Personalization is rapidly becoming essential for businesses to drive engagement, loyalty and revenue growth. With declining website traffic from search and the phase-out of third-party cookies, companies must find new ways to maximize every visitor interaction. Consumers now expect personalized, tailored experiences across all touchpoints, just as they receive on social media. This article explores…

Statcounter has updated its search engine market share stats for April – and the results are shocking. If they’re true. I’m doubtful – but hoping Statcounter will confirm whether these numbers are indeed accurate. By the numbers. Google’s U.S. search market share in the U.S. fell to 77.52% in April, down from 86.94% in March and…

As the paid search advertising landscape evolves, AI and language model tools are gaining traction in streamlining and optimizing campaign restructuring processes.  Some paid search specialists are no longer content with the status quo. Others argue that our industry has been using AI all along and that the AI revolution is only a shift in…

Is your social media strategy keeping pace with the latest industry trends and innovations? Deloitte’s comprehensive “State of Social Media” report reveals that social-first brands are achieving remarkable outcomes – including an average 10.2% revenue increase – by repositioning social at the core of their entire brand and customer experience. In this can’t miss MarTech…

The Google interface we know today will be gone in less than three years. As ridiculous as this prediction may seem, I remember back in 2004 when Google.com finally overtook Yahoo.com. For eight years, no one thought that would ever happen, but it did. Why? Simply put, Yahoo had the best user experience on the…

Google Ads will automatically pause low-activity keywords, starting in June, according to an email sent to advertisers by the Google Ads team. What is low activity? Campaigns that were created more than 13 months ago and that have had zero impressions in the past 13 months. Why we care. Navah Hopkins explained it well on…

Google’s new Search spam policy around reputation abuse – or what SEOs have referred to as “parasite SEO” – will take effect “after May 5,” according to Google. May 5 is this Sunday. We knew this was coming. Google told us this change was coming in March, when Google announced multiple search enhancements, which also…

If you’ve ever tried using avatars or buyer personas to write a Google Ads headline, you know it can be frustrating and fruitless. You try to define your target market, only to be told, “Our audience is anyone who wants our product – we don’t exclude anyone.” Persist a bit and you might refine it…

B2B lead generation through paid search is constantly evolving. Today’s effective PPC strategies differ from previous years. B2B marketers must adapt and zero in on: Hyper-personalization using first-party data. Leveraging account-based marketing to target high-intent audiences. Engaging and educating prospects with interactive content. Developing compelling video assets for Performance Max and beyond. Using AI-driven automation….