Google Ads has started rolling out “and” logic to enable advertisers to build layered audiences for Search. With the new combined audiences option, you can create audiences — personas — by layering demographic, in-market, affinity or other audience targeting elements that are available in Google Ads. How to get started …
Read More »Local business study finds 0% of site traffic coming from email, paid media
BrightLocal has just released a “Google Analytics for Local Businesses Study.” It looked at “anonymous data of 11,016 local businesses in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK” in an effort to establish benchmarks across a number of categories such as traffic sources, monthly users, page views, session duration, bounce …
Read More »Google on building a better holiday omnichannel strategy
NEW YORK – Today’s customers alternate between shopping online and offline, searching for the products and services they need at the exact moment they need them, said Zack Bailey, head of omnichannel solutions at Google. Bailey opened up a keynote session at SMX East on Thursday alongside his colleague Irem …
Read More »Yes, you are making keyword research harder than it should be
PPC managers make unnecessarily hard work out of keyword research. Yes, that’s a bold statement to make. But it’s one we’re making nevertheless. Don’t get us wrong, this isn’t meant to start a fight. Nor are we implying that PPC managers are no longer needed, because that’s simply …
Read More »Tired of manually checking for Google Merchant Center disapprovals? This script has you covered
If you run Google Shopping activity, you’ll be familiar with the Google Merchant Center. It houses all your product fees, which are bumper lists of all of the products you sell. As Google Shopping matches search queries to your feed rather than keywords, this bumper list should be complete with …
Read More »Rand Fishkin on optimizing for and against Google
NEW YORK – Google’s relationship with brands has shifted from referrer to competitor, SparkToro CEO and co-founder Rand Fishkin said at SMX East on Wednesday during his keynote about how the search engine’s business model has been evolving. Now that the majority of Google searches are no-click, companies will have …
Read More »CallJoy, Google’s virtual phone agent for SMBs, gets an upgrade
Six months ago, Google’s Area 120 group launched CallJoy, a “virtual phone agent” for small businesses (SMBs) built on the same technology that’s behind Duplex and the Google Assistant. Now, based on customer feedback, it’s offering an upgraded version with new capabilities and customization options. New customization options. SMBs can …
Read More »Google starts new Search Console training series on YouTube
Today at SMX East, Daniel Wasiberg a Search Advocate at Google, announced a new YouTube series aimed at training users on how to get the most out of using Google Search Console. It’s on the YouTube channel. The new series will be on the Google Webmasters YouTube channel available at …
Read More »Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Search Engine Land Awards
As an agency, your reputation matters. And one element of building and maintaining that reputation is winning recognized industry awards. Winning a Search Engine Land Award not only feels great, but can lead to closing new business, finding new clients and being recognized as an industry leader. We’re thrilled to …
Read More »Make your remarketing more effective and less annoying with call tracking data
It’s estimated that most Americans are exposed to around 4,000 to 10,000 ads each day. That’s a whole lot of opportunities to acquire new customers, and just as likely, annoy the everloving snot out of thousands of others. When you use remarketing to stay top-of-mind with customers, you’re walking …
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