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Ecommerce PPC: 4 optimizations to do before the holiday season

Learn how to approach four outside-of-Google, ecommerce PPC optimizations that will boost your chances of success this holiday season. Performance Max is a wonderful advertising technology, but it comes with a significant downside: All advertisers receive the same advantage....
Posted On 19 Jul 2023
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SEO horror stories: Here’s what not to do

These three real-life case studies are anonymized to share textbook examples of how not to approach search engine optimization. There are countless articles about how to improve website rankings. In contrast, there are few about real life, large website SEO horror stories — the...
Posted On 18 Jul 2023
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Which PPC metrics matter? Lessons from half a million keywords

Columnist Jacob Baadsgaard shares insights from a study looking into how various paid search metrics correlate with return on investment (ROI). Are your AdWords campaigns working… like, really working? That might be a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anybody with an AdWords...
Posted On 17 Jul 2023
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Google’s Head of AR/XR Leaves Company, Slams ‘Unstable Vision’

Mark Lucovsky, Google’s Senior Director of Engineering in charge of its AR and XR efforts, has left the company and slammed its ‘unstable vision.’ Augmented and mixed reality are among the hottest sectors in tech, with Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others investing heavily...
Posted On 15 Jul 2023
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Kristin Matzen Named TIME’s Chief Communications Officer

TIME has announced it has a new Chief Communications Officer, naming Kristin Matzen to the post. CEO Jessica Sibley made the announcement in a note to staff: Today, I am thrilled to announce that Kristin Matzen has been promoted to Chief Communications Officer, effective...
Posted On 14 Jul 2023
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Bing Adds Search Filter To Sort Results By Time Period

Bing has added a search filter that gives users the opportunity to limit search results to three recent time periods: Past 24 hours Past week Past month The options appear directly below the search box on Bing’s search results page. It’s a welcome addition, but one that Google...
Posted On 13 Jul 2023
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Google investigating missing manual actions

Over the past 24-hours or so there have been reports of manual actions disappearing from Google Search Console. There are widespread reports that manual actions are disappearing from Google Search Console. If you had manual actions and they are not showing up this morning, you...
Posted On 12 Jul 2023
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PSA: Update All Your Apple Devices ASAP

Apple users should update all of their devices immediately, as the latest round of patches fix major security holes. Apple released a slew of updates on Wednesday, June 21. The updates impact Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. While Apple does not go into great detail about...
Posted On 11 Jul 2023
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SEO community mourns Hamlet Batista, advocate for automation in SEO and beloved friend

RankSense’s Maura Loew shares what it was like to work with Hamlet as we reflect on his career and contributions to the community. RankSense CEO Hamlet Batista, a mentor to many in the SEO community and someone fellow marketer Mike King called “the best of us,” died on Tuesday...
Posted On 10 Jul 2023
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PPC buyer beware: 3 seedy tactics agencies or consultants use to scare you into services

Wondering if an email or phone call from a PPC agency is legit? Columnist Pauline Jakober shares some tips for weeding out the scammers. Most PPC agencies or professionals who want to get more business have some form of marketing in play. And many of us have come across the more...
Posted On 08 Jul 2023
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