
News media seek to wield antitrust law in negotiations with Google, Facebook
In the wake of the EU’s recent $2.7 billion dollar fine of Google, the US news media are seeking to both change and wield antitrust law...

8 major Google ranking signals in 2017
It’s no secret that Google’s ranking algorithm is made up of over 200 components, or “signals.” And while the list is impressive, it can...

Google goes after mobile native advertising with new AdSense formats
Google is plugging the hole that has remained a key weakness in mobile advertising: native ads. On Wednesday, the company announced the...

Google shows off its VR advertising concept
Google presented an early look Wednesday at how it’s starting to think about ads for virtual reality applications. A team working in...

7 things marketers need to know about Google’s Smart display campaigns, direct from Google
When it comes to digital marketing, efficiency is the name of the game. You’re busy, and there’s a never-ending task list filled with...

PaveAI unveils AI-powered platform to turn Google Analytics into actions
Google Analytics is a treasure trove of data, but how should you use it? This week, startup PaveAI is releasing a new AI-powered platform...

SMX Advanced: A paid search roundup
One of my favorite aspects of SMX Advanced is the guarantee of emerging with a list of new tests to try out, along with pointers given by...

Why the Gmail ad targeting change should have minimal impact on advertisers
Bloomua / Shutterstock.com Google’s long-running practice of mining email content in Gmail accounts to target ads is coming to an end...

Timeline: Google’s path to tackling YouTube brand safety problems
This post has been updated to include new efforts and updates on previously announced initiatives. As adoption of programmatic and...

5 must-do technical SEO audit items in 2017
In recent months, we’ve seen many important technically focused Google announcements, such as an update on JavaScript crawling...

With brand safety in mind, YouTube steps up efforts to ‘fight online terror’
The challenges YouTube has long faced in policing hateful, extremist and inflammatory content came into full view this spring when...

Why ‘good’ isn’t good enough in Google Shopping
Growing revenue in Google Shopping by 80 percent YoY sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? But what if I told you that, based on that growth...

Report: Facebook’s Instant Articles faster than AMP, both formats boost user engagement
Chartbeat released a report this week that quantifies the benefits of faster mobile page-load times, and specifically of publisher usage...

Google updates YouTube creator guidelines for ad-friendly content
Following on its commitment in March to review and beef up policies for ad-supported content, YouTube rolled out updated guidelines that...

The perfect structure for managing profitable shopping ads
When you start advertising on a new platform, deciding how to structure things can be scary because there’s the risk that a bad decision...

Google confirms it will start blocking ‘annoying’ ads on Chrome next year
Two years ago, in response to the rise of ad blocking, Google’s head of ads and commerce Sridhar Ramaswamy said the industry needed to...

Report: Google’s Chrome ad blocker coming to both PC and mobile ‘within 6 months’
In April, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google was going to introduce an ad blocker into Chrome. On Thursday, the publication...

YouTube SEO: How to find the best traffic-generating keywords
Video marketing is becoming a digital marketing necessity. (It’s not a “nice-to-have” marketing strategy anymore.) People love to watch...

How to track conversions like a pro
How do you know if what you are doing is actually working? Sure, traffic may be going up, but what about after that? Are your new...
























