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Google Analytics Admin Panel Gets a Redesign

Google Analytics announced a redesign of the administration panel. Not only does the new design have a more consistent look and feel, but it should also go a long way to helping users visualize the settings for an account, property and prof..

Join Us To Discuss Tips for Making the Most Out of Your Summer Travels with Travel Expert and Founder of Vagabondish, Mike Richard

Summer is officially here which means it’s finally time to go on your highly anticipated summer vacation! Travel logistics are squared away and your bags are packed – you are ready to begin your adventure! Now the only decision..

#Facebook #Hashtags #FTW?

Facebook announced hashtags last week, giving validation to everyone who used the original Twitter function to drive home their point in a Facebook status update. What was once unnecessary is now helpful in discovering new content in Facebo..

Google Webmaster Tools Warnings to Include Example URLs

Good news for webmasters who have been struggling to identify links and pages that have been trigger warnings in Google Webmaster Tools. Google will now include example URLs in their emails warning webmasters about manual spam actions.

Bing Makes Voice Recognition on Windows Phone More Accurate and Twice as Fast

If you’re using a Windows Phone in the US, you may have noticed that the voice capabilities on your phone have gotten better. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been rolling out updates to Windows Phone customers, to improve the sp..

How to Report Organic Search Traffic Gains After Filtering 'Bad' Traffic

SEO reporting has little to do with ranking reports. Ensuring strong analytical measurements is key to gain trust with your clients/company executives, because that transparency shows what is truly working, rather than managing based on "fe..

6 Mobile Marketing Tactics to Nurture Customer Relationships

Text reminders, polls and surveys, sweepstakes, push notifications, social integration, and loyalty and membership programs are six mobile tactics to help you stay connected with your customers to generate and maintain customer love.

Verify your site in Webmaster Tools using Google Tag Manager

Webmaster level: Intermediate If you use Google Tag Manager to add and update your site tags, now you can quickly and easily verify ownership of your site in Webmaster Tools using the container snippet code . Here’s how it’s done: 1. On th..

Google Doubletalk and the Three Bears

Small business owners who want to succeed in SEO should embrace diversity, moderation and consistency to avoid the extremes. The trick is to do real SEO that will last. And they must ignore silver bullets as they represent fairy tale thinki..

Links, Likes and Le Retweets

Shortcuts.  Such a negative term, isn’t it?  Perhaps we should call it “seeking efficiencies”?  But you, it won’t matter what you call it, it’s a bad path to follow when seeking support for your..

Trends and Techniques for Digital Marketers and Data Geeks #SESTO

Technology is changing the way users are searching and interacting with technology. Bing Ads Evangelist John Gagnon shares some unique patterns, strategies and techniques that can help you interpret big data to make smarter marketing decisi..

Local Link Building: An Easy Win

Local link building is often overlooked within link building campaigns. Here's how to optimize links for local search by building great national industry links using geo-specific anchor text, and building great links from local authorities...

The New Inbox: The Intersection of Email, Mobile & Social Marketing

The mobile age is transforming the "inbox." Here's why your email marketing is a strong foundation for social and mobile marketing success, and how you can immediately optimize for and navigate the social and mobile currents.

Twitter Offers Free Analytics For All Users

The information is basic, and is the same information that business users have had for some time. But for smaller businesses and marketers, having this information at a glance is helpful without having to resort to a third party tool.

Jeffrey Hayzlett: Here’s How to Be an Agent for Change #SESTO

Best-selling author and marketer Jeffrey Hayzlett says Businesses need clock changers. People who are change agents. People who don’t mind making mistakes in order to offer solutions, instead of just complaining about problems.

SEO Into 2014: The Irreversible Changes in Google's Products

Google is straying from being solely a place to search – and evolving into an area you can explore. How do SEO professionals understand and dominate this new side of discovery to drive traffic, engagement, branding and customer loyalty?

Google Makes It Even Harder to Estimate Missing iOS 6 Organic Search Data

Applying PPC data has been key in accurately estimating the impact of missing iOS 6 organic traffic data. Unfortunately, Google now is returning trackable referral information for PPC only, skewing the ability to accurately apply this infor..

Financial Services PPC Ad Copy Breakdown [Study]

A new Bing Ads analysis provides insights into sub-verticals like banking, auto insurance, credit cards and health insurance. Here are a few key takeaways for how to create engaging ad titles and descriptions that boost your click-through r..

Google Buys Navigation App Waze for $1 Billion

Google has reached an agreement to acquire navigation app maker Waze in a deal believed to be valued upwards of $1 billion, beating out rivals Facebook and Apple, which were also rumored to be mulling a bid for the startup.

Streamlining Google Analytics Administration Experience

We’re proud to announce the launch of a dramatically streamlined user experience for managing Google Analytics administrative settings! When visiting the Analytics Admin tab, you will now find all major settings readily accessible from thi..

Enhanced campaigns: What happens on July 22, 2013

This week, we published some of the reasons advertisers have already upgraded more than 3 million legacy campaigns to enhanced campaigns. If you have already upgraded all of your campaigns, then you are all set!  If you still have som..

Google Targets Spammy Queries, Bad Mobile Sites With New Ranking Updates

Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts has announced that a new ranking update, one that targets spammy queries is now live. Separately, Google is warning that if you have a bad mobile website, your search rankings will soon be hurting...

Google AdWords Keyword Match Types and Negatives: The Ultimate Guide

Mastering keyword match types is critical to PPC advertising success. There are several different match types: broad match, broad match modifier, phrase match, exact match, and negative match. Here's how each can work for or against you.

Why Social Media Listening is Important for Brands

Listen up! The key to social media success for brands is ... listening. Are you missing out on opportunities to increase revenue and sales? Here are some real cases that illustrate why you should be listening to your audience on social medi..

Is Online Privacy a Pipe Dream?

Remember years ago when the first noises were being made about protecting your data online, a lot of naysayers would respond "If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"? Keep tellin' yourself that, pilgrim!

Unleashing the Combined Power of Google Analytics and AdWords: Webinar Next Tuesday, 6/18

In many ways, Google Analytics and AdWords were made for each other. AdWords helps advertisers reach an audience and reports on advertising performance, and Google Analytics can tell you what actions your users take when they actually get ..

Top Father’s Day Searches on Bing

From brunches and barbeques to fishing poles to golf clubs, Father’s Day topics are trending up on Bing this week. When it comes to celebrating dear old dad, 57 percent of respondents in a recent Bing survey said they switch up their..

10 for 10 publisher stories: Papilles et Pupilles finds a recipe for success

This week marks the last post of our ‘10 for 10’ success story series, which we’ve been sharing in the weeks leading up to AdSense’s 10th anniversary. Thanks for following along and submitting your own stories . Read on to meet this week’s..

Webinar Next Tuesday 6/18: Unleashing the Combined Power of Google Analytics and AdWords

Register for next week’s webinar: Register here In many ways, Google Analytics and AdWords were made for each other. AdWords helps advertisers reach an audience and reports on advertising performance, and Google Analytics can tell you what..

Branded Videos Shared More Than 500,000 Times Every 24 Hours

New research demonstrates that social video recommendations significantly impact traditional brand metrics. Enjoyment of a video correlates positively with all tested brand metrics in the sales funnel, including favorability and purchase in..

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