For those who missed it, Whitespark’s overhaul of the US Local Search Ecosystem interactive tool was recently released, and it does a fantastic job of showing how vast and complex the search industry has become. The ecosystem visualizes the web of search engines, data providers, publishers, directories and other businesses …
Read More »Oh, no! AdWords can now spend double your budget. Or not…
In case you hadn’t already heard, AdWords can now spend up to double your campaign’s daily budget… which is pretty darned irritating! Fortunately, your favorite PPC superhero is here to save the day. Yep, here I am! So let’s see if we can’t script our way out of this mess. …
Read More »Customer Experience in the Age of Social Media
Join our social media and CX experts as they explain how social customer service tools can help brands provide winning digital customer experiences. They’ll discuss how to manage that experience across multiple social touch points, leverage evolving social customer service tools and platforms to deliver long-term value and act on …
Read More »SearchCap: Google service ads, local search & Halloween
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google home services ads program rebrands, expanding to 30 cities by end of 2017Oct 31, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The program is now in 17 cities. …
Read More »‘Ask Me Anything’ with Google’s Gary Illyes at SMX East
At last week’s SMX East conference, Google’s webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes took questions from the dual moderators — Barry Schwartz and Michelle Robbins — as well as from the audience in a session called “Ask Me Anything.” In this post, I will cover that question-and-answer dialogue, though what you’ll …
Read More »13 outdated SEO tactics that should terrify you
As we approach Halloween and our Netflix queues again fill up with all manner of spooky, startling and downright horrifying monsters, I’m reminded of another kind of monster we should all be afraid of: outdated SEO tactics. These tactics range from harmless but ineffective (like Casper the Friendly Ghost) all …
Read More »How to ensure your external PPC account audit isn’t a waste of time
If you run a PPC agency, you’ll know it’s not that unusual for clients to occasionally bring in an outside auditor to review their PPC accounts. Sometimes, your client will let you know in advance; sometimes, you’ll find out when you see a request to access the account. And sometimes, …
Read More »Microsoft search revenue grew 15% last quarter, after hovering around 10% previous 4 quarters
In its first quarter results of fiscal year 2018, ending September 30, 2017, Microsoft reported search advertising revenue grew by 15 percent year over year, excluding traffic acquisition costs (TAC). Gross revenue from search advertising rose by $210 million, compared to $124 million the previous quarter. The majority of Microsoft’s …
Read More »SearchCap: Bing Ads grows, Amazon ad revenues & PPC audits
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft search revenue grew 15% last quarter, after hovering around 10% previous 4 quartersOct 30, 2017 by Ginny Marvin LinkedIn sessions increased again by more than …
Read More »9 reasons why search marketers have been at the cutting edge of marketing technology
As marketing functions increasingly rely on technology, Scott Brinker, aka “Chief MarTech,” laid out nine reason he believes search marketers are poised for leadership as marketing becomes increasingly technology-dependent in a keynote presentation at SMX East in New York City last week. Search marketers, of course, employ any number of …
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