consumers find, search and book dentist and doctor appointments. Their service is integrated into dentists’ and doctors’ appointment systems so that last minute cancellations can be filled by other patients. ZocDoc also provides consumers with information on specific dentists’ and doctors’ office including what insurance they take.

Intro: there is a problem with easily finding doctors.

Online way to find and book medical practitioners. Site has just gone live now.

Nifty feature: site shows available time slots.

Play acting on stage, guy trips over, role playing using ZocDoc, something different.

Doctor listing include bio details + user ratings…I can feel a law suit coming on in the next 12-18months…but nice to get reviews of doctors from the user view point.

Experts panel and spotty Wifi. grrrr.

Guy likes Spottt…because it’s the only model he understands.

Esther Dyson likes Clickable, heart is with ZocDoc

Some good discussion around ZocDoc and lawyers, no live blogging as Wifi was down.

Experts seems to like ZocDoc, Clickable, Pubmatic. A strong session, I’d think Pubmatic just as the best product but only because I’ve got a publisher bias.

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