RKG Q2 Report: US Search Ad Spend Up 23 Percent YoY, Both Google And Bing Ad Spend Rise

After slowing down after the holiday season, US paid search performance metrics are up both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter in Q2 2014 according to RKG’s quarterly report. Ad spend rose 23 percent year-over-year among RKG’s retail-heavy client base. Both Google and Bing saw…

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Paid Search Spend Rises 8 Percent In Q1, Mobile Shows Signs Of Maturing [Report]

In the first quarter this year, U.S. search advertising spend rose 8 percent when compared both quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and year-over-year (YoY) according to IgnitionOne’s latest report which looks at the campaigns run through its digital marketing platform. In Q1 2014, paid search clicks…

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Mobile Accounts For One-Third Of Google Paid Clicks In Q3, Yet CPCs Drop From Q2 [Report]

The Search Agency released its third quarter State of Paid Search Report, showing strong growth in mobile for Google since the completed roll-out of enhanced campaigns this summer. Mobile clicks accounted for one-third of Google’s click share. In contrast, Bing’s mobile click share…

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AdWords Smartphone CPCs Drop Sharply After Enhanced Campaigns Transition [RKG Report]

With two months of enhanced campaigns behind us, RKG’s Q3 Digital Marketing Report offers a look at the near-term impact of the roll-out on its client set, which includes 40 of the top 500 online retailers. Most metrics remained relatively stable, however the effects were seen in smartphones…

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A Good Start For Paid Search In 2013

It’s April, which means that spring is here and the first quarter of 2013 is in the books! The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and the ads are clicking. Aren’t the landing pages pretty at this time of year? At Kenshoo, we sit on some massive data sets that we share each…

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