MOZ has published a new case study ‘How to Use Keywords to Combine the Power of SEO and Google Ads’ to help marketers and SEOs achieve better results. Adriana Stein says, “Both SEO and PPC are used for a common goal — search engine marketing (SEM) — and neither would survive without targeted keywords. Since both strategies have user intent and search demand in mind, you can: Create an organic and paid strategy that surpasses your competitors and uses an optimized budget. Maximize efficient content production that can be used both for SEO and PPC. Expand brand SERP awareness... [...]

Google has announced the availability of the Google Ads Creative Studio for all advertisers. Now they can utilize Google Ads Creative Studio to create customized ads more cost-effectively. Google’s Joe Moukabaa and Katie Kellogg say, “Now you can create multiple or even hundreds of versions of a single display or video ad. They can be customized for different audiences, locations, languages or contexts. Simply tell us what element of the ad creative — like a product image, superimposed text or sound — you want to set as ‘swappable’ and provide different versions of that element... [...]

Google has published ‘A guide to common Ad Manager policy questions’ to help marketers achieve better results from Google ads campaigns. John Brown says, “Ad Manager program policies help ensure we preserve a healthy digital ecosystem for the benefit of all users, advertisers and publishers. But we know we can do more to help Ad Manager partners better understand our policies. So, to answer some common questions, we’re sharing a new infographic with important information on: The role of advertising policies for Google’s advertising platforms Most frequently faced policy violations Resolving... [...]

With well-designed Google ads, you can take your online holiday sales to a new level. Its time to start working on it. Practical Ecommerce contributor Matthew Umbro has shared five steps to prepare Google ads for 2022 holidays. He says, “We’re halfway into 2022. Now is the time to prepare Google Ads accounts for the upcoming holidays. In this post, I’ll list five steps to generate better results while streamlining management during the busy period. Set Up Enhanced Conversions The benefits of Enhanced Conversions are mainly to track conversions when cookies are restricted. By adjusting... [...]

Watch Ignite Visibility’s latest Ignite Friday video ‘Is Inflation Influencing Ad Spend?’.  [...]

Search Engine Land contributor Amanda AI has answered an important question related to Google advertising: What’s the biggest hidden secret in Google Ads? She says, “Marketers are increasingly turning to automation to unlock new growth opportunities. Automated ads are quick, easy and simple to use. However, in a world of smart and automated strategies, optimizing advertising campaigns that outperform the competition can be challenging. Can marketers influence a smart or automated strategy? The answer may surprise you. A “secret” or not well-known tactic when it comes to Google Ads is... [...]

Search Engine Journal has published ‘A Complete Guide To Mastering B2B Programmatic Advertising’. Alex Macura says, “Programmatic marketing has truly delivered on its original promise of being “the future of online advertising” over the past 15 years. But what is programmatic marketing, and what does it look like today? Programmatic marketing is now a fundamental component of most omnichannel marketing strategies. It describes the complex process of using data and machine learning to unleash the power of hyper-segmentation of customers based on their online behavior. With... [...]

According to Juniper Research, by 2023 the global cost of digital advertising fraud will reach $100 billion. Invalid traffic and fraud consume your budget, leaving you with few genuine leads and poor advertising ROI. Marketing Land is hosting a webinar ‘Protect Your Paid Advertising Spend Against Ad Fraud and Invalid Traffic’ on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The ML team says, “In this presentation, you’ll learn how to verify advertising engagements and proactively block invalid traffic. Ad fraud expert, Adam French, will share his insights into creating better outcomes for digital... [...]

According to Juniper Research, by 2023 the global cost of digital advertising fraud will reach $100 billion. Invalid traffic and fraud consume your budget, leaving you with few genuine leads and poor advertising ROI. Marketing Land is hosting a webinar ‘Protect Your Paid Advertising Spend Against Ad Fraud and Invalid Traffic’ on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The ML team says, “In this presentation, you’ll learn how to verify advertising engagements and proactively block invalid traffic. Ad fraud expert, Adam French, will share his insights into creating better outcomes for digital... [...]

Search Engine Land’s Barry Schwartz has published a post reporting Google’s new featured snippet layouts test run. He says, “Google has recently been testing new formats, layouts and interfaces for its featured snippet slot in the search results. Generally, Google shows a single source for a featured snippet but since 2018 Google has occasionally shown multifaceted featured snippets for some queries. Many featured snippets. Google is testing showing many featured snippets, more than one, more than two – but up to four different featured snippets. Here are some tests spotted... [...]