Google Partners Adds Certification For Shopping Campaigns

New exam allows AdWords practitioners to become certified in managing Google Shopping campaigns.

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To Prove Online-To-Offline Impact, Google Rolls Out “Store Visits” Metric In AdWords

Measures impact of search ads on in-store traffic as part of AdWords Estimated Total Conversions.

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2014, The Year Google Display Network Grew Up: Will SEMs Embrace It?

This was a huge year for AdWords changes. There has been ample attention given to many of the flashier new feature releases in 2014. There have also been many small changes that barely got a mention; many of those smaller, under-hyped updates were related to Google Display Network (GDN) targeting….

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Report: US Mobile Search Spend Expected To Overtake Desktop Next Year

Starting next year marketers in the US will spend more on mobile search — both PPC ads and SEO –  than on desktop, according to a new report from digital research firm, eMarketer. Just last year, the firm estimates, less than a quarter of search spend went to mobile. The report suggests…

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Glimpses Of The Future: 10 Fringe SEO Predictions For 2015

It’s that wonderful time of year when blogs and social media are cluttered with predictions of what the new year will bring. Whether it’s Social Media Predictions for 2015, How SEO Will Change in 2015, or the catch-all Digital Marketing Trends in 2015, it’s all been done – many…

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Paid Search Revenue Gains Outpaced Retailer Ad Spend On Black Friday, Cyber Monday

Over the Thanksgiving week, retailers increased ad spend on paid search by 49 percent compared to 2013, according to new data from Kenshoo. On the biggest shopping days — Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday — revenue increases outweighed the jump in ad spend from the previous…

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3 Things You Can Do To Push Through Your PPC Plateau

Online advertisers are in it for the long haul, and like any long-term relationship, it takes work to succeed. If you’ve been working on a PPC account for a long time, you’ve been through the ups and downs together. You know what works and what doesn’t. You “get” the business, and you…

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