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Valentine’s Day Ferris Wheel Google Doodle Searches for a Perfect Match

Google's logo today combines Valentine's Day with a tribute to American engineer George Ferris. When you click on the heart button, the Ferris wheels stop rotating and two…

By Thom Craver · 14 Feb 2013

PPC

AdWords Enhanced Campaigns Hands-On

Google is rolling out enhanced campaigns to select AdWords users. If you haven’t upgraded yet, here’s a first look at the good,…

By Daniel Bowtell · 13 Feb 2013

Analytics

Freeing Analytics from Your Digital Agency’s Closet

Creating a data-friendly culture, where people from all areas of your company are excited by numbers and don’t fear them, takes serious…

By Lisa Barone · 13 Feb 2013

SEO

The Misleading Sinister Surge in Traffic Before Google Panda & Penguin Struck

Some sites hit by Panda or Penguin experienced a surge in traffic before being hammered. The secret lies in understanding the SEO…

By Glenn Gabe · 13 Feb 2013

Analytics

Forecasting SEM Activity

Forecasting goals, targets, and budgets for coming months or quarters is neither easy nor quick, but you must get your forecasts as…

By Susan Waldes · 13 Feb 2013

PPC

Google Could Make $5 Billion From Paid Search Ads on Tablets in 2013

Click-through rates and conversion rates on tablets rose sharply in 2012, and a new report from Marin Software projects tablets will account…

By Susan Kuchinskas · 13 Feb 2013

Social

Followers of Top 100 Brands on Google+ Grow 9,400%

The top 100 brands on Google+ now boast 20.9 million fans - up from 222,000 in 2011. Of these, the top 10…

By Mel White · 12 Feb 2013

Local

5 Reasons SMBs Should Focus on Search, Not Social for Customer Acquisition

SMBs are placing more and more emphasis on social media marketing as a customer acquisition tool. Here are five reasons why this…

By Jay Taylor · 12 Feb 2013

PPC

Conflicting PPC Trends: What They Mean & How to Fix Them

When managing PPC campaigns, specific trends and statistics can be in direct conflict. These polarizing trends often occur with stats that should…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 12 Feb 2013

Video

How to Make Video a Successful Part of Your Content Marketing Strategy

When developing your video strategy, it’s important to ask yourself what you’re looking to gain from it. Start by defining your approach…

By Guillaume Bouchard · 12 Feb 2013

Social

NASA Google+ Hangout Features Astronauts on International Space Station

NASA has broadcast live onboard many of its space vehicles, with astronauts giving tours of spacecraft and answering questions, but this will…

By Lawrence Latif · 11 Feb 2013

Mobile

Google Pays Apple About $1 Billion to Remain Default Search Engine

Thirty-one percent of Google's traffic acquisition costs will go toward remaining the default search engine on iOS devices, including the iPhone and…

By Lawrence Latif · 11 Feb 2013

Industry

Eric Schmidt to Sell Google Stock Worth $2.5 Billion

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Google said that Schmidt would be selling 3.2 million shares of…

By Shaun Nichols · 11 Feb 2013

SEO

10 Common Link Building Problems

For a long time publishers viewed link building as a practice that stood on its own. The purpose was to get links…

By Eric Enge · 10 Feb 2013

Mobile

AdWords Enhanced Mobile Campaigns: 5 Things PPC Marketers Need to Know

Later this month, enhanced campaigns will be available as an optional upgrade, and by June, all AdWords campaigns will automatically be upgraded.…

By Larry Kim · 08 Feb 2013

Social

Online Newsrooms Grow Up, Go Social, Get Optimized

Breaking news! Online newsrooms are the mother lode of quality content that should be optimized as soon as possible. A good newsroom…

By Lisa Buyer · 08 Feb 2013

Industry

Google Ads Coming to Yahoo Sites

Yahoo confirmed that it has signed a global agreement with Google to display its ads on selected Yahoo properties and co-branded sites.…

By Mary Lisbeth Damico · 07 Feb 2013

Industry

Google Not Responsible for Content of Paid Search Ads, Australian Court Rules

Google has been cleared of charges that it failed to adequately distinguish paid search ads from organic search results. Australia’s High Court…

By Danny Goodwin · 07 Feb 2013

Industry

Yandex Just Passed Bing to Become 4th Largest Global Search Engine

Yandex surpassed Microsoft on the number of monthly search queries worldwide in November and December 2012, according to a recently released comScore…

By Michael Bonfils · 07 Feb 2013

SEO

Building an Effective Link Profile

Links that are tightly related to a keyword combination have a much stronger effect on its ranking. Their effect isn't broad and…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 07 Feb 2013

Local

5 Reasons Why People Hate International Search Marketing

Many people hate international search marketing because of the numerous, time-consuming challenges surrounding it. Topping the list: inaccurate translations, a lack of…

By Michael Bonfils · 07 Feb 2013

Analytics

Why Pixels Matter & 3 Things You Should Watch For

Amidst all the excitement around data-driven marketing, it's easy to forget the unsung heroes that make it all possible: the little blocks…

By Ben Plomion · 07 Feb 2013

Industry

Google Goes Shopping, Buys Channel Intelligence for $125 Million

Channel Intelligence handles ecommerce solutions aimed at boosting the sales of product and services by making them easier to find on the…

By James Dohnert · 07 Feb 2013

Analytics

4 SEM Trends & Takeaways From Covario INFLECTIONPoint 2013

For search marketers in 2013, the message today at Covario’s INFLECTIONPoint conference was clear: know your audience, use all your channels, data…

By Thom Craver · 06 Feb 2013

PPC

Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns: The Good, Bad & Uncool

There is good in this announcement and the motivations are good. Devices are converging and we do need better ways to handle…

By Alistair Dent · 06 Feb 2013

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