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Google Ads View-Through and Analytics Assisted Conversions
“Appearing only for the Display Network, View-Through Conversions happen when a customer views your image or rich media ad before converting, but never actually clicks on the ad. If these
Internal Site Search: Hiding in Plain Sight
Businesses pay a lot of money to figure out what people want from them and/or their industry. Even with that research, businesses can still miss the mark on what they
Google Ads Shopping Ads – Setting Bids by Product Price
Google recently released a major update to product advertising on their Ads platform. With the update came a new name, Shopping campaigns, replacing their previously-named Product Listing Ads (PLA) campaigns.
Does Moz Local Work?
Does Moz Local work for managing multi-unit businesses? == UPDATE – January 2016 Check out our updated Moz Local review with 20 months of data! == We’ve been testing Moz Local
Moz Local Review: First 5 Weeks Results
UPDATED January 2016 Check out our latest Moz Local test with 20 months of data! Our Moz Local Review Findings When Moz launched their new Moz Local listing management tool in
Paid Search for Brand Keywords: To Bid or Not To Bid?
We’ve long held the belief that bidding on your brand terms in paid search advertising is inadvisable for most advertisers. In order to make your marketing dollars work hardest, we
Engagement as a Proxy for Conversion Rate
Can engagement metrics be used as a proxy for conversion rate when optimizing advertising campaigns? When we manage advertising campaigns, whether they be in Google Ads, Facebook, or elsewhere, we
The Good, the Bad, and the Excellent in SEO Link Building
Too many people think that good SEO is about structuring your site a certain way and flooding your page with keywords. In actuality, more than 50% of your site’s ability
How to Track Marketing Campaigns in Google Analytics
Wherever you’re marketing, you’re often directing consumers to your website to continue the conversation. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to see the results of those marketing efforts measured
The Mind of the Searcher
I was recently working with a client and struggling with a profoundly low conversion rate coming from search ads. The keywords we were buying were on target, the ads were
Link Building Checklist for Local Businesses
According to people who know more than I do, link building is the most important thing you can do to improve your search engine ranking, apart from avoiding stupid mistakes.
I am the Forrest Gump of Google disruption
This weekend, I had a coffee with a client who owns several boutique hotels in Mexico. We talked about some interesting ideas he has for a travel review site, with
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