What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?
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What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?

10y Jeremy Hull

What’s the Incremental Value of Paid Search?

It's important to quantify the value of paid search, and the components that make paid search so successful (granularity, the ability to make quick ch...

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5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC
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5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC

10y Lisa Raehsler

5 Summer Time-Savers for Managing PPC

There are several features in both Google AdWords and Bing Ads that can not only save time, but also improve efficiencies across the board. Read More...

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Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing Right
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Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing Right

10y John Gagnon

Father’s Day, Steakhouses, and Getting Your Timing...

When is the best time to capture the audience that's ready to spend money for Father's Day, and what are they looking to buy? Read More...

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Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com Dominate Paid Search in Travel
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Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com Dominate Paid Search in Travel

10y Ashley Zeckman

Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com Dominate P...

AdGooroo reports that about 12,700 advertisers spent more than $750 million on more than 50,000 travel-related keywords in Google AdWords in 2013. Rea...

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Estimating the Importance of Google's Conversion Estimator
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Estimating the Importance of Google's Conversion Estimator

10y Kevin Lee

Estimating the Importance of Google's Conversion E...

Google's Conversion Estimator for AdWords gives marketers a better way to understand the way conversions happen in the multi-device, multi-screen mark...

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Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?
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Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?

10y Elizabeth Marsten

Content Promotion: PPC or Link Building?

There are many services out there that promise to promote your content to a broad audience. Here's a rundown of some of the available options. Read Mo...

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Can You Hit Google’s Knuckleball?
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Can You Hit Google’s Knuckleball?

10y Andrew Goodman

Can You Hit Google’s Knuckleball?

While Google does throw many "knuckleballs" at marketers, there are several "fastballs" in there, too, if you know where to look. Read More...

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Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactical" Silo
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Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactical" Silo

10y Kevin Lee

Agencies Need to Liberate Search From Its "Tactica...

Search marketing is undeniably complicated. The good news is that there are some agencies that have not only mastered the details but are prepared to ...

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What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?
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What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?

10y Lisa Raehsler

What Is a Good Click-Through Rate for PPC?

A look at why people care so much about click-through rates for pay-per-click advertising. Read More...

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Eye-Tracking Heat Map Study for Mobile Search
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Eye-Tracking Heat Map Study for Mobile Search

10y John Gagnon

Eye-Tracking Heat Map Study for Mobile Search

The study sought to find out if mobile ad extensions made a difference in click-through rates on mobile devices. Read on to learn the results. Read Mo...

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5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search
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5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search

10y Kevin Lee

5 Signs You Should Give Up on PPC Search

While pay-per-click (PPC) search can be effective for some, here are five factors you should consider when deciding to invest your time and budget els...

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Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PPC Efforts
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Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PPC Efforts

10y Elizabeth Marsten

Using the U.S. Census Data to Power Your Social PP...

Exploring the U.S. Census data can allow you to better target your ads right out of the gate, especially if you are trying to reach people outside of ...

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Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?
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Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?

10y Andrew Goodman

Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?

Our neighbors to the north have lots of work to do when it come to capitalizing on the many e-commerce opportunities available to them. Read More...

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Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earnings
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Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earnings

10y Jennifer Slegg

Display Ad Revenue Modest in Yahoo Q1 2014 Earning...

Search revenue increased by 5 percent in the first quarter of 2014, while display ad revenue saw a modest uptick of 2 percent. Read More...

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Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Future of PPC
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Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Future of PPC

10y John A. Lee

Bumbled PPC News, Conspiracy Theories, and the Fut...

Although the strong to reaction to Google's announcement that it will limit search query data may have been premature, there's no denying that changes...

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A Tale of Two Cookies
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A Tale of Two Cookies

10y Kevin Lee

A Tale of Two Cookies

Although many marketers rely heavily on cookies, they aren't always the best way to measure and manage campaigns. But what will replace the cookie in ...

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4 Paid Search Spring Cleaning Tips
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4 Paid Search Spring Cleaning Tips

10y Jeremy Hull

4 Paid Search Spring Cleaning Tips

Before the next round of innovations and developments starts full force, take some time to make sure your accounts are in top shape to ensure you can ...

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How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads
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How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads

10y Lisa Raehsler

How the Top 5 Brands Are Using Paid Search Ads

A look at how five of the world's most valuable brands are utilizing pay-per-click (PPC) search strategies, and what you can learn from their successe...

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#CZLNY: 5 Ways to Improve Your Paid Media Campaigns
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#CZLNY: 5 Ways to Improve Your Paid Media Campaigns

10y Megan Leap

#CZLNY: 5 Ways to Improve Your Paid Media Campaign...

Here are five tips for optimizing your paid media results, shared by Lisa Raehsler, founder of Big Click Co, at her ClickZ Live New York session. Read...

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#CZLNY: Facebook Still Place to Be for Digital Marketing, Say Paid Search Experts
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#CZLNY: Facebook Still Place to Be for Digital Marketing, Say Paid Search E...

10y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

#CZLNY: Facebook Still Place to Be for Digital Mar...

The Facebook "Like" may no longer guarantee reach, but two search experts at ClickZ Live New York say that the platform still provides the best bang f...

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#CZLNY: 10 Local SEO and Digital Marketing Best Practices
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#CZLNY: 10 Local SEO and Digital Marketing Best Practices

10y Megan Leap

#CZLNY: 10 Local SEO and Digital Marketing Best Pr...

During his session at ClickZ Live New York, Andrew Beckman detailed many challenges digital marketers face in the local and multi-location business ec...

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#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to Dominate Your Competition
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#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to Dominate Your Competition

10y Lisa Lacy

#CZLNY: 5 Spying Strategies You Can Use Today to D...

According to panelists at ClickZ Live New York this week, brands must start with keywords first before implementing competitive monitoring. Brands mus...

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#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People Click?
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#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People Click?

10y John Gagnon

#CZLNY: Smarter Ad Copy Testing: What Makes People...

Building off the "Mastering the PPC Challenge" session at ClickZ Live New York, a look at what makes people click, big picture decisions that affect a...

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Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Search)
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Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Search)

10y Kevin Lee

Display Media Bots? (5 Ways to Double Down on Sear...

Here are five great ways to deploy budgets to PPC search that are currently allocated to display advertising and may be victim to the bot impression a...

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Enterprise Brands Need a Search Center of Excellence
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Enterprise Brands Need a Search Center of Excellence

10y Team ClickZ

Enterprise Brands Need a Search Center of Excellen...

A search center of excellence can help with a daunting landscape of challenges, including internal stakeholders who want on-demand visibility and inco...

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Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a Supplier for Automating Product PPC Adverts
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Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a Supplier for Automating Pr...

10y Team ClickZ

Retail PPC: 3 Key Considerations When Choosing a S...

In order to select the right pay-per-click (PPC) automation partner, there are some critical success factors to consider before making your choice. He...

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Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It All Means for Your PPC Campaigns
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Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It All Means for Your PPC C...

10y John A. Lee

Crowded SERPs, Top-Heavy Ad Positions, and What It...

As search engines innovate, the SERPs will continue to be crowded, thus limiting the potential for a large number of text ads to display. If we are al...

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