Google releases Mobile Scorecard & Impact Calculator tools to illustrate importance of mobile page speed

One tools shows how a site stacks up against the competition on mobile. The other aims to drive home the impact mobile speed can have on the bottom line.

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Holiday shoppers increasingly turned to Google Maps in the countdown to Christmas Day

Columnist Andy Taylor from Merkle shares data on how consumers engaged with Maps and Local Inventory Ads over the holiday shopping period.

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‘Purchases on Google’ Shopping ads test is running on iOS devices

The quick-payment mobile Shopping ads have previously been limited to Android.

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The lowdown on driving app downloads with Universal App campaigns

Google’s Universal App campaigns use machine learning to automate app promotion. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson goes under the hood to help you understand and master these campaigns.

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AdWords app-install campaigns to sunset as Universal App Campaigns take over

Google says Universal App Campaigns are now delivering 50% of app downloads across its network.

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Google home service ads come to the East Coast & open up to more service categories

The local home services ad product is now available in 5 metro areas in the US.

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IAB: Paid search was 48 percent of total digital spend in 2016

Spending declined on the desktop but grew by nearly $6 billion overall because of mobile.

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Part 2 of 2: How Google learns to guide purchasing decisions

In a follow-up to his last article, columnist Dave Davies explores a Google patent on guided purchasing, which describes how smartphone behaviors and user data could be used to predict and direct purchase behavior.

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Google testing new look for local inventory ads in place of local pack

The test is another effort to monetize local queries on mobile.

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Retailers testing Google Maps mobile Promoted Places ads include MAC Cosmetics, Starbucks, Walgreens

The promoted pins in Google Maps are being tested on Android devices.

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Search ads in 1H generated $16.3 billion or 50 percent of total digital revenue

Mobile was the driver of overall growth, with mobile search ad revenue approaching desktop levels.

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Google expanded text ads are live, and device bidding & responsive ads for native roll out

Standard text ads will no longer be accepted as of October 26.

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