August 1, 2013

3 Types of Recommendation Engines to Increase Audience Engagement and Drive Traffic

For years, Amazon and Netflix have used internal recommendation engines to keep audiences engaged and buying more. Now, online publishers can use the same technology to drive site traffic and increase page views. There are three main types of recommendation engines that online publishers should know about: Internal recommendation engines: When a site visitor lands on a page on your site, these recommendation engines suggest content from your site in order to keep the visitor engaged by…

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Using Recommendation Engines to Drive Traffic from Third-Party Sites, A Powerful Alternative to PPC

Recommendation engines — also called paid discovery — are making it easier for online publishers to target audiences who have already expressed some interest in a topic. In this How-To, we explain the three types of recommendation engines out there, list five reasons you’d want to use them, and warn you about the four possible problems subscription sites can have with them. Plus, we’ve created a super handy comparative table of the three major vendors in this space — Outbrain, nRelate and Taboola. This How-To is equally relevant to B2B and B2C sites, as well as text-heavy and video content, so discover how you can boost traffic to your site by up to 12% today!

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