When should advertisers consider pausing Google Local Inventory Ads?

Retailers that sell online and in-store need to balance where to send users in their paid search efforts. Columnist Andy Taylor explores when advertisers might want to rely on local inventory versus regular product listing ads.

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How machine learning impacts the need for quality content

As Google continues to invest in machine learning technology to help it better understand and parse user queries, columnist Eric Enge emphasizes the need for marketers to continuously improve content quality and user satisfaction.

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Branch unveils AMP Deepviews, so content in uninstalled apps can be previewed from search results

The new solution shows app-based content in Google as fast-loading and preferred AMP pages, if the app has not been installed.

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How to check which URLs have been indexed without upsetting Google: A follow-up

How can we determine which of our site pages aren’t indexed without running afoul of Google’s guidelines? Columnist Paul Shapiro shares his methods.

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Google’s 2016 Bad Ads Report: 1.7 billion ads removed, including fake news ads

The company says efforts to crack down on payday loan ads, ads that look like system errors and “tabloid cloaking” ads were among those that led to an increase in removed ads in 2016.

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Want to see if the same search query is appearing in different ad groups?

Columnist Daniel Gilbert of Brainlabs has the perfect script to help you stay in control of your AdWords queries.

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Attention search marketers: ALL keywords are branded keywords!

Columnist Larry Kim explains how brand affinity impacts both paid and organic search performance — and how you can use this information to bolster your SEO and PPC campaigns.

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SEM continuity: The ROI-boosting digital marketing concept you’ve never heard of

What is continuity, and how does it apply to our work as search marketers? Contributors Jeff Eckman and Paul Benson share how thinking holistically can improve ROI for your search campaigns.

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Google AMP carousels are multiplying!

Columnist Barb Palser says the growing number of single-source AMP carousels in Google search sweetens the deal for AMP-enabled publishers.

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