Saturday, 18 Jan 2025
Author: ppcguru

ComScore: Yahoo Bounces Back From All-Time Low In Search Share

After dropping below a 10% market share for search for the first time in June, Yahoo creeped back above that threshold, according to ComScore’s July search engine rankings. Yahoo checked in with a 10.0% share, a 0.2 percentage point gain over its record low in June. Yahoo had 1.8 billion searches in the month, a […]

Google Shopping issues in the UK lead to sharp KPI declines

If your accounts or campaigns have been affected by this issue, it’s critical to communicate to clients and stakeholders that this change is a glitch in their metrics, and not indicative of other issues. Chatter on LinkedIn and Twitter indicates that many advertisers in the UK and beyond are experiencing a bug with Google’s Smart […]

Who’s verified? Who’s not? Who knows, it’s Twitter

Several search marketers and brands will soon lose their verified account status on Twitter unless they pay for Twitter Blue. Did a Twitter account get a blue checkmark by paying for Twitter Blue or is it a legacy verified account? Right now it’s nearly impossible to tell. Why we care. Twitter’s designation for “notable” accounts was […]

SMX Advanced registration is open… grab your free pass now!

Join us online, June 13-14, for this once-a-year, experts-only training and networking experience. The staggering amount of global change in the past years has presented search marketers with an unrivaled amount of challenges… and opportunities. Customer expectations are sky-high, user experience is more important than ever before… and the critical rise of generative AI is changing the face of search marketing […]

Search marketing: Evolving roles, responsibilities, challenges

Despite increased churn within organizations, job satisfaction is high, a new Search Engine Land survey finds. Search marketers design, run and optimize campaigns – and rely heavily on spreadsheets to successfully do their jobs, according to a new Search Engine Land survey. Why we care. Although search marketers have several responsibilities and face a variety of challenges […]

Twilio CEO All-In on Remote Work, Despite Peers Changing Course

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson is still all-in on remote work at a time when many of his tech peers are pushing for back-to-office mandates. While companies adopted a remote or hybrid workflow during the pandemic, and some expressed long-term commitment to it, many are pushing for a return to the office. Even stalwart remote work […]

Amazon Faces NYC Lawsuit for Not Disclosing Facial Rec Use

Amazon is facing a class-action lawsuit in New York City over not disclosing its use of facial recognition in its Go stores. NYC is the only major city in the US that requires businesses to disclose when they are using facial recognition, according to CNBC. Amazon’s Go stores achieve their cashier-less by using a plethora of […]

Bing Gets Technical: Rolls Out Code, Software Download & Microsoft-Related Search Updates

Aiming to make its search results more “developer friendly,” Bing says it has streamlined API, code and non-alphanumeric queries, made software download searches safer and added instant answers to the top of search results for Microsoft-related technology queries. Using a side-by-side comparison against Google search results for a “c# hashtag example” query, Bing illustrated how […]

What’s Digital Commerce Advertising and what tools can help?

A convergence of phenomena in interactive advertising and retail are contributing to growth in this category. Digital advertising spending has been on a strong growth trajectory since its inception. The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s report on the first half of 2019 had revenue totaling $57.9 billion, which represented a 16.9% increase from the same period in […]