Initial Interest Confusion rears its ugly head once more in trademark infringement case

Columnist Chris Silver Smith details recent trademark infringement cases in which site search results pages caused legal issues for retailer sites. E-commerce businesses should take notice!

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The consumer decision journey in the increasingly complex search retail marketplace

As e-commerce continues to grow, retail marketers will need to invest in digital marketing. Columnist Christi Olson makes the case that search can strengthen your online retail strategy at every stage of the buyer journey.

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Let’s get visual: Shopping from within images

Columnist Christi Olson outlines exciting developments that bring image search and shopping together to enhance the search experience for users.

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5 ways your merchandising strategy is affecting SEO performance

How does your merchandising strategy affect SEO? Columnist Stephanie LeVonne describes the various challenges that can arise if you overlook the importance of communicating your merchandising strategy with your SEO team.

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Sharing is caring: Click share and post-holiday shopping success

Click share is a crucial metric that can help you improve Shopping campaigns. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson explains what it is and how to improve it.

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7 ways small retailers can compete with retail giants using Google Shopping

Think you’re too small to benefit from Google Shopping campaigns? Think again! Columnist Andreas Reiffen has some advice for smaller retailers looking to improve their Product Listing Ads.

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When should advertisers consider pausing Google Local Inventory Ads?

Retailers that sell online and in-store need to balance where to send users in their paid search efforts. Columnist Andy Taylor explores when advertisers might want to rely on local inventory versus regular product listing ads.

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What’s love got to do with Valentine’s Day?

Looking to woo consumers this Valentine’s Day? Columnist Mona Elesseily shares insights from Bing Ads (and her own experience) to help your holiday ads flourish.

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‘Tis the season to optimize search bidding

  If you manage paid search marketing and your business is retail, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas probably don’t give you much time for sober reflection. Retail is intensely seasonal, and that is as true online as it is in stores. Search engine marketers generally understand the…

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Pull live inventory data from your product database and place it in your search ad copy

Retailers, want to make your text ads stand out? Columnist Jason Puckett explains how you can use big data to improve search ad copy without risking your quality score.

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SEO and voice search-proof your shopping campaigns this holiday season to win the omni-channel shopper

How can you make your shopping ads stand out this holiday season? Columnist Purna Virji suggests some ways to optimize your campaigns for the valuable omni-channel shopper.

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Advanced Google Shopping: Is price a proxy for Quality Score in product ads?

Columnist Andreas Reiffen shares insights about price sensitivity and user behavior in Google Shopping, based on an analysis of 15,000 conversions across the German, UK and US markets.

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Shopping campaigns: Play like every day is a holiday

What’s ahead for shopping ads this holiday season and beyond? Columnist Alexander Paluch recaps a session from SMX Advanced focusing on what search marketers need to know.

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Can you manage your inventory with Google Shopping?

Contributor Andreas Reiffen shares how some companies are calculating yield values in order to better manage their inventory through competitive bidding.

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Move over, text ads: How data feeds are driving new search experiences

Contributor Christi Olson, Search Evangelist at Bing, takes a deeper look at data feeds and their role in search (past, present and future).

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Google Product Listing Ads officially launch in Image search, among announcements for retailers

New features for Local Inventory Ads and an update on Purchases on Google.

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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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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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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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The complicated local path to purchase: 7 marketing tasks to do yourself and 7 to outsource

Consumers weave their way through more media and platforms than ever before to find local information, making marketing to them more complicated. Columnist Wesley Young recommends which marketing tasks can be DIY and which should be outsourced by local…