It feels like just yesterday we were discussing issues like how to dispute Google Ad disapprovals or the new restrictions for Housing, Employment, and Credit policies. And on July 20, 2021, we learned that come September, there’s going to be yet another twist in the plot of advertiser versus Google Ads policies, with Google’s new three-strike ad policy…
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9 Important SEO Metrics to Track (+ How to Improve Them)
One of the best things about digital marketing (over traditional offline marketing) is that you can measure nearly every part of your strategy. Free tools like Google Analytics provide comprehensive information on how your website’s performing, so you’re never uninformed about whether your SEO efforts are bringing in the right results. Image source But the…
NEW Optimized Targeting in Google Ads: What You Need to Know
Relying on search keywords to bring in all your paid traffic just doesn’t cut it anymore. Luckily, Google is making advancements in audience targeting in light of the future changes to third-party cookie data. The latest advancement as of July 2021 is optimized targeting. This is a branched-off targeting option automatically applied to advertisers leveraging audience or demographic…
Does Google Ads Quality Score Still Matter in 2021?
Now, before you start frantically searching for a Google announcement that they removed this metric, you can breathe out a sigh of relief because Quality Score still exists within accounts. But is it still relevant? Quality Score has always been considered one of the most elusive performance metrics in Google Ads. And with all the changes…
3 Reasons to Use Google Ads Dynamic Exclusion Lists (+How to Do It)
It’s interesting how quiet the release of Google Ads dynamic exclusion lists was back in April 2021. In my personal experience as a consultant specializing in display, this is a game-changer. If you’re running a display or video campaign, odds are that at some point, you’re going to run into a placement you’ll want to…
The Easy Guide to Google Ads Image Extensions in 2021
Image extensions are one of the most recent types of ad extensions we can use on the Google Ads platform. Unlike most other ad extensions, these don’t rely solely on text to expand your coverage on the SERPs. With Image Extensions, you can use a number of images to accompany your ads to give them a…
8 Creative PPC Strategies to Overcome Today’s Challenging Landscape
PPC best practices—like segmenting and targeting your audience, choosing the right keywords, and using data to optimize—are pretty evergreen. But because platforms evolve, companies grow, and customer behaviors shift, the strategies we use to practice them are usually not. And we’ve seen lots of challenging changes over the past year or so from Google, Apple, and Facebook…
2 Smart Strategies to Generate Leads on Facebook in iOS 14
iOS 14 has certainly lived up to the headache that it was predicted to be for several months. Between domain verification and aggregated event management, your average Facebook advertiser will certainly feel lost in the new iteration of the advertising platform. I’ve even seen experienced marketers scratching their heads as the hoops Facebook now makes…
3 Tips to Deal with Facebook Ads Aggregated Event Measurement
Thanks to Apple’s iOS 14 updates, Facebook advertisers who use events for conversion optimization now have to use the new Aggregated Event Measurement. And the kicker is that you’re now limited to only eight events per domain. Going from unlimited to only eight events really shakes things up, because conversion events can be used for…
Bing vs Google: Search Engine Comparison 2021
First published on 7 November 2017, updated on 2nd August 2021 In the Bing vs Google debate, many would automatically assume Google takes the crown from both users and digital marketers when it comes to preference and overall user experience. Whilst Google continues to dominate the Western market in 2021 with an 87.7% market share…