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PPC

How to Leverage Consumer Intent to Maximize PPC Performance

Understanding consumer intent and tying those intentions to specific content and KPIs helps attract additional searches, create relationships with new prospects, and grow the…

By Ted Rooke · 30 Aug 2012

PPC

How to Make Call to Actions More Effective

CTAs tend to perform differently across verticals –there is not a one-size fits-all approach for selecting the highest performers. Keeping an eye on CTAs…

By Thi Thumasathit · 30 Aug 2012

PPC

Back to School for Search Marketers

Now that summer vacation is behind us, a busy Q4 lies ahead. For search marketers, it's a good time to make sure your PPC…

By Dave Ragals · 30 Aug 2012

Industry

A Nexus 7 Ad? On Google’s Home Page? Blasphemy!

Apparently Google jumped the shark this week, punched some nuns in the face, and clubbed some baby seals by introducing an obtrusive new element…

By Danny Goodwin · 29 Aug 2012

Content

How to Create a Content Calendar to Correlate SEO Results

You want to create content that is relevant and interesting. Once all that hard work starts to show improved results, don’t let others take…

By Gareth Owen · 29 Aug 2012

PPC

Can Anyone Stop the Amazon SEM Machine?

If you’re spending money on search marketing to drive retail sales, chances are you’ve asked yourself whether you can even compete with Amazon. Yes,…

By Gregg Hamilton · 29 Aug 2012

Industry

Decide.com’s New “Decide Score” Helps Users Find & Buy Products

In addition to supplying buyers with data on when to buy, Decide.com now uses big data in another way, adding more than 7,000 expert…

By Andrew Davis · 29 Aug 2012

Industry

Google: Nearly 6 Million Requests to Remove Search Results This Month

Google received almost more than 5.6 million URL search removal requests in the last month, according to the latest update to Google's Transparency Report…

By Dan Worth · 28 Aug 2012

Industry

Didit Buys Inceptor to Co-Promote SEO, Shopping Feed Services

Did-it.com has acquired Inceptor and plans to incorporate the strengths of each brand’s technology and services into the other. The deal brings SEO, social…

By Miranda Miller · 28 Aug 2012

SEO

How to Find Authority Websites & Get Links From Them

Authority links are not easy to get. Here are some tips on where you can find these elusive authorities, how to identify them and,…

By Julie Joyce · 28 Aug 2012

PPC

Eliminating Ambiguity in PPC

In PPC, the context is in the mind of the searcher. When we search for something, we know what we mean, but a search…

By Melissa Mackey · 28 Aug 2012

Analytics

Big Data: An Introduction for Search Marketers

Big data applications systematically address perplexing questions at massive scale – continuously learning, adapting and improving. Early adopters will win big and propel their…

By Raj De Datta · 28 Aug 2012

Social

Pinterest, Instagram, Niche Social Networks Global Market Share Grows

Pinterest and Instagram are niche social media darlings, making massive gains in global market share over the last year. Research firm Experian Hitwise reports…

By Miranda Miller · 27 Aug 2012

SEO

Exploring Google’s SEO Toolset

From gaining insight into how Google crawls and indexes your site, to getting notified of an outdated WordPress installation, here is some useful (and…

By Ben Goodsell · 27 Aug 2012

Social

Facebook – A Love Story: Using Earned & Paid Media to Better Attract & Engage Customers

With a good idea and a killer engagement strategy, you absolutely can rely solely on Facebook to generate new and repeat business. Here’s how…

By Ashley Zeckman · 27 Aug 2012

Content

Is Google Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfram?

Google is afraid. Afraid that its crown as king of search will be stolen by a new breed of voice-led search engines led by…

By Simon Penson · 27 Aug 2012

Video

YouTube TrueView Ads a Recipe for Success for BBQGuys

By keeping costs low with TrueView ads, the ShoppersChoice.com team has been able to purchase relevant, generic video keywords, which has raised brand awareness…

By Greg Jarboe · 27 Aug 2012

Industry

Google Hiring Privacy Red Team

Google has begun hiring for a crack team of data experts – code named Red Team – to help resolve privacy complaints, following the…

By Alastair Stevenson · 27 Aug 2012

SEO

Bad Link Building Recovery After Google Penguin

For those who were hit by Google’s Penguin update, the situation is dire. The big question is, can you recover? Yes. But it won’t…

By Eric Enge · 26 Aug 2012

Industry

Google Allows Saved Search Settings Across Computers & Browsers

Signed-in Google search users can now save their search settings to their Google account. Saved search settings will allow users to save their preferences…

By Miranda Miller · 24 Aug 2012