Google Analytics 4 (GA4) rebuilt the platform from the ground up with a new central focus on events, enhancing users’ ability to customize tracking for specific actions across websites and apps. To set up GA4 properly, you should think through the events that make sense to track for your site. …
Read More »Reddit Ads For B2B Marketers
Millennials and Gen Zers are set to dominate B2B buying committees this year, so keeping up with them is a must. More than knowing the latest trends, we must continually assess: On the flip side, all marketers know many platforms today are overcrowded with advertisers. This is an uphill battle …
Read More »Paid Marketers Are Fighting Back
Processing…Please wait. Search Engine Land » Channel » PPC » How paid marketers are fighting back against the Fake Web Opinions expressed in this article are those of the sponsor. Search Engine Land neither confirms nor disputes any of the conclusions presented below. Anyone who manages paid marketing channels knows …
Read More »E-commerce Sales Jumped
Processing… Please wait. Search Engine Land » Channel » Commerce » E-commerce sales jumped this holiday season as search marketers weathered Google updates U.S. consumers spent $204.5 billion on e-commerce purchases during the holiday season, according to data from Adobe. This represented an 8.6% increase in online spending year-over-year. The …
Read More »Next In Page Experience
Processings…Please wait. When Google’s Page Experience update finished rolling out in early September, it changed how the search engine evaluates websites — namely, a new emphasis on user experience signals. In his session at SMX Next, Patrick Stox, product advisor for technical SEO and brand ambassador at Ahrefs, noted some …
Read More »How Automation Can Help
The pandemic has relegated most of us into pixilated images on a Zoom call. While some activities will revert to a pre-pandemic state, most will not, making it harder than ever to build relationships and develop affinities. This is why it’s vital to put the most advanced digital tools …
Read More »PPC Automation Wrecks
Explore Silicon Valley and you’ll see the bubble-topped Waymo minivans essentially “self-teaching” how to drive without a human in charge. In air transportation, the largest and most modern jets are becoming almost foolproof, with the pilots in command for less and less of any given flight. Automation is great… …
Read More »New RLSA Strategies for Search Marketers
Search advertising is quickly becoming personal – as mobile dominates desktop and keywords are only part of the equation. If you’re not using RLSAs – Remarketing Lists for Search Ads – you are missing out on a key opportunity to make highly targeted, personalized ads an important part of your …
Read More »Attention search marketers: ALL keywords are branded keywords!
Look, I get it. For the longest time, PPC marketers and SEOs alike have been segmenting brand campaigns and content (those with trademarks and company names) from more generic search terms. After all, branded keywords tend to be “unicorns” — in PPC, these are keywords which generate ridiculously high CTRs (click-through rates) …
Read More »2016 in review: Insights for search marketers from Bing Ads
2016 marked another year of staggering growth in search as it continues to infuse our lives with more answers, more intelligence and more meaning. It was a year of voice searches, digitized consumer decision journeys, omnichannel shopping, chatbots and disruptive technologies that jolted us forward. Below are some of the …
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