Bot Farms, Fraudulent Websites, and Display Advertising

The most profitable campaigns in digital marketing are not managed by advertisers, whether in-house, freelancer, or global agencies. Rather, the most profitable campaigns in digital marketing are managed by black hat hackers committing ad fraud.

In 2015, the Security Firm White Ops exposed Methbot, a suspected Russian criminal syndicate making an estimated $3-$5 million a day from display advertising fraud.

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How to find a PPC management solution for your business

Notes from personal research looking into PPC management solutions, both agencies and softwares, for our company. From demos, audits, and consultations.

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Semantic search for Google Ads: What it is and why it matters

Understanding match types is key if you want to benefit from semantic search. How to craft your Google Ads’ strategy to target the right searchers.

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Marketing automation for SEO: Five time-saving strategies

Five strategies to help digital marketers speed up recurring tasks and have more energy to focus on meaningful work. Scripts, excel, bidding, and more.

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New Update for Google Call-Only Ads Allows for Additional Lines of Text

Google recently announced a new feature that they are rolling out for call-only ads, allowing additional lines of text consisting of two 30-character headlines.

Call-only ads are designed to encourage users to easily call your business directly from a mobile device’s SERP.

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Google Ads’ Average Position Metric is Going Away

Earlier this week, Google announced they plan to sunset the average position metric. While this change won’t take place until September 2019, it’s still a major announcement that has a lot of search marketers worried. After all, average position is one of the main metrics that advertisers look at when making manual bid adjustments and assessing visibility and position on the SERP.

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Amazon Advertising + Prime Pantry: What’s the deal for paid search?  

How is Prime Pantry advertising different than overall Amazon Ads? Here’s what you need to know about maximizing paid search for Prime Pantry.

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Facebook is a local search engine. Are you treating it like one?

Over 600 million users visit FB business pages every day. 52% of consumers have discovered a brand there. Why and how to optimize for Facebook local search.

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YouTube Expands Advertiser Access to 15-Second Non-Skippable Ads

Advertisers on Google Ads have historically had a few main video format options when launching auction-based YouTube campaigns:

  • Skippable TrueView in-stream ads: These appear before, during, or after YouTube videos. The advertiser pays if the user interacts with the video, watches 30 seconds of it, or watches the entire video ad (if it’s shorter than 30 seconds).

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