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Google Ads restored after morning outage

Google Ads was out for 3 hours, leaving advertisers unable to manage campaigns. Update. According to Google, the issue has been resolved. Original post. Happy Monday! The Google Ads dashboard may be down for some users. The Google Ads Status Dashboard. The Status Dashboard...
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Twitter has launched 3 new ad targeting options

The new updates have been in the works for months, but likely won’t be a huge game-changer for most. Twitter has just launched new ad targeting options, including a new ‘Conversions’ objective they originally announced back in August. The new ‘Conversions...
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Understanding quiet quitting in SEO – the silent exodus

By prioritizing the needs and well-being of your team, you can create a work environment that is conducive to success and retention. “I’m just gonna come in and do my job. Still doing all my deliverables, but not a day early, not doing anyone else’s job on top of mine, not coming...
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How Google’s turn to resellers coincides with its largest round of layoffs

The layoffs may be closely tied to another shift in strategy – the increasing reliance on resellers. Google has been encouraging advertisers to use its network of approved resellers more frequently in recent years. This strategy helps Google reduce expenses for advertising...
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Capital One Eliminates 1,100 Tech Jobs

Capital One has eliminated 1,100 agile tech jobs, part of its “overall tech transformation.” According to Bloomberg, the company is eliminating jobs specifically focused on agile development. Instead, the company plans for existing engineering and product management roles to...
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What is Google’s Looker Studio and how you can use it

Looker Studio lets you create branded data visualization reports and dashboards. Here’s everything you need to know to get started. Analytics has always been a challenge for marketers. Data can be confusing, overwhelming and, difficult for the ordinary human to understand...
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Social Shorts: TikTok teams with Shopify, Commerce ads dominate Facebook, LinkedIn users top 722 million

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 merchants to promote their products on the short-form video social network. The two companies also...
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This day in search marketing history: January 18

Google’s SOPA/PIPA prorest, plus: URL changes, Google core algorithm updates, AdWords mobile targeting, stop words and more. Google blackens its logo, configures Googlebot to crawl at a much lower rate In 2012, when you visited Google, you saw this: That’s how Google voiced...
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Video: Martha van Berkel talks about structured data

Does adding schema help improve your search rankings? Google says no but… Martha van Berkel runs a company named Schema App and is a schema and structured data maven. In our video interview we spoke about that topic. We talked about the growth of structured data adoption...
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JPMorgan Says It Was Duped Into Buying a Startup, Sues Founder

JPMorgan is in the middle of an embarrassing situation, claiming it was duped into purchasing a startup. JPMorgan bought Frank, a financial aid website for college students, for some $175 million. Unfortunately, when JPMorgan sent out marketing emails to Frank’s customers, 70% of...