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PPC

Is Google’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ad the future of paid voice search?

Google sparked a small firestorm last week as reports surfaced that its intelligent assistant device Google Home had delivered what appeared to be an…

By Al Roberts · 23 Mar 2017

Analytics

Biometrics and neuroscience: The future of digital analytics?

Advertising has always been about emotions. Emotions lead to actions and, as such, influencing emotions is the most effective route to influencing actions.

By Clark Boyd · 23 Mar 2017

Mobile

Can Google get users on board with “shortcuts in search”?

Google announced yesterday the launch of “shortcuts in search”, which will allow Android users in the US to access quick answers on a range…

By Clark Boyd · 22 Mar 2017

Content

How to create SEO-friendly content

SEO-friendly content doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming, provided that you understand how on-page SEO can work alongside your content. Here’s how to…

By Tereza Litsa · 22 Mar 2017

Content

The SEO benefits of using WordPress to publish your content

Creating and launching a fully-fledged website is not enough to get your brand noticed by itself. In order to improve your online visibility, you will need…

By Lucy Barret · 21 Mar 2017

Content

Google Posts: GIFs and videos published directly to SERPs

Since the tentative launch of Google Posts last year, users have remained in the dark about whether a fully-fledged roll-out might be on the…

By Clark Boyd · 20 Mar 2017

Content

Optimization at the intersection of search, content, social, mobile and local in 2017

The digital environment is rapidly shifting. There are over a billion websites online, and customers have countless brands to choose from when seeking solutions…

By Jim Yu · 16 Mar 2017

Industry

Test-driving Pinterest Lens: How does Pinterest’s new visual search tool stack up?

Lens will be central to the fortunes of Pinterest’s decidedly alternative entry to the digital advertising market, so we've taken a hands-on look at…

By Clark Boyd · 16 Mar 2017

Industry

Four collaboration tools to bring your marketing efforts to a new level

The internet has given us the ability to work with people around the world and there are a few powerful tools that offer different…

By Ann Smarty · 15 Mar 2017

Content

7 quick ways to use content marketing to boost search ranking

When done well, content marketing can contribute to boosting a site’s position in search rankings. And although this may not seem like the most…

By Tereza Litsa · 14 Mar 2017

Industry

Chrome Extensions: A vehicle for Amazon and Pinterest to compete with Google?

As Google’s index goes mobile-first, consumers get to grips with voice search, and technology advances to avail of image identification in our predominantly visual…

By Clark Boyd · 13 Mar 2017

PPC

How to turn off ad tracking in Google, Bing and Yahoo!

We all know that our favorite search engines track and collect a lot of data about us in order to personalize the results -…

By Rebecca Sentance · 09 Mar 2017

Content

Three reasons for companies to consider using .brand TLDs

On February 28, 2017, ClickZ Intelligence presented the webinar ‘Still using .com? Here’s why 50% of all Fortune 500 companies are about to use…

· 09 Mar 2017

SEO

How influencer marketing can benefit your SEO strategy

With links continuing to reign supreme in SEO, but the difficulty of acquiring them increasing, influencer marketing can help you to generate authoritative links…

By Marcela De Vivo · 08 Mar 2017

PPC

Emoji appear in Google AdWords ads titles

Emoji have been spotted in the wild in Google AdWords ads titles, giving rise to speculation that this option may be rolled out globally…

By Clark Boyd · 07 Mar 2017

Content

Challenges and opportunities for inbound marketing in 2017

It's not easy to create a successful inbound marketing strategy, but it still offers great opportunities once marketers understand its potential.

By Tereza Litsa · 06 Mar 2017

Content

Study: How valuable is it to have keywords in your domain URL?

A new study by HigherVisibility.com, whose findings were shared exclusively with Search Engine Watch, has set out to investigate the relationship between the top…

By Rebecca Sentance · 02 Mar 2017

Industry

Comparing keyword research APIs: Spyfu vs SEMRush vs Serpstat and more

Many tools provide access to their APIs, aiming to facilitate routine work for specialists. APIs can make SEOs’ lives much easier by helping to:…

By Ann Smarty · 02 Mar 2017

Content

Make no mistake: content errors harm your brand and SEO

How to optimize for audience trust. Plus, four tips for dealing with mistakes that can kill your brand's reputation.

By Danny Goodwin · 01 Mar 2017

Content

3 ROI-positive ways to segment your remarketing audiences

Everyone knows that remarketing is an efficient method of bringing back users to get them to convert. But are you being smart about your…

By Sana Ansari · 01 Mar 2017