Search + seizure: The effectiveness of interventions on SEO campaigns

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 359-372

  Wang, David Y ^a   Der, Matthew ^a   Karami, Mohammad ^b   Saul, Lawrence ^a   McCoy, Damon ^b   Savage, Stefan ^a   Voelker, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEARCH ENGINES;

LUXURY GOODS; MARKET NICHE; ORDER VOLUMES; SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATIONS; USER TRAFFICS;

MARKETING;

EID: 84910151319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2663716.2663738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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