IPWatchdog.com has been active on the Internet since October 10, 1999. We enjoy strong visibility in the free search engine rankings and we are indexed by Google News. In December 2009, IPWatchdog Blog was selected as a Top 100 Blog by the American Bar Association in the Third Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100.

The founder of IPWachdog.com is Gene Quinn , a patent attorney, law professor and a leading commentator on patent law and innovation policy. He launched IPWatchdog.com in October of 1999, and since that time the site has been a trusted resource on intellectual property for many millions of unique visitors who have come for information and news. Gene has been quoted in n the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the LA Times, Popular Mechanics, CNN Money, USA Today, the ABA Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Oklahoman, Patent World and various other newspapers and magazines worldwide.

For years we have had requests to allow advertising on our site but have opted against doing so because we truly take pride in our reputation and didn’t want just anyone featured on our site. We’ve come to the decision that we would like to assist our many different readers in connecting with businesses in different areas of expertise that we’ve come to know and trust. As the Director of Marketing at IPWatchdog, I have taken on an entirely new approach to advertising on our site. We are not looking for a typical advertising situation where you pay for an ad and forget it. We are looking to build lasting business relationships with organizations that we know and trust and that we are comfortable sending our readers too. Given that I know our audience and you know yours, if you choose to advertise on IPWatchdog.com, I will work one on one with you to build a marketing strategy that is mutually beneficial to us both.

If you are interested in advertising on IPWatchdog.com please contact me directly by fill out our contact form. For information about our website traffic, blog and demographics please see the information below:

• IPWatchdog.com Traffic Stats
• About the IPWatchdog.com Blog
• Average Length of Visit
• Where Our Traffic Comes From
• IPWatchdog.com Compared with Other Sites
• Demographics
• Advertising Rates & Ad Types

IPWatchdog.com Traffic Summary

Below is a screenshot taken from Awstats and shows traffic to the IPWatchdog.com dedicated during 2009. In June we unfortunately lost 7 days of statistics due to a server error, and due to intermittent server statistics functionality traffic was below normal for June 12, June 19 and June 23-24, which account for the low statistics for June.

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Below are graphics showing the number of page views for the blog and for the IPWatchdog.com home page.

About the IPWatchdog.com Blog

The IPWatchdog Blog is also extremely popular, and was the No. 2 patent blog in a 2009 survey. We were also recognized by the American Bar Association as being a top 100 website in 2009 for lawyers by lawyers.

During 2009 we had our biggest year ever in terms of traffic to the IPWatchdog Blog. Our top 8 articles each received over 10,000 page views, 18 articles received over 5,000 page views, 33 articles received over 4,000 page views, 62 articles received over 2,500 page views and a staggering 304 articles were viewed over 1,000 times during 2009. Below are the top 25 for 2009, a couple of which first were written in 2008 and 2007, showing quite a bit of staying power and popularity.

Here are the top 25 articles for 2009:

1. Obama Wants Open Source IT Solutions for US (35,500 page views in 2009)
2. Red Bull Wins Trademark Lawsuit (19,618)
3. Jobs and Apple Seek Patent on Operating System Advertising (15,653)
4. Who Knew Avon Had Patents? (13,991)
5. Obscure Patent: Skateboard Deck (11,824)
6. Michael Jackson: Inventor of Anti-Gravity Illusion (11,600)
7. Famous Inventors: Benjamin Franklin (11,389)
8. Family Dog Cloned Thanks to Dolly Patents (10,783)
9. The Top 25 Patent Blogs (7,485)
10. Vote for the Top Patent Blogs (7,028)
11. Bilski Arguments Complete at the US Supreme Court (6,789)
12. The Making of a Good Patent Related Press Release (6,692)
13. PTO Hiring Freeze and Budget Problems (6,294)
14. Improvement Patents & Inventions (6,235)
15. Avoiding Invent Help & Other Invention Scams (5,485)
16. LegalZoom Continues Unauthorized Practice of Law (5,393)
17. US Supreme Court Grants Cert in Bilski (5,294)
18. Beware Invent Help Press Releases (5,002)
19. The Top 50 Patent Blogs (4,967)
20. Review: Blackberry Tour Not Ready for Prime Time (4,957)
21. Bill Gates Seeks Patent on Hurricane Prevention (4,816)
22. Michael Jackson and the Beatles Copyrights (4,662)
23. Report Compares Patent Assets of GM, Ford and Chrysler (4,466)
24. Open Source Race to Zero May Destroy Software Industry (4,403)
25. How to Patent Software in a Post Bilski Era (4,370)

Average Length of Visit

Our average visit length for 2009 was 353 seconds.

Where Our Traffic Comes From

While 71.77% of our traffic comes from the US, we had strong popularity around the world in 2009.

IPWatchdog.com Compared to Other Sites

To give you an idea about how IPWatchdog.com compares with other popular websites in the intellectual property area please see the charts below provided through Compete.com. Compete.com statistics are taken from a diverse sample of 2,000,000+ U.S. Internet users that have given permission to analyze the web pages they visit and ask them questions via surveys. While this may not be a perfect sampling, it is at least useful information to provide you comparative information.

Demographics

Below is a breakdown of our US demographics provided by Quantcast.com. IPWatchdog.com has a highly educated and affluent audience. The bar chart to the right shows how our audience compares to the online Internet population as a whole. An index of 100 indicates parity with the percentage of Internet population as a whole. For an index of over 100 it means that our audience for that category is a greater percentage than would be typically expected.

Advertising Rates & Ad Types

In addition to the below size ads, we are willing to work with you to create an advertising package that makes sense for you. PLI is the major sponsor for IPWatchdog.com, and commands primary visibility on the blog pages directed to the attorney and allied professional market, and exclusive advertising on our patent bar review pages. Our deal with PLI is unique, and comes with guaranteed monthly blog articles profiling PLI programs and treatises. We can certainly provide a custom package that would include writing articles profiling your business or products in blog posts. Our goal is to make advertising worthwhile on IPWatchdog.com, so we attempt to work together with advertisers. We do, however, retain the right to deny advertising at our sole discretion. Our reputation is important to us, so with this in mind allow us to say that we are happy to work with reputable professionals and businesses to provide exposure for quality and valuable services and products.

Minimum term is 1 month. To receive the discounts compared with the month to month price, which are already reflected in the 3, 6 and 12 prices, the complete advertising fee must be paid in advance.

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Site-wide Sponsorships offer preferred ad placement of a 350 X 250 sidebar ad and a 250 X 125 homepage ad, a blog post introducing your company as a sponsor, 1 blog article per month spotlighting your company, a profile page on IPWatchdog.com and text link to your company website from every IPWatchdog.com page, which will improve your page rank and search engine placement.

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