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Month: January 2020

6 outstanding search marketing workshops. Which will you choose?

Attend a full-day workshop at SMX and master a specific aspect of search marketing. Do you have a search marketing specialty? Maybe it’s selling products on third-party platforms like Amazon or Facebook… perhaps it’s paid search… maybe the nitty-gritty of multi-location or technical SEO. Attend a full-day workshop at SMX and master a specific aspect of […]

Google rolls out organic ‘Popular Products’ listings in mobile search results

The listing are powered by product schema and retailer feeds submitted to Google Merchant Center. Several years ago now, Google made the significant move to turn product search listings into an entirely paid product. Shopping campaigns, as they’re now called, have accounted for an increasing share of retail search budgets ever since. More recently, however, […]

Amazon Wants Court To Block Microsoft From Working On Pentagon Contract

In what seems to be a never-ending saga, Amazon is preparing to ask a federal court for a temporary injunction preventing Microsoft from working on the Pentagon’s JEDI contract, according to CNN. Microsoft beat out IBM, Oracle and Amazon for the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract worth some $10 billion. Many industry experts had expected […]

Apple Replacing Defective Smart Battery Cases

Apple has announced a replacement program for its Smart Battery Cases due to a malfunction that prevents them from charging. The Smart Battery Case extends an iPhone’s battery life by as much as 50%, according to Apple. Many customers, however, have been experiencing problems charging their cases. Some of the defective cases do not charge, or charge […]

Facebook to pull location from ad set when creating new Lookalike audiences

Lookalike audiences now use the locations from ad sets – eliminating one extra step in the targeting setup process. Facebook is testing the removal of the location field that advertisers use to create Lookealike audiences –  Facebook’s tool for reaching new audiences based on how they compare to existing customers. In the test, Lookalike audiences […]

Will traditional PPC agencies die out in the age of automation?

AI has become ubiquitous in modern life, and PPC management is no different. “Robot automation will take 800 million jobs by 2030″ Now, that’s an attention-grabbing headline. It’s enough to send most people into a frenzied panic that, for the most part, just isn’t called for. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not screaming “fake news!” […]