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Google Ads API, Partner badges, and reputation algorithms; Friday’s daily brief

Plus, check out our updated guide to Bing SEO Good morning, Marketers, and can you believe SMX Advanced is next week?! I can, but that’s only because I know how hard the Search Engine Land and SMX teams, expert speakers, and generous sponsors have been working behind the scenes...
Posted On 14 Jun 2021
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Bing Ads rolls out Upgraded URLs globally

Advertisers can begin migrating from destination URLs to final URLs and tracking parameters. Soon after Google introduced Upgraded URLs — the URL format that allows users to change tracking parameters in existing ads without affecting the ad’s history or serving by separating the...
Posted On 12 Jun 2021
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How you can better communicate PPC industry updates to clients

PPC is about more than just managing accounts — it’s about managing client relationships, too. Columnist Matt Umbro provides some advice for how to talk to your clients about industry updates and account issues. As hectic as it can be, we are lucky to be in an...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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How SEO forecasting can help you get the right clients

Why using a realistic forecasting methodology can give you a competitive advantage. Whenever your SEO agency receives a new inquiry, you need to assert the potential that lead has in terms of SEO growth. It’s a resource-intensive and uncertain process. You have to keep many...
Posted On 10 Jun 2021
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D.C. AG Launches Antitrust Suit Against Amazon

Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for anticompetitive practices and price-fixing. Amazon has increasingly been under fire on all fronts. The company has repeatedly been criticized for how it treats employees, as well as...
Posted On 08 Jun 2021
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Microsoft Scores $21.9 Billion US Army Contract for Augmented Reality Headsets

Microsoft may lose out on its $10 billion JEDI contact, but it just scored a $21.9 billion contract to provide the US Army with augmented reality (AR) headsets. Unlike virtual reality (VR), which creates a completely immersive environment, AR augments the real world with virtual...
Posted On 07 Jun 2021
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Bing Webmaster Tools adds social sign-in feature

You can now log into your Bing Webmaster Tools account using your Google or Facebook login. Bing Webmaster Tools now lets you log in using your Google account, Facebook account or your Microsoft login. This is to help make it easier for webmasters to log into their toolset. Here...
Posted On 05 Jun 2021
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What people get wrong about keyword cannibalization

Columnist Patrick Stox suggests SEOs should reconsider how they think about keyword cannibalization and look at it as an opportunity, not an issue. I loathe the term “keyword cannibalization.” The term reminds me of the arguments around one keyword per page. News flash — Pages...
Posted On 04 Jun 2021
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The dust has settled on AdWords expanded text ads. What now?

Need to update your ad copy in light of recent AdWords changes? Columnist Jason Puckett explains his process for rolling out AdWords expanded text ads. In April of 2016, a small percentage of search marketers received notices from their Google reps that AdWords was changing. At...
Posted On 02 Jun 2021
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Google’s newest version of Analytics (GA-4) is here

Learn about the significant changes in GA-4 and what it means for your business. Although Google was not a pioneer in analytics like they were in organic and paid search, they recognized early on that the seismic shifts the web was delivering to so many aspects of business and...
Posted On 01 Jun 2021
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