It’s Time For Marketers To Attend To The Branding Benefits Of Search
Google recently released a study that concluded, “Search Ads Lift Brand Awareness.” The study tested brand recall for searchers who had seen the target brand in paid search ads against a control group who had not been exposed to the brand. The study concluded that brand-exposed…
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Yelp Trends Tool Reveals Ten Years Of Local Reviews Data
Yelp is ten years old this year. Since 2004 the company says that it has collected 57 million reviews from users in nearly 100 cities in more than 20 countries. Yelp is now making that data accessible through a new Yelp Trends tool. Similar to Google T…
Google Maps “Explore” Feature Shows What’s Nearby Along With Reviews & Travel Times
Google Maps announced a new “Explore” feature yesterday for its Android and iOS app. The new feature offers a “local guide” that adapts to wherever the user may be. According to the release: Now, whenever you want to discover places in your area, simply tap the new Explore…
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Paid Search Portfolios: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Last month, I suggested that spending beyond observed profit maximization in paid search can make a great deal of sense on a number of grounds. In a nutshell, the argument is that a combination of other factors can make “losing money” on the incremental investment rational. Here’s…
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Search Is A Multiyear Voyage
During Facebook’s call with investors yesterday detailing another quarter of runaway financial success, CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a good amount of time discussing one of the less social aspects of the social network: search. Facebook, he said, is committed to spending the company’s…
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Foursquare Sneak Previews New “Personalized Local Search” & Moves All Check-Ins To Swarm
If you’ve been one of the few fearless folks holding out from updating their Foursquare app, your days are numbered. In a blog post and an email sent out to early adopters , Foursquare alerted its constituency that as of tomorrow all check-ins will be required to occur on Swarm, the new hub…
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SearchCap: Weird Google Quick Answers, Google Maps Ads & Luxury Paid Search Spend
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Top Luxury Brands Spent $22 Million On Google Text Ads In The U.S. Last Year [Study] Paid search research firm, AdG…
Top Luxury Brands Spent $22 Million On Google Text Ads In The U.S. Last Year [Study]
Paid search research firm, AdGooroo, has analyzed the paid search activity by luxury brands and retailers in the U.S. across five categories: apparel, beauty & cosmetics, shoes, handbags and watches. According to the study, five of the top personal luxury companies spent nearly $22 million on…
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Ads On Google Maps Now Show In New Scrolling List View, In-Map Ads Get A New Look
Google has formally announced that it is surfacing and displaying ads on Google Maps and Google Maps for Mobile in the scrolling list view it debuted recently. The ads appear above the organic listings and can include location extensions and call exten…
Hearing The Rhythms Of Human Search Behavior: What We’ve Learned
Watching people search is great entertainment. It’s not a one-note performance. It’s an all-day, around-the-clock jazz show, with the performers constantly changing their themes, rhythms, even their instruments. Along the way, one gains some great insight into human behavior and how…
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Automated Tools To Help Local Businesses Tackle Online Marketing
When asked to rate their biggest challenges with managing digital media for their business, 47% of local business owners said they don’t have enough knowledge or expertise; 43% said they don’t have enough time; and 26% said they don’t have enough resources, according to a Local…
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Some Of The Weird Issues When Google’s Quick Answers Comes From Random Sources
As Google’s Hummingbird algorithm continues to shape the answers within Google’s search results, webmasters, SEOs and searchers ask themselves, why is Google showing this knowledge graph or that quick answer. Often webmasters find themselves at a loss because Google takes their content…
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SearchCap: Bing Ads Insertion Orders, Google Top In Satisfaction & Google Maps Nearby
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How To Generate Customer Experience Reviews For SEO Profit – Part I Here’s a question for all you search marketers out there: given the option, would…
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How To Generate Customer Experience Reviews For SEO Profit – Part I
Here’s a question for all you search marketers out there: given the option, would you prefer to optimize a site that sells products, or services? Personally, I find product-based websites far easier to optimize than service-based sites due to their generally clearer site architecture, access…
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Reach & Frequency: The Forgotten Dimension Of GDN On AdWords
The Reach and Frequency report lives under the Dimensions tab in AdWords; yet this information often gets overlooked in favour of analysis on areas such as geographic location or time of day. What Can You See From This Report? Very simply, this report shows the following: Reach: The number of…
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Bing Ads Puts Insertion Order Management Online
Agencies or advertisers that have invoice billing enabled and use Bing Ads Insertion Orders can now create and approve IOs online rather than having to rely on email or fax. This has been a top request among agencies, in particular. Insertion orders ca…
It’s Not Just Links: Why Nothing Is Safe In Online Marketing
Links have been under fire for years. And while I’m someone who provides link development services, I’ve never thought that links are all you need. In fact, if all of my clients would let me become more involved in other aspects of their marketing, I’d be absolutely gleeful….
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Google Maps For Android Enhances Explore Nearby Feature & Adds Elevation To Biking Directions
Google is pushing out an update for their Android Google Maps app and with that, Google announced three new changes: (1) View search results on the map or in a list and easily switch between them (2) Search for places you’ve reviewed or saved using the “Your places” filter (3) Bike directions now…
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Google Tops Satisfaction Index, Yahoo Sees “Lowest Score Yet”
Once again Google has come out on top of the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The survey measures consumer satisfaction across a broad range of business and product categories including “e-business,” which covers ‘internet portals and search engines.” With the…
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SearchCap: Google CPC Declines, Microsoft Cortana & Bing In Chrome
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft Bing Now Added To Google Chrome New Tab Page Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is now an option within Google’s Chrome new tab page screens….
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