AmsStudio / Shutterstock.com Google announced the long-awaited rollout of similar audiences for Search on Monday. Similar audiences can be built from past site visitors — remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA). The company also officially announced the global availability of Customer Match targeting for Shopping campaigns. Google first teased the expansion …
Read More »SearchCap: Google similar audiences, display network & voice search
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 rolls out similar audiences for Search and ShoppingMay 1, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Now out of beta, similar audiences for Search enables advertisers to target …
Read More »Drive calls and customers with display ads
Consumers today view display ads on their smartphones. And when they convert, many prefer to call. Display advertising drove over 28 billion calls in 2016, and marketers must change how they measure and optimize display campaigns to be successful in 2017. Read this playbook from DialogTech and learn how to: …
Read More »Search in Pics: Bing body painting, Google airplane seat room & hallway race track
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 meeting room that looks like an airplane: Source: Instagram Bing …
Read More »The future of local discovery
We’ve entered an exciting time for local marketing. Big Data, digital assistants, augmented reality and beacons will fundamentally change the way users discover locations. As Bob Dylan so aptly pointed out, “The times they are a-changin’.” As such, local marketers and advertisers need to start thinking about how they’re going …
Read More »Google doodle celebrates Marie Harel, the inventor of Camembert cheese
Today’s special Google doodle honors the inventor of the Camembert cheese. Marie Harel was born 256 years ago today in Crouttes, France. She invented the Camembert cheese back in 1791, at the age of 30. The Google doodle shows the steps it takes to make Camembert cheese in nine different …
Read More »Google launched more than 1,600 new changes in search last year
Google revamped its How Search Works site, the site they launched in 2013 to describe the efforts Google makes in search. Google added some new metrics around the various Google search launches they made last year, how many tests they tried out and the various numbers around their diverse set …
Read More »6 key paid search trends from Merkle’s Q1 2017 report
Merkle’s Digital Marketing Report for Q1 points to strong growth from Google and the continued strength of PLAs (Google Product Listing Ads). Expanded text ads have yet to yield promises of CTR gold. Bing and Yahoo’s lack of mobile market share is hampering growth. Here’s a look at some of …
Read More »Is Google testing its own jobs search engine?
Google seems to be testing a new search feature. This one is designed to help searchers find new job openings. Dan Shure spotted this test for queries on Google that include [jobs online], [data entry jobs online], [newbury street jobs] and so on. Google shows job listings and takes you …
Read More »SearchCap: Google job search, metrics on search update & cheese doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is Google testing its own jobs search engine?Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In the market for a new job? Google appears to be testing a …
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