[Report] Shopping ads are eating text ads: accounted for 60% of clicks on Google, 33% on Bing in Q1

Merkle’s Q1 2018 report shows Shopping campaigns dominate retailers’ paid search click volume.

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Google involved in Supreme Court case that may change class-action damages awards

The question before the court involves ‘cy-près’ and whether it was OK for plaintiffs’ attorneys to allocate settlement money to their own law schools.

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Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant

While one new study on voice assistants compares the quality of different providers’ answers, the other drills into Google’s data sources for 22 verticals.

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Here’s how to use Twitter to dominate the Google search results

If you want to displace negative content or build a strong brand identity, Twitter can help, says Contributor Chris Silver Smith. Here are 10 ways to use tweets to dominate page one on Google.

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Google officially rolls out ‘More results’ search button on mobile

After confirming it was testing the ‘More results’ button earlier this week, Google tweeted an official announcement about its launch today.

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The state of HTTPS in 2018: Why should you migrate?

People rarely take SEO recommendations seriously, especially when there are no direct repercussions of not following them. So, when in 2014 Google recommended that all websites should migrate to HTTPS, few website owners took it as a direct instruction. Fast-forward to 2018, however, and things are looking very different. So what is the state of HTTPS in 2018, and why should you migrate?

Google launches Reach Planner for YouTube & video ad forecasting in AdWords

The tool suggests ad format mixes and provides reach estimates based on campaign objectives and budget inputs.

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