Are your reports not having the impact you would have hoped? Check out columnist Amy Bishop’s tips and tools below to create powerful, useful reports that drive results. Ask any digital marketer about the prerequisites for a successful campaign, and undoubtedly many of the answers will revolve around obtaining or making use of data points. […]

From privacy legislation to campaign consolidation, here’s a rundown of events that significantly impact the search marketing industry. Marketers have relied on paid and organic search to deliver steady results time and again over the past decade. Changes occurred gradually, giving marketers ample time to adapt their strategies. But today, the pace of change in search marketing is accelerating, with more […]

Expanding your B2B portfolio (when it makes sense) can help you beat your competitors and reach your goals. Here’s what to consider. Today’s economic headwinds make it more tempting to test new ad platforms, explore “shiny” new products and revise your original B2B marketing strategy. For risk-averse or conservative marketers, trying something new can be intimidating. Here […]

YouTube creators may also get multiple AI-generated suggestions on what topics they could create videos about. Advertisers and YouTube creators may benefit from new AI solutions Google is reportedly working on. Google Ads. Generative AI tools, powered by PaLM 2, will help advertisers create media assets, CNBC reported, based on internal Google documents. Unfortunately, that’s as much detail […]

Improve your PPC targeting strategy by understanding the differences in keyword terminology and match type functionality. PPC is getting more complex, and so does paid search terminology. Consider the change from “audiences” to “segments” which has a much more broad definition. We also have “Segment” as a segmenting feature to analyze data sets further by devices, […]

The integrations are meant to assist advertisers in becoming more competitive when targeting new audiences within apps. To enhance media buying efficiency, Google Ads plans to adopt real-time bidding auctions for apps, ceasing to respond to multiple calls in mediation starting October 31, 2023. Google Ads will no longer engage with or participate in the […]

Dealing with a challenging PPC client? Columnist Jeff Baum explores some tips for reducing client frustration and fostering trust so that you can focus on what really matters: driving results. At some point in your PPC career, it’s nearly guaranteed you’ll have to manage a difficult client. Whether it’s an agency, consultancy or in-house relationship, […]

Onsite ads are beneficial, but represent a closed ecosystem managed by the retailer, or publisher. PLA Extensions change this. PLA Extensions are the first fully integrated retail media solution from Microsoft allowing brands to serve product ads both onsite and offsite with a single budget while automatically optimizing for the best balance of performance and […]

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 […]

Google research finds a #1 organic ranking can still benefit from PPC, plus: RIP Blekko, authorship, Google robots.txt generator and more. Google research: PPC ads drive 50% incremental clicks In 2012, Google released a study, Impact Of Ranking Of Organic Search Results On The Incrementality Of Search Ads. It looked at whether clicks from organic search […]