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Google started its holiday doodle series on December 18 when it first introduced the family of animated penguins. Since then it posted the second part of the series on Christmas, December 25, and now today’s third entry to mark New Year’s Eve. “Our feathery friends have enjoyed their delicious traditions …

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google’s Boulder office has a ski lift: Source: Twitter Google has …

As 2017 comes to a close, many SEOs will be looking forward and setting some goals for their campaigns in 2018. In this post, I am going to take a look at the SMART goals methodology that can help you set and achieve aggressive, yet realistic goals. SMART goals SMART …

Image: Google This week, we spotted a new treatment for Google Express in the search results. This included two new elements: a promotion for the program at the top of the results and a new look for Google Express ads in the Shopping carousel. The “Get it with Google Express” …

Another year is coming to a close, and search marketers of all stripes have had their work cut out for them over the last 12 months as the industry grappled with everything from fake news to mysterious algorithm updates to automation. Fortunately, our talented contributors were at the ready, helping our readers …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New test prominently showcases Google Express in mobile search resultsDec 29, 2017 by Ginny Marvin A test includes a new callout and ad treatment for the …

In closing out our big recap of all the big 2017 trends and changes in PPC, I predict we’ll see trends in artificial intelligence, audience targeting, attribution and local marketing continue to develop in 2018. Those are all exciting areas, but that’s not a particularly earth-shattering prediction. Here is a …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 (less obvious) PPC trends to watch in 2018Dec 28, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Here are several trends that will affect nearly every search marketer in …

I hear complaints from business owners and marketers all the time that the Google My Business guidelines are often ambiguous, and I tend to agree. It can be easy to read a guideline and interpret it incorrectly. I have learned that the key to understanding the guidelines is through time …

Another year has come and gone, and as usual, SEOs had their work cut out for them. Many issues were top of mind for SEO practitioners in 2017, from concerns about the impact of an unannounced algorithm update to speculation about the impending mobile-first index. Our most popular SEO columns this …