Results Of SEMPO Survey Shows Search Marketing Salaries Have Dropped Nearly $7,000

Published last week, SEMPO’s fourth annual salary survey revealed the average search marketing salary dropped from $75,543 to $68,600. In conjunction with ClickZ, the SEMPO Research Committee surveyed 2,180 participants representing both in-house advertisers and third-party agency personnel….

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A Rundown of Keyword Match Types for Search

PPC campaigns are built like houses. Keywords are the foundation. Killer ads and optimized landing pages will be worth nothing if the appropriate searchers aren’t seeing your ad. How do you connect with the correct audience? Start with a well thought-out and tailored keyword list. Please note: this post refers primarily to search and not content […]

Google To Get EU “Watchdog” As Part Of Antitrust Settlement

The New York Times is reporting that as part of the anticipated antitrust settlement in Europe Google is likely to be subject to a “watchdog” overseer. This role is explained in a “96-page [job] description” according to the paper: Among the details of the job: The title is…

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Google: Reviews, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

If one stops and counts how many times the word review or the star ratings show on the front page of Google one can only conclude that Google not only thinks they are important but that they are of tantamount importance in local searches. These screen shots above the fold of local searches were done […]

5 Ways To Unlock The Benefits Of Semantic Search

Search is changing. It is now more personal, more engaging, more interactive and more predictive. SERPs no longer display just 10 blue links — they have become more useful and more visually appealing across all device types. Semantic search is at the forefront of these changes, as evidenced…

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2014 SEO Playbook, Part 1 – Hummingbird

It’s November, which means it’s time for my annual SEO Playbook for the coming year. Thanks to Google’s Hummingbird, Internet marketers and search engine optimization professionals are thinking a lot about content and authority, as well as what this new algorithm means for keyword…

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How Recent Organic Search Changes Will Affect Paid Search

Search marketers were pitched not one but two curveballs recently which have forever reshaped the landscape of search engine optimization (SEO). The industry saw the first one coming a mile away as Google began encrypting organic search queries two years ago. Now, there’s almost zero…

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