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How to navigate the somewhat rocky transition to expanded text ads

How to navigate the somewhat rocky transition to expanded text ads

Google has been transitioning advertisers to larger text ads for about a year now. And, as of February 2017, it became impossible to create, copy and paste or edit the old style (or “standard”) text ads. You can pause and unpause them, but that’s about

Amazon Prime Day’s surprising effects on Google AdWords performance

Amazon Prime Day’s surprising effects on Google AdWords performance

Prime Day is now Amazon’s largest sales day of the year, growing more than 60 percent YoY and surpassing last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to Amazon’s numbers. With so much shopping activity, many retailers now see ripple effects

Eight insider tips for exceptional price extensions

Eight insider tips for exceptional price extensions

Sign up for our daily recaps of the ever-changing search marketing landscape. Extensions are important — super important, in fact. I’ve written about them before, and I’m sure I’ll write about them again. They make ads better, and people like them.

Did you know? Google sees JavaScript links you don't

Did you know? Google sees JavaScript links you don't

Most SEMs are aware by now that Google is parsing JavaScript and processing content within the DOM. We know this not only because Google has flat out told us, but also because it has been tested. We know all of this — and yet, tools which provide backlink

Google Analytics rolling out 'ask a question' to get answers instanteously

Google Analytics rolling out 'ask a question' to get answers instanteously

A little over a year ago, Google teased using natural language to get data from Google Analytics just by asking. That “asking a question” functionality has now arrived in Google Analytics and Google Analytics 360 globally. The aim is to make it much

Marketers: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Marketers: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

The next evolution of marketing is upon us. The sharp uptake in consumer use of messaging apps, the shift in content consumption from text to video and audio, and the finally consumer-ready advancements in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and

Why mistakes make you a better link builder

Why mistakes make you a better link builder

Whenever I’ve trained link builders, I’ve been consistent about one major process over the last decade: throw them in and let them learn by doing it, screwing up and finding their own way. I always tell them to expect to make mistakes, and they always

9 SEO tips for better Google Image search results

9 SEO tips for better Google Image search results

Sign up for our daily recaps of the ever-changing search marketing landscape. 9 SEO tips for better Google Image search results Before you start exploring voice search, make sure you've optimized your site images as fully as possible, suggests columnist

Tech Startup Social Media Strategy and Marketing Tactics - PJM Consulting

Tech Startup Social Media Strategy and Marketing Tactics - PJM Consulting

Everyone knows that social media marketing is a CRITICAL promotion tactic these days. But what a huge corporation does on a social media platform to promote it’s brand is usually dramatically different from a hardware, SaaS or software startup. Mostly this