SEO best practice guide for URLs
Paid Search

SEO best practice guide for URLs

10y Christopher Ratcliff

SEO best practice guide for URLs

Today we’re going to take a look at the basic building block of not just SEO, but your very web presence itself: the humble URL. Does the structure of...

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Where is Google heading with mobile local search?
Mobile

Where is Google heading with mobile local search?

10y Andy Favell

Where is Google heading with mobile local search?

For better or worse, Google My Business (GMB) and Knowledge Graph (KG) are transforming mobile local search. It pays to watch the areas of innovation,...

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Is Google killing mobile organic search?
Mobile

Is Google killing mobile organic search?

10y Andy Favell

Is Google killing mobile organic search?

Click-through rates for a business website fall with its position in organic search results. But what is the effect when organic results are pushed fu...

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Is Yahoo in the process of imploding?
Media

Is Yahoo in the process of imploding?

10y Al Roberts

Is Yahoo in the process of imploding?

In a deal that one observer called “the saddest $5 billion deal in tech history,” Yahoo agree to sell itself to telecommunications giant V...

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How paid search and personalisation can work together
Paid Search

How paid search and personalisation can work together

10y Rebecca Sentance

How paid search and personalisation can work toget...

We don’t generally think of paid search as a great channel for personalisation, but increasingly, it's becoming one. Read More...

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Why are enterprise companies missing out on search?
Paid Search

Why are enterprise companies missing out on search?

10y Rebecca Sentance

Why are enterprise companies missing out on search...

SEO and search marketing are a vital part of any marketing strategy, linking together channels like social media, content marketing and offline advert...

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55% of users don't recognise PPC ads in Google search results
Paid Search

55% of users don't recognise PPC ads in Google search results

10y Graham Charlton

55% of users don't recognise PPC ads in Google sea...

There is still confusion over which search results are ads and which are organic, at least in the minds of some web users.  According to a new survey,...

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How to create winning ad copy using a scientific approach
Acquisition

How to create winning ad copy using a scientific approach

10y Purna Virji

How to create winning ad copy using a scientific a...

I have a question for you: what’s the program you first turn to when creating your ad copy? If you’re like the majority of people today, your answer w...

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17 useful search marketing stats from Merkle's Q2 2016 report
Paid Search

17 useful search marketing stats from Merkle's Q2 2016 report

10y Philippa Martinez

17 useful search marketing stats from Merkle's Q2 ...

This morning, Merkle released its quarterly Direct Marketing Report, ahead of Google’s own Q2 earnings announcement and it makes for a bumper stat-fil...

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Quiz: How well do you know these 25 SEO abbreviations?
Paid Search

Quiz: How well do you know these 25 SEO abbreviations?

10y Christopher Ratcliff

Quiz: How well do you know these 25 SEO abbreviati...

SEO, SEM, PPC, CTR, HTML, HTTP, IP… even for the most seasoned digital marketing professionals, the world of SEO can be a daunting, jargon-fille...

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How to increase your remarketing ad conversions in five steps
Paid Search

How to increase your remarketing ad conversions in five steps

10y Jennifer Kennedy

How to increase your remarketing ad conversions in...

Remarketing adverts are designed to remind people who visited your website of what you sell and reinforce your brand when they’re moving around the we...

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Google launches imported call conversions
Acquisition

Google launches imported call conversions

10y Al Roberts

Google launches imported call conversions

If the internet killed the phone call, the smartphone has revived it. While more and more business is conducted without human interaction, there are s...

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How to use purchase intent for more effective keyword search
Disruptive MarTech

How to use purchase intent for more effective keyword search

10y Motoko Hunt

How to use purchase intent for more effective keyw...

If you think the lowly keyword is dead, think again. Good research can help a business position itself with the the right content to engage the audien...

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11 quick UX tips to improve landing page conversion
Ecommerce

11 quick UX tips to improve landing page conversion

10y Tereza Litsa

11 quick UX tips to improve landing page conversio...

It’s easy to create a landing page to promote a product, or a service, but is it really conveying your message to boost conversion? Landing pages can ...

