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Bing Delivers Clicks Against 99 Percent of Yahoo Desktop Traffic

Microsoft and Yahoo have rekindled their partnership, which was rumored to be faltering. However, new data from Bing, which also delivers 90 percent of…

By Mike Obrien · 12 Jun 2015

SEO

Why I Shall No Longer Use The Term Link Building

Link building certainly isn't dead, but as the areas covered by offsite factors increases, staying away from the term and using "signal driving" instead,…

By Dave Davies · 12 Jun 2015

SEO

How to be a Problem Solving SEO

Combining analytical, user experience and creative skills increases SEOs' value in the eyes of clients, further bridging the gap that's said to exist between…

By Brittney Sheffield · 12 Jun 2015

PPC

Your Terrible Website is Ruining Your PPC Performance

Today's consumers are savvy online shoppers and won't bother with websites they don't find user-friendly or don't trust.

By Michelle Morgan · 11 Jun 2015

Social

5 Ways to Reduce Touchpoints On the Social Media Conversion Funnel

Focusing on native advertising, social sharing and influencer marketing can help marketers eliminate unnecessary touchpoints, shortening and simplifying the customer journey.

By Marcela De Vivo · 11 Jun 2015

Industry

Apple Cars Hit the Road to Rival Google Street View

California, New York, and Florida among locations to be covered by cars in coming weeks.

By Dan Worth · 10 Jun 2015

SEO

Meet the Egyptian Repairman Who Outranked Google

When you Google the word 'Google' in Egypt, a Cairo repairman's Google+ page is the first hit, even before Google itself. How did this…

By Search Engine Watch · 10 Jun 2015

Social

Retail Revolution: Steps to Mastering Facebook Dynamic Product Ads

Intending to take on Google and Amazon in the e-commerce space, Facebook offers retailers a number of advertising products, such as Product Catalog and…

By Tara Johnson · 10 Jun 2015

PPC

Uncovering PPC Best Practices With Allstate Insurance

In the lead up to his presentation at ClickZ Live Toronto, Finhas Jhaveri, manager of Digital & Cultural Marketing at Allstate Insurance Canada chats…

By Sarah Ong · 10 Jun 2015

Local

4 Steps to Optimizing Local Search With Google

Nearly three-quarters of online activity is related to local searches. Using location-specific keywords and leveraging Google+ reviews can help optimize those searches to benefit…

By Jim Yu · 09 Jun 2015

Industry

5 Recent Updates from Bing Ads You Need to Know About

Universal Event Tracking and Shopping Campaigns are just two recent ad offerings from Bing, which now makes up 20 percent of the U.S. search…

By John Gagnon · 09 Jun 2015

Industry

Apple to Upgrade Siri and Update Maps

At Apple's keynote during the Worldwide Developers' Conference, the company introduced plans to upgrade Siri's voice search capabilities and make Maps more efficient.

By Emily Alford · 08 Jun 2015

Social

Yahoo and Tumblr Modernize with Searchable GIFs

As Yahoo discontinues features like Maps and Pipes, the search powerhouse continues to modernize with others, such as Tumblr's new GIF-based search engine.

By Mike Obrien · 08 Jun 2015

Industry

Bing Features FIFA-Friendly Results

Bing search results for "Women's World Cup," which is currently being held in Canada, immediately bring users to a box displaying scores, standings, stats…

By Mike Obrien · 08 Jun 2015

SEO

6 Reasons Your Site Isn’t Making Money: It’s Not Me, It’s You

Many people are quick to blame the SEO when their sites don't make money but it often comes down to other factors, like a…

By Kristine Schachinger · 08 Jun 2015

SEO

Longer Search Queries Are Becoming the Norm: What It Means for SEO

Eliminating keyword-based strategies and optimizing long-tail keywords are just two ways search marketers can take action, as queries increasingly become longer.

By Jayson Demers · 08 Jun 2015

Mobile

Amazon Tops List of Most Visible Mobile Sites on Google

A new study by Searchmetrics has found that Amazon is the most visible brand on mobile Google searches, followed by Walmart and The Home…

By Emily Alford · 05 Jun 2015

Social

Beyond YouTube: Alternate Video Venues

While YouTube is the dominant platform when it comes to video SEO, the video offerings on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat shouldn't…

By Kevin Lee · 05 Jun 2015

PPC

PPC Myth-Busters: 5 B2B Folklores Debunked

Can PPC save a dying business? Is Google AdWords too expensive? Time to explore some common PPC fairy tales.

By Pauline Jakober · 05 Jun 2015

Mobile

Small and Medium Businesses Hit Hardest By Mobilegeddon

According to new research from Koozai, Google's algorithm update disproportionately affected SMB,though part of that could be due to a lack of sophisticated regarding…

By Mike Obrien · 04 Jun 2015