Paid Media Marketing In 2024: 7 Changes Marketers Should Make

Paid Media Marketing In 2024: 7 Changes Marketers Should Make

Paid media’s main job is to increase visibility and drive traffic for your brand. And as digital marketing evolves, so, too, will your strategy. In the current state of paid, the main overarching theme is, you guessed it, AI and machine learning. As paid media platforms get smarter and constantly find ways to infuse AI into … Read more

Google Gemini Failure Offers Lessons For SEO

Google Gemini Failure Offers Lessons For SEO

Google recently paused the image generation capability of their Gemini model, admitting that the way it was tuned resulted unintended inaccuracies due to how the algorithm was “tuned”. This event offers insights into how Google’s algorithms, including their search ranking algorithms, can generate unintended results. Understanding what happened is helpful because it expands the understanding … Read more

12 Hidden PPC Features You Should Know About

12 Hidden PPC Features You Should Know About

Deep in the PPC ad platforms, there are plenty of hidden features that can improve performance and ease the management of ad campaigns. Some features are “opt-outs” that are valuable for optimizations and campaign efficiency. These ad platforms are complicated and always evolving so the average user may not be aware of some lesser-known opportunities. … Read more

Navigating The SEO Career Landscape: Degrees, Myths, And Realities

Navigating The SEO Career Landscape: Degrees, Myths, And Realities

In the dynamic realm of search engine optimization (SEO), my career spans nearly two decades, starting in 2004 when I started working for an agency and just two years later moved to in-house SEO for a large company. Since then, I’ve held various in-house SEO roles at esteemed organizations, including Classmates.com, Concur, Smartsheet, ADP (usedcars.com), … Read more

Why Google Seems To Favor Big Brands & Low-Quality Content

Why Google Seems To Favor Big Brands & Low-Quality Content

Many people are convinced that Google shows a preference for big brands and ranking low quality content, something that many feel has become progressively worse. This may not be a matter of perception, something is going on, nearly everyone has an anecdote of poor quality search results. The possible reasons for it are actually quite … Read more

Google Analytics Overhauls Ad Reporting In One Central Hub

Google Analytics Overhauls Ad Reporting In One Central Hub

Google is rolling out an update to simplify reporting in Google Analytics. The changes, which start rolling out today, consolidate all advertising and publisher reporting into one centralized “Advertising” section. For digital marketers, SEOs, and publishers, this update helps you monitor and analyze organic website analytics and paid advertising campaigns within the same property. “The … Read more

Google Ads Performance Max Image Generation Now Available To All

Google Ads Performance Max Image Generation Now Available To All

Google is announcing the launch of its AI-powered tools for generating and editing images in Performance Max campaigns. These features, initially previewed in November, are now accessible in English worldwide, with more languages to follow. Additionally, Google is enhancing its Ad Strength indicator to give advertisers more information about their ad assets, including amount and … Read more

PPC Experts Weigh In On CPC Inflation

PPC Experts Weigh In On CPC Inflation

This is an excerpt from SEJ’s PPC Trends 2024 ebook, our annual roundup of expert opinions on what you can expect over the course of the next 12 months.  Inflation is hitting everywhere, even your ad auctions. This year, the contributors offer guidance on navigating these increasing costs. Some note that directly seeking lower cost-per-click … Read more

7 Strategic SEO Insights & Tactical Tips For 2024 And Beyond

7 Strategic SEO Insights & Tactical Tips For 2024 And Beyond

I’ve been writing about search engine optimization (SEO) for more than 20 years. Looking back, I realize actionable SEO insights need to be thoroughly updated in this era of constant change. Circumstances have always changed quickly, but the pace of AI development in SEO feels harder to keep up with. There are many uncertainties in … Read more

How And Why To Use Enhanced Conversions

What Is The Best Conversion Tracking Method For PPC Campaigns?

In this installment of Ask a PPC, we’re going to dive into enhanced conversions. As brands get their privacy-first plans in place, it’s critical that you feel comfortable with enhanced conversions. We’ll dive into: What are enhanced conversions? How to set them up. Why they’re important. Note that this post is exclusively focusing on Google’s … Read more

Google Announces Gemma: Laptop-Friendly Open Source AI

Google Announces Gemma: Laptop-Friendly Open Source AI

Google released an open source large language model based on the technology used to create Gemini that is powerful yet lightweight, optimized to be used in environments with limited resources like on a laptop or cloud infrastructure. Gemma can be used to create a chatbot, content generation tool and pretty much anything else that a … Read more

Google Launches Gemini Business & Enterprise For Workspace Users

Google Launches Gemini Business & Enterprise For Workspace Users

Google launches AI assistant Gemini for Workspace, available in 2 pricing tiers for business and enterprise. Google rebranded its AI assistant Duet as Gemini and made it more widely available. Gemini allows natural conversations to generate ideas, summaries, and more for Workspace users. Google launched Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise pricing plans for small teams … Read more

A Complete Guide To App Store Optimization (ASO)

A Complete Guide To App Store Optimization (ASO)

A mobile strategy is critical to your business presence, considering the saturation of mobile devices. This is where app store optimization (ASO) comes into play. In this article, you’ll learn: What is app store optimization? How does app store optimization work? How do you optimize for Google Play & Apple App Store? Whether you are … Read more

Top 3 SEO Checklists For On-Page & Technical SEO In 2024

Top 3 SEO Checklists For On-Page & Technical SEO In 2024

This post was sponsored by Wix. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. In the last 18 months, conversations about SEO have been dominated by artificial intelligence. New ways of working and new user journeys for search visitors have come to the forefront. In 2024, we can clearly see that there’s a … Read more

Google Responds To Evidence Of Reviews Algorithm Bias

Google Responds To Evidence Of Reviews Algorithm Bias

Google responded to a small publisher whose article offered a step by step walkthrough of how big corporate publishers are manipulating the Google Reviews System Algorithm and getting away with it, demonstrating what appears to be a bias towards big brands that negatively impacts small independent publishers. HouseFresh Google Algorithm Exposé The story begins with … Read more

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