
New Quality Score metrics: What matters most, and how to improve your ads
As you are no doubt aware, Google recently added additional reporting and transparency to the Quality Score (QS) metric that’s...

New Quality Score metrics: What matters most, and how to improve your ads
As you are no doubt aware, Google recently added additional reporting and transparency to the Quality Score (QS) metric that’s...

How to compare paid search and organic search without sounding foolish
Last week, I had the misfortune of encountering perhaps the most misguided thread on digital marketing I’ve ever seen on Twitter (which...

How to compare paid search and organic search without sounding foolish
Last week, I had the misfortune of encountering perhaps the most misguided thread on digital marketing I’ve ever seen on Twitter (which...

Google warns authors, publications against misusing links in syndicated articles & posts
Google’s out this week with a warning for anyone who is distributing or publishing content through syndication or other large-scale...

Google warns authors, publications against misusing links in syndicated articles & posts
Google’s out this week with a warning for anyone who is distributing or publishing content through syndication or other large-scale...

Crafting a successful holistic search approach
Now more than ever, brands are looking to maximize ROI for their marketing spend. Yet when discussing holistic search strategy and...

Crafting a successful holistic search approach
Now more than ever, brands are looking to maximize ROI for their marketing spend. Yet when discussing holistic search strategy and...

The consumer decision journey in the increasingly complex search retail marketplace
In the retail space today, it’s no longer business as usual. Retail is in a constant state of flux as more and more brands announce store...

The consumer decision journey in the increasingly complex search retail marketplace
In the retail space today, it’s no longer business as usual. Retail is in a constant state of flux as more and more brands announce store...

AMP ads: Google will convert display ads to AMP, test AMP landing pages for Search ads
At Tuesday’s Google Marketing Next event, Google announced more integrations for AMP for Display and Search advertisers. For search...

AMP ads: Google will convert display ads to AMP, test AMP landing pages for Search ads
At Tuesday’s Google Marketing Next event, Google announced more integrations for AMP for Display and Search advertisers. For search...

Google is testing 11 variations of black links in search results
Google appears to be testing a new look for its search results pages that would change the color of links from the traditional blue to...

Google is testing 11 variations of black links in search results
Google appears to be testing a new look for its search results pages that would change the color of links from the traditional blue to...

Want more links? Be more likable.
One of the things I like best about link building is that it really is as much art as it is science, if not more so. I do roll my eyes...

Want more links? Be more likable.
One of the things I like best about link building is that it really is as much art as it is science, if not more so. I do roll my eyes...

Stop oversimplifying everything!
Once upon a time, our world was simple. There was a thesis — “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine” by Sergey Brin...

Stop oversimplifying everything!
Once upon a time, our world was simple. There was a thesis — “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine” by Sergey Brin...

5 reasons why websites still matter to local search in 2017
Specifically, a Capital One survey of 400 small businesses — its Fall 2016 Small Business Barometer Survey — found that only 56 percent...