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What do China's new online advertising rules mean for marketers?
Asia

What do China's new online advertising rules mean for marketers?

10y Sophie Loras

What do China's new online advertising rules mean ...

China will introduce far reaching online advertising regulations from September 1. These are expected to impact all digital marketing channels from se...

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A 14 point checklist for designing a PPC landing page
Paid Search

A 14 point checklist for designing a PPC landing page

10y Graham Charlton

A 14 point checklist for designing a PPC landing p...

Attracting clicks on your ads is just the first part. A great landing page is essential to any PPC strategy.  You then need to ensure that the landing...

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Eight valuable PPC tips for ecommerce sites
Ecommerce

Eight valuable PPC tips for ecommerce sites

10y Mark Haupt

Eight valuable PPC tips for ecommerce sites

With the share of digital ad spend at 29.9% in 2015 and expected to increase to 39.3% in 2019* the digital advertising marketplace is becoming increas...

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Bored of Google? Here's 10 other search engines to try
Media

Bored of Google? Here's 10 other search engines to try

10y Graham Charlton

Bored of Google? Here's 10 other search engines to...

Google’s dominance of the search market looks set to continue for the foreseeable future, but there are many who would like a real competitor to...

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EU referendum and online gambling: who's winning the search battle?
Paid Search

EU referendum and online gambling: who's winning the search battle?

10y Graham Charlton

EU referendum and online gambling: who's winning t...

This week’s EU referendum has produced a lot of debate of course, but it’s also become a major online betting event. The value of bets on ...

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What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in the US? Here’s the top 100
Paid Search

What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in the US? Here’s the top 100

10y Chris Lake

What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in th...

Google is on course to make more than $70bn in revenue this year, and much of that number will be generated by its insanely successful advertising bus...

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Why ecommerce sites should use both SEM and SEO for acquisition
Ecommerce

Why ecommerce sites should use both SEM and SEO for acquisition

10y Mark Haupt

Why ecommerce sites should use both SEM and SEO fo...

It is well-known that in order to get a good return on investment in terms of marketing, online retailers need to be constantly in front of their cust...

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Local SEO: Key challenges and tips from #ClickZChat
Paid Search

Local SEO: Key challenges and tips from #ClickZChat

10y Matt Owen

Local SEO: Key challenges and tips from #ClickZCha...

In previous ClickZChat sessions we’ve largely covered content and platforms, but seeing as it’s a Twitter event held by both ClickZ AND Search Engine ...

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Three research-driven PPC tips for the automotive industry
Paid Search

Three research-driven PPC tips for the automotive industry

10y Purna Virji

Three research-driven PPC tips for the automotive ...

If you’re an automaker or car dealer, 2016 should be a good year for sales. Intensive research conducted by my data scientist colleagues at Bing Ads s...

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A majority of web users don't recognise ads in search results: report
Paid Search

A majority of web users don't recognise ads in search results: report

10y Graham Charlton

A majority of web users don't recognise ads in sea...

A report by Ofcom has found that just 60% of adults can realise that PPC ads in search results are in fact adverts.  The report by Ofcom, the communic...

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What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in the UK? Here's the top 100
Media

What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in the UK? Here's the top 100

10y Chris Lake

What are the most expensive AdWords keywords in th...

Around 2003, somebody asked me a question regarding paid search: “What is the most expensive keyword is on Google Adwords, and how much does it ...

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Paid search rules for ROI on mobile: report
Mobile

Paid search rules for ROI on mobile: report

10y Christopher Ratcliff

Paid search rules for ROI on mobile: report

Lead generation and direct online sales represent the two most important objectives for mobile marketers and paid search is the key mobile channel for...

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RankBrain Judgment Day: four SEO tactics you'll need to survive
Paid Search

RankBrain Judgment Day: four SEO tactics you'll need to survive

10y Larry Kim

RankBrain Judgment Day: four SEO tactics you'll ne...

The way 30 trillion web pages are ranked changed forever on October 26, 2015. That’s when the world became aware of RankBrain, Google’s machine-...

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