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Using auction insights for better PPC competitor analysis

Here’s how Google and Microsoft auction insights can help you identify core competitors and track their bidding activities month by month. Competitive analysis should be a regular task for anyone involved in managing PPC campaigns. Keeping up with what messaging your...
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Social Shorts: TikTok teams with Shopify, Commerce ads dominate Facebook, LinkedIn users top 722 million

The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. TikTok jumps into social commerce with Shopify TikTok’s advertising division TikTok for Business announced a global integration with Shopify Tuesday that makes it easy for Shopify...
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The Kondo Method for SEO

There are ways to leverage KonMari’s basic principles to improve SEO. But more importantly, what can she use to improve her own website’s organic performance? There is nothing like a Netflix original series to jettison someone to the front of everyone’s social feeds –...
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iPhone 12 Has The Strongest Screen of Any iPhone

The tests are in and the new iPhone 12’s “ceramic shield” screen appears to be the strongest iPhone screen yet. While 5G may have received much of the attention, one of the major selling points of the iPhone 12 is the ceramic shield screen, the latest innovation coming out of...
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Marketing that our collective future depends on

MJ DePalma, Microsoft Advertising’s Head of Multicultural & Inclusive Marketing, lays out the three core building blocks of what the company calls Marketing With Purpose. In today’s world, every other headline is a bombardment of the senses: social unrest, climate...
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WhatsApp Now Delivering Over 100 Billion Messages a Day

WhatsApp is now delivering over 100 billion messages a day, solidifying its position as one of the most popular communication methods. In February WhatsApp made headlines when it announced it had crossed the two billion users mark. The platform shows no sign of slowing down, with...
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Bing Ads Editor Gets An Update With More Horsepower

Faster processing speed for accounts of all sizes promised with BAE version 10.9. Bing Ads Editor version 10.9 is now available, promising more speed and less memory drain. Here’s a rundown of what to expect, speed-wise: Big accounts in particular (think in the range of two...
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Google Ads turns 20: The most important trends and changes of the past 5 years

Looking back, we can see where the biggest trends in search (and beyond) are heading. Google ads is now 20 years old. At its 15 year milestone, we chronicled AdWords’ evolution into a $60 billion business. We were still talking about Yahoo as a player in search, enhanced...
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Facebook Social Deals Done After Four Months

Facebook is backing off from the local/small business space — or at least parts of it. A few days after dropping its check-in service for Facebook Places, the company is now getting out of the deals business. In a statement reported by Reuters, Facebook says its Deals product...
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Stop the silo madness! Effective site architecture for SEO and findability

Content silos negatively affect both the browsing and searching experience which often results in lost sales. The search engine optimization (SEO) industry is full of jargon. Take the word “sitemap” for example. To many SEO pros, a sitemap is an XML sitemap. However, to...