
How To Use Paid Search To Aid Your SEO
A lot has changed in the world of search marketing over the last year. From Enhanced Campaigns to Hummingbird and not provided, search...

Why Matt Cutts Is Wrong About Responsive Web Design
Like most white hat SEOs in our industry, I respect and appreciate what Matt Cutts has done for SEO. So much so that, though I’ve never...

New Research: The Retargeting Barometer, 3rd Edition
The results have just been released from the 3rd edition of the Retargeting Barometer, the ad industry’s only survey focused on the use...

The Ultimate Holiday Prep List: 28 Things Every Marketer Should Do
All right, so maybe that title is a little arrogant. After all, there are a million holiday list articles this time of year, ranging from...

Is Not Provided A Good Thing?
It’s been a few weeks since Google rocked our worlds and stripped keyword-level data from the referrer, so it’s time to examine the...

US Search Awards Names 2013 Winners At Ceremony Hosted In Association With PubCon
US Search Awards hosted its 2013 awards ceremony last night in Las Vegas in association with PubCon. The event recognized organizations,...

Now What? When New Competition Suddenly Makes PPC Unprofitable
After looking into cases of advertisers getting squeezed out of paid search by large parent companies, I wanted to hear what advice...

The Growing Divide Between Paid Search & Marketing
Like most people, I hate being wrong. Let me correct myself: I hate being wrong. There is nothing worse than that sinking feeling when...

Google Debuts AdWords Cross-Device Conversion Estimates, Phone and In-Store Conversions Coming
Cross-device conversion estimates are calculated by using Google account holders who are logged in to multiple devices as a proxy for the...

Remarketing For Search: Approaching The Promise Of Digital Marketing
Good fishermen know where the fish are… so why is it that good marketers don’t always know where the best consumers are? Despite massive...

No Data For You: SEO Experts Offer Opinions On Google’s Move To Withhold Even More Search Term
encrypting all search data, regardless of whether a user was signed in or not. The company offered the following statement to clarify...

The Digital Marketing Analysis Tree: Understanding Root Causes
I recently read an excellent article in the Harvard Business Review about how data-driven individuals think and act. Some of the key...

Guest Blogging: A Beginner’s Guide
While guest posting may seem like a simple concept in theory (All I have to do is write a little something and get someone to post it —...

Are Your Local PPC Ads Really “Local”?
Paid Advertising Platforms are growing exponentially on what seems like a weekly basis. What once was Keywords + Ad + Bid = Money has now...

Google AdWords’ Breakthrough Feature Makes Offline Conversion Optimization A Reality
Companies that run lead generation campaigns on Google AdWords have long been challenged by the fact that optimization signals stopped at...

4 Must-Know Facts On Product Listing Ad Mechanics
Product Listing Ads (PLAs) have rapidly gained market share since being introduced last year, and PLAs are now well established as an...

HomeAdvisor.com Rebrand Efforts Include Switching More Than 10 Million URLs
Narrowing the brand’s focus on home improvement, repair and maintenance, the rebranding effort was a massive undertaking that included a...

5 Ways To Turn Number Vomit Reporting Into Valuable Business Action
Number vomit. Ugh. It wastes more of my time than anything else during the work week. (With the recent exception of Candy Crush. I mean,...

Google’s Quality Score Change: What Marketers Need To Know
Last week, Google announced changes in the way Quality Score is reported in AdWords. As stated in Google’s official AdWords blog, the...
























