Search Engine Journal contributor Matt Southern has reported that the search engine DuckDuckGo has set a new record by getting 100 million searches per day. He says, “DuckDuckGo celebrates a milestone as it reaches 100 million searches in a single day. DuckDuckGo’s public traffic data indicates the record was hit this past Monday, January 11. Including Monday’s milestone number, DuckDuckGo is on track to hit around 90 million daily average searches for the month of January”. DuckDuckGo Hits New Record: 100 Million Searches Per Day Search Engine Journal  [...]

Search Engine Journal has published a new report titled ‘The Global PPC Click Fraud Report 2020-21’ sponsored by PPC PROTECT. Here are key click fraud findings from the report: 11% of search ad clicks are fraudulent or invalid. 36% of display ad clicks are fraudulent or invalid. 17% of CTV impressions are fraudulent or invalid. Only 13% of accounts monitored had little to no fraudulent or invalid activity. SEJ team says, “In PPC Protect’s first-ever annual report on the state of click fraud, we dive into first-hand data from our database of almost 1 billion ad clicks and... [...]

Entrepreneur magazine contributor James McKinney has published a new podcast episode ‘How to Leverage Personal Videos to Build Relationships with Customers’ featuring Matt Barnett. He says, “Matt Barnett is the founder of Bonjoro, a tool for sending personal videos to customers. In this clip from an episode of “The Startup Story” podcast, Barnett talks about leveraging video for customer satisfaction, onboarding and sales cycles to increase revenue. Barnett unpacks the value proposition of video as a tool for building relationships with potential customers and how to leverage... [...]

Clickbank is a very large platform for digital products in many niches, from gardening to health to online marketing to weight loss and lots of niches in between. In fact, Clickbank is said to be the largest affiliate platform in the world. Whatever niche you want to target, Clickbank likely has products you may sell as an affiliate, and when you create a product, you can find affiliates there, too. Unlike WarriorPlus and JVZoo, Clickbank is not primarily focused on the online marketing niche, but on dozens of profitable niches. In many cases, product owners allow beginning marketers to be an... [...]

Entrepreneur magazine has published a new video ‘How to Acquire Your First 100 Customers’ featuring David Roger to help marketers and businesses get more customers. James McKinney says, “David Roger is the co-founder and CEO of Felix Gray, which sells blue light-filtering glasses. In this clip from an episode of “The Startup Story” podcast, Roger talks about growth tactics he has learned and would use today to get his first 100 customers. Roger talks about the importance of getting close to customers to learn from them. He talks about scaling once you understand why people... [...]

Social media platforms have become an integral part of marketing and promotional initiatives. With proper social media marketing planning, you can take your business to new heights. Entrepreneur magazine contributor Karen Spaeder has shared top 5 social media marketing pitfalls. She says, “To make the most of the opportunities available to you on social media, start with an honest audit of your current marketing strategy. By avoiding the common missteps below, you’ll be more likely to reach your audience, build a relationship with your followers and achieve your marketing goals. 1. Focusing... [...]

WordPress.com has started offering website development. Currently, it offers website designing and development in the following areas: Online Stores Educational Websites Professional Services. It’s custom websites plan starts at $4,900. WordPress.com – Custom Website Development WordPress.com  [...]

Content Marketing Institute is hosting a webinar ‘How to 10x Your Content Conversions With Digital Strategies That Work’ featuring Molly Clarke, Head of Digital Marketing at Drift, Caitlin Seele, Digital Marketing Manager at Drift, and Stephanie Stahl, General Manager at CMI on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at 2.00 pm ET. The CMI team says, “The digital trends born out of necessity in 2020 aren’t going away anytime soon. But with you (and all your competitors) vying for buyers’ attention online, the question becomes: How do you stand out and stand apart in 2021? Join... [...]

In his interaction with Search Engine Journal, Google’s John Mueller has indicated the possibility of Google rolling out Web Stories more widely if site owners in other countries start using them. Matt Southern says, “Site owners can expedite the roll out of new search features to their country by utilizing before until they’re officially supported.For example, there are types of structured data markup that Google supports as rich results in some countries but not others. To name one, there’s the new Home Activities markup that’s supported in the US only. If site owners in other... [...]

Neal Schaffer has published an article highlighting 16 tools to improve your video marketing. He says, “As nearly everyone in our industry knows, video marketing is hot. Really hot. In fact, video marketing has been slowly taking over multiple social networks due to its overwhelming popularity. Although at one time it was expensive to produce, nowadays video marketing is a cost-effective option for most brands. If your company hasn’t tried this type of marketing, it should. Whether you’re looking to get into video marketing for the first time, or you just need new tools, here are some... [...]