SES NY Roundup – Learnings from Our Retail Roundtables

Retailers face many challenges when trying to create effective paid search marketing campaigns. Our team at Adchemy talked with retailers at SES NY about their challenges in SEM and how they can overcome them. Continue reading

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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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Eventful Learning: eTail East and SES San Francisco

Adchemy has been a presence and sponsor at search engine advertising and retail industry events in the month of August. 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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The Human Factor in Search, Part 2 – Subjectivity

SEMs are undoubtedly an integral part of paid search advertising, and the role of the SEM is not endangered by technology. At the same time, by relying too heavily on people, advertisers may unknowingly be introducing a high degree of inconsistency in their campaigns, which can lead to longer-term manageability issues and mediocre performance. Deploying technology as much as possible helps advertisers (and agencies) to better leverage their SEMs knowledge and reduce SEM burn-out. Continue reading

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The Human Factor – Search Advertising

There seems to be no way to move past the fact that at some point, a human being managing keywords – the search marketing manager – becomes the limiting factor. Continue reading

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Schema.org: A Boost for SEO, but What Else?

The big news from last week is that Google, Yahoo!, and Bing have collaborated on a project called Schema.org which standardizes website markup codes, allowing the search engines to present content in specialized formats for improved organic results. This news, … Continue reading

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‘Catching up’ with Google Conversion Optimizer

As we’ve been talking to online retailers, it’s become clear that Google’s Conversion Optimizer has really improved in the last six months. Cost per Acquisition (CPA) bidding has gained traction in recent years with most major search management platforms offering … Continue reading

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Your Search Ad Landing Page is More Important than Ever!

It’s not enough anymore to use dynamic keyword insertion to mirror consumer search queries in ad copy and then direct them to a high-level category page within your site. Google’s landing page preview tool will show consumers that your selected product page does not offer them exactly what they are looking for and they will choose another online retailer to purchase from. 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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