Dos and don’ts of PPC advertising for universities

For those in the higher education vertical, columnist Pauline Jakober provides tips for making the most of your paid search campaigns.

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Google temporarily disables ‘not mobile-friendly’ label in search results due to bug

A bug has forced Google to remove the mobile friendly label from the search results. Google is fixing the issue and will restore the label after the problem is resolved.

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How to write PPC text ads in 2017’s sophisticated environment

There are now so many ways to customize your search ads that optimization can seem complex. Columnist Matt Umbro discusses which components are likely to make the biggest impact on your CTR and conversion rates.

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Organic traffic & link building for small businesses

Link building is often one of the most challenging digital marketing tasks for small businesses. In this helpful how-to, columnist Marcus Miller explores how link building works today and what small businesses can do to get started.

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Search in Pics: Google indoor clouds, Bing heart balloon & stroopwafels

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Indoor clouds at Google’s office: Source: Instagram Google sleeping…

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Google iOS app gets new local search filters, more AMP support & Gboard access

The latest update is part of version 23.0 for the Google iOS app.

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No more free ride: Wall Street Journal pulls content out of Google’s “First Click Free” program

WSJ move might cause other publishers to remove content from Google’s program, if it turns out “Subscription” label doesn’t hurt conversions.

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Can we machine-learn Google’s machine-learning algorithm?

As Google becomes increasingly sophisticated in its methods for scoring and ranking web pages, it’s more difficult for marketers to keep up with SEO best practices. Columnist Jayson DeMers explores what can be done to keep up in a world where machine l…

Missed link-building opportunities: Reclaiming broken links

Link building is an investment, so don’t let your efforts go to waste! Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller shares two ways you can reclaim backlinks that are producing 404 errors.

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