Brian Smith

Brian Smith an independent analyst covering the shopping comparison engine industry through ComparisonEngines. You may also know Brian through VerticalSearch.net (where he covers the online travel and job search verticals), or Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Watch (where he’s a shopping search correspondent and SearchDay contributor).

Brian is an internet marketing and business development guy. Over the last 11 years, he’s been involved with a number of internet start-ups, researching, planning, implementing, and optimizing cost-effective online marketing and business development programs. Brian has a passion for metrics oriented marketing activities that drive targeted traffic at a low cost per acquisition (CPA) for e-commerce companies. He has hands on experience with search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC) marketing, email marketing, adware, banner/media buying, affiliate program management and optimization, and shopping comparison engine marketing.