Apple, Google Rank As Top Two Most Valuable Brands by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 23, 2018 The 100 most valuable brands on Forbes’ list, published Wednesday, are worth a cumulative $2.15 billion — up 10% from a year ago. The list begins with Apple at No. 1 — with a brand value $182.8 billion, up … Continue reading Apple, Google Rank As Top Two Most Valuable Brands
Get more from your PLA ad spend by out-thinking your competition. As of Q1 2018, Google Shopping ads drove 76.4 percent of retail search ad spend, eclipsing text ads in markets around the world. As these Product Listing Ads (PLAs) become more competitive, the question becomes how to maximize ROI without simply piling on budget. … Continue reading Six Google Shopping opportunities you may be overlooking
Trying to kick remarketing ads? Contributor Andreas Reiffen discusses why you may be addicted to them and explains how KPIs directly aligned with business objectives help avoid the vicious cycle that comes from ROAS-based objectives. Andreas Reiffen on May 17, 2018 Pay-per-click (PPC) managers love remarketing. At first glance, this makes perfect sense, as it … Continue reading Beating remarketing addiction and testing for incremental value using Google Analytics
Jason Davis — May 9, 2018 Follow @weareelement502 — May 9, 2018 I remember the days when there was such an obsession with getting on page one of the search engine results page (SERP) for Google. I’m actually being a little sarcastic, but I digress. If you are losing sleep about your ranking on Google … Continue reading Why Your Google Ranking Doesn’t Matter
The new ad format, now in beta, offers more real estate and dynamically combines an advertiser’s headlines and descriptions. Ginny Marvin on May 8, 2018 We’re finally here. Set up one ad with multiple headlines and a couple of descriptions, and Google will start testing combinations dynamically to serve the combination deemed most likely … Continue reading Google AdWords new responsive search ads can show 3 headlines
David Brooks — May 7, 2018 — May 7, 2018 Online review/reputation management companies like Birdeye, GetFiveStars, ReputationLoop, ShoutAboutIt, Grade.us and others have systematized the collection of online reviews. Most of these companies provide some type of automated email solicitation to your customers with a simple, two-step quiz: Step 1: “Thanks for your order. How … Continue reading No More DMZ for Google Reviews
Have you ever gotten a manual penalty from Google? It’s no fun. Contributor and SMXpert Kaspar Szymanski shares answers and insights on how to avoid getting another ‘love note’ in the future. Debra Mastaler on May 7, 2018 The Ask the SMXpert series continues with the question and answer (Q&A) segment of sessions held … Continue reading Ask the SMXpert: Google manual penalties explained
Google Gives Agencies Custom Services In Google My Business by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 2, 2018 The regular business version of Google My Business — a free tool to help them manage their online presence across services like Maps and Search — apparently wasn’t enough to help search and advertising agencies with multiple … Continue reading Google Gives Agencies Custom Services In Google My Business
Google Becoming Gatekeeper Of Data With DoubleClick ID Restrictions by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 6, 2018 Google is removing anonymized and encrypted user IDs from DoubleClick data transfer starting May 25, to align its data practices with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The changes apply to all companies using the DoubleClick ID feature, … Continue reading Google Becoming Gatekeeper Of Data With DoubleClick ID Restrictions
Christie Huber — May 4, 2018 — May 4, 2018 Spring has sprung, and with it, new updates to the Google AdWords platform have arrived. The biggest change has been the transition to a new, sleeker user interface, which will continue to be rolled out gradually this year, but numerous other updates are just as … Continue reading Top 5 Google AdWords Updates to Use This Spring to Drive Calls
