Accepting Instead of Innovating: Agencies Move Their Focus Away From Search

Ad Age reports that several high-profile search engine marketing agencies have widened their focus to include social media, display, and more. While the article hints that these developments are taking place because of slowed growth in paid search, the root cause may be that agencies and technology companies haven’t innovated in the space. Continue reading

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The Human Factor in Search, Part 3 – Institutional Knowledge, or the Lack Thereof

There are human factors that limit the value and potential of paid search advertising. Search engine marketing can be made easier when institutional knowledge of paid search advertising campaigns is implemented. Continue reading

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Why You Can, and Should Invest More in Search

To generate more profits from your search campaign you need to unlock more keywords for more products in such a way that they are profitable. Continue reading

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The Challenges of Ad Grouping while Mining the Long Tail

Mismanaging ad groups can result in too few or too many keywords per group, hurting relevancy and, ultimately, ROI. Continue reading

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Retail SEM Pitfalls: Relying Solely on Broad Match

Even with superior skills, experience and a deep understanding of best practices, search engine marketers can be humbled by time, budget and complexity challenges. Continue reading

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Once upon a time in search engine marketing …

There’s a tempting metaphor for search marketers in the Cinderella fairy tale… Continue reading

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The next (disruptive) thing in search marketing.

Query diversity makes search marketers’ lives miserable. Prospective customers are typing their wants and needs into a search engine – should be simple to respond, yes? No. Continue reading

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Pity the poor Search Engine Marketer.

There are people behind all that dazzling technology enabling search engines and the blizzard of statistics they generate. And things aren’t getting any easier for them. Continue reading

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Search Marketing ROI: An Insufficient Toolbox?

Too many bidders for your best-performing keywords, slower traffic growth, tepid clickthrough and stagnant conversion – what levers can you pull to change the dynamic of a sluggish search campaign? Continue reading

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