Brand bidding & PPC optimization: future of brand protection (part 8)

What’s on the horizon for brand bidding in PPC? Columnist Lori Weiman wraps up her 8-part series on brand bidding by looking to the near future and discussing trends that search marketers can capitalize on.

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Google Shopping ads so hot right now: the meteoric rise of PLAs

For retailers, Product Listing Ads are the height of fashion! Columnist Andy Taylor explores the growth of this ad format and discusses how search advertisers can take advantage of this trend.

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Is your brand prepared for voice search? 3 steps to get the conversation started

As voice search becomes more widely adopted, what can search marketers do to prepare? Columnist Purna Virji discusses how to adapt to this growing trend.

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Google adds Merchant Center Feed Rules to make formatting shopping feeds easier

A self-service tool to fixed errors, add custom labels and more right in Merchant Center.

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Searching for searchers: Audiences are the new keywords

As we continue to shift towards audience-centric marketing, columnist Christi Olson of Bing notes that we can create more effective remarketing campaigns by asking the right questions about our searchers.

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Trend observation: branded PPC ads getting more expensive

Have you noticed your brand CPCs increasingly lately? It’s not just you. Columnist Thomas Stern shares data which suggest that branded terms have become more expensive since Google’s recent SERP changes.

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In new test for Google text ads, headlines are expanded without sacrificing ad copy

With right side text ads gone, Google is testing a new, longer look for text ads that can display across devices in any ad position.

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Dynamic remarketing: not just for retailers anymore

Think dynamic remarketing is only for retailers? Think again! Columnist Laura Collins explains how non-retailers can set up these campaigns and discusses the success her agency’s clients have seen by utilizing this tactic.

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Five reasons why GTIN should be your new favorite Google Shopping acronym

Global Trade Item Numbers are an often overlooked aspect of Google Shopping ads. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson explains why you need to take them seriously.

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Better in-store attribution is here

Closing the online-offline attribution app is difficult, but strides have been made in recent years. Columnist Mona Elesseily discusses some of Google’s innovations in this area and how they might be expanded in the future.

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