‘High-quality content’ tips from Google’s own style guides
To meet Google’s standards for content that deserves a high rank, contributor Brian Ussery suggests following the guidelines the search giant has set for its internal content creators.
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UPDATED The AdWords 2x budget change: Considering the potential impact
There are still many questions about how this sudden change will affect ad delivery and spending.
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Placed introduces offline attribution for paid search campaigns
An early test delivered 4x return on ad spend when store visits reported.
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Answer engine JustAnswer now uses bots to route questions to human experts
The use of bots to qualify questions or leads, which are then handed off to experts or reps, may be the optimal chatbot use case.
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Danny Sullivan joins Google, leaves advisor role at Third Door Media
Search industry veteran journalist begins new role at Alphabet’s core business division on October 9
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5 ways to capitalize on Google Tag Manager
If you haven’t taken advantage of Google Tag Manager, now may be the time to get started. Columnist Stela Yordanova outlines five ways to utilize GTM to help you improve your marketing results.
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Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
The corporate-level commitment to subscription programs comes as executives acknowledge the challenges publishers have been facing.
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Google announces AdWords daily budgets can overspend by 2x, automatically
While advertisers won’t be on the hook for overages, the real question is why are daily budgets still the only option?
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Audiences to employ for extra online marketing bang!
Which audience lists are you using to amplify your paid search efforts? Columnist Mona Elesseily shares some of her favorites.
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Are Home Service Ads the death of home-based businesses on Google?
Google is expanding their Home Service Ads across more and more cities in the US, and some home-based business owners are worried. Columnist Joy Hawkins explains how this move impacts these businesses and what they can do to combat a loss of local sear…
How to optimize your ad campaigns for consumer behavior on Facebook and Google
Facebook and Google are now the go-to channels for marketers wishing to attract users and user attention, with businesses putting aside huge budgets to reach audiences on these platforms. Both have influenced how users search for information online and respond to advertising, in ways that marketers need to be aware of and adapt to in order for their advertising campaigns to be a success.
Google test surfaces user data for publishers as part of new Insights Engine Project
Several new initiatives are aimed at bringing machine learning into publisher products and offering solutions for driving subscriptions.
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2017 growth hacks: Increase CTR by monitoring competitive offers
Are you showcasing your offers in your paid search and shopping ads? Columnist Lori Weiman explains why she believes this is a huge area of opportunity for paid search marketers.
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Moving to HTTPS? Don’t miss this unique opportunity!
Google recently announced that forms on web pages over HTTP will be marked as ‘not secure’ in Chrome starting this month. Columnist Fili Wiese believes this presents a good opportunity to make the switch to HTTPS — and that webmasters can take advanta…
SEO ranking factors: What’s important, what’s not
This week, Google celebrated its 19th birthday. A lot has changed in nearly two decades. Rather than relying primarily on PageRank to evaluate the quality of web pages, Google now uses a whole array of techniques to suggest a wide range of content in r…
Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show
Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow?
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The trouble with ‘Fred’
Columnist Kristine Schachinger argues that Google’s shift towards less transparency with SEOs and webmasters isn’t beneficial to anyone — even Google.
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Should Anyone Even Care If Google Now Powers SIRI Results?
Now that Apple has switched from Bing to Google for SIRI’s web search results, I have been trying to wrap my head around the implications for our clients. In keeping with Apple’s secretive ways, it’s not exactly clear there are any. Here’s a voice query result for “outdoor seat cushions”: The results are typically […]
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Amazon just upped the ante in the battle of the virtual assistants
Smart speakers are the ‘gateway drug’ to smart home adoption.
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Pinterest, Google or Bing: Who has the best visual search engine?
Visual search engines will be at the center of the next phase of evolution for the search industry, with Pinterest, Google, and Bing all announcing major developments recently. How do they stack up today, and who looks best placed to offer the best visual search experience?