
Google rolls out expanded text ads, device bid adjustments & responsive ads for native in AdWor
d8nn / Shutterstock.com Google has officially begun rolling out expanded text ads. The extra long ads with double headlines could be seen...

AdStage launches Report cross-channel reporting solution
Self-serve search and social campaign management platform AdStage launched a new reporting solution on Tuesday to help marketers create...

Ad industry execs cautiously optimistic Verizon-AOL-Yahoo can take on Google & Facebook
Whether a Yahoo acquisition can lead to even a modicum of “balance of power” in digital advertising is the big question. Yahoo plus AOL,...

3 signs your landing page copy is leaving your visitors high and dry
There are few things more important for conversion rate optimization than your landing page copy. If your landing pages are struggling to...

Three of the most important data segmentations for any Google paid search analysis
Just a few years ago, the paid search landscape could adequately be summed up as “text ads on desktop computers.” This simplicity meant...

New insights on the customer decision journey
For years, paid search has centered around clicks. Getting the most clicks. Getting the highest click-through rate. Marketers have...

Expanded Text Ads: Are they living up to the hype?
Just as the numbers 4-4-2 will be immediately familiar to any soccer fan, 25-35-35 is a combination few people who’ve ever worked in PPC...

Using spark files for content creation
What is a spark file? It’s like your own personal and less structured brainstorming session that never ends. I’ve only recently starting...

The key to local SEO
If you’ve read any of my past articles here, you know that I typically try to share tips to help marketers be more successful with their...

Case study: 33% of local search business is from non-locals (and 7 tips for capturing that traffic)
As summer travel rolls into full swing, I’m reminded that much of local search is performed by non-locals. Depending on vertical, a...

4 reasons the world would end at the demise of local SEO
Nuclear meltdowns, an earthbound asteroid, perhaps the rise of Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton as president (depending on your political...

10 factors that may be impacting your organic traffic
Whether you’re a seasoned SEO or someone who runs your own business, you know there are fluctuations in your organic traffic, but you may...

Why you cannot ignore practitioner listings on Google My Business (case study)
Recently, a dermatologist in Hollywood, Florida, hired us for a consultation. He had three listings on Google My Business and wanted to...

Mobile marketing AMPlification: Content, performance and measurement
The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project was created to improve the mobile web experience; pages built with AMP HTML load instantly on...

Suffered a rankings drop? Use this checklist to diagnose why
Losing positioning on high-volume generic terms can trigger panic, even if the drop only lasts for a short period of time. However, in...

Domain Level Metrics’ dashboard aggregates metrics from Moz, SpyFu, SEMRush & others
Domain Level Metrics has released a beta of its tool for mining aggregated metrics. It currently provides all the API aggregate data,...

How to conjure big PPC profits with a few hundred dollars
Many PPC marketers are frustrated. Why? Because they feel like AdWords is no longer an option. Over the past few years, CPCs have...

Earned engagement and fragmented audiences: kickstart your process in the enterprise
The problem: You have a PR team. They keep getting great coverage… in the same 10 publications. You have a content team and dozens of...

Contribution margin: How to tell if your marketing makes cents
You may have heard the old one-liner, “We lose money on every sale, but we make it up in volume!” It sounds absurd. That’s why it’s a...