SEO

  Google’s strategy for local has revealed itself. There will be two types of Places in Google – trusted and untrusted.  Get used to this subjective, binary world. The game has changed. What makes a local business trusted on Google? A badge. To this point, the use of the badge …

  If you’re a B2B marketer, there’s a solid chance your marketing strategy look’s something like this: Email campaign (complete with drip) Search ads Newsletters Events and tradeshows A white paper here and there ABM for high-value prospects Not a bad approach, but unfortunately it’s the same exact strategy every …

I am sure that you have already heard about Google Smart Shopping Campaigns (SSC). But are you new to using these in your campaigns? Or do you need a few reasons to try it out? In this article, I will be comparing SSC versus standard Shopping campaigns with the main …

Google has added YouTube in its Google Ads attribution reporting and is making its data-driven attribution model available to more advertisers. These were among the measurement updates Google announced Monday. YouTube attribution. Cross-network attribution reporting for YouTube and Search campaigns is now in open beta in Google Ads. When eligible, …

A couple of weeks ago we reported on a number of indexing bugs with Google Search. Google has updated us on Twitter with a status update on those bugs. Mobile-indexing bug. The mobile-indexing bug is now 99% resolved, with almost all the URLs being restored. The mobile-indexing bug was when …

Amazon has rolled out the ability for eligible advertisers to add their brand logo and customize the headline in Sponsored Display ads. The customized Sponsored Display units can run on product description pages, customer reviews, shopping results pages and under the Featured Offer. The ads render responsively to fit inventory …

Yelp announced two initiatives designed to fight racism and promote diversity and inclusion among local businesses. The company expanded a relationship with non-profit consortium Open to All to make training resources available “for small and medium-sized businesses to uplevel their diversity and inclusion practices.” The other initiative could prove more …

  BIPOC and white SEOs say they see more bias and discrimination in the wider SEO industry than they do within their own companies, according to the results of a recent Diversity and Inclusion in SEO survey. The report, out this week from Nicole DeLeon’s North Star Inbound, indicates that …

Since it was first spotted in 2015, the People Also Ask (PAA) box has become a familiar feature on search results pages. So familiar, in fact, that it appears in both Google’s and Bing’s results, with the former search engine presenting it in 49% of all searches, according to a …

Google has been rolling out “simplified” location reports in the Google Ads UI over the past month or so. Any time a platform uses “simplified” or “streamlined” to describe a change, we have to wonder if it’s a red herring. Does it provide an easier way to get at the …