Advertisers have been encouraged to reevaluate their match type and bidding strategies to effectively optimize costs and maximize campaign performance. The advice was published in a new report conducted by Optmyzr that investigated broad match type vs exact match type. Although researcher and Optmyzr evangelist Navah Hopkins previously strongly supported broad match in favor of…
Yelp has reported record-breaking profits driven by a sharp rise in ad revenue in the third quarter of 2023. The company’s total net revenue increased 12% year-on-year to $345 million, comprising of: $330 million in advertising revenue. $3 million in transactions revenue. $12 million in other revenue. The Q3 earnings marked a 12% rise in…
TikTok is positioning itself as a prime destination for search discovery, touting its community-driven approach as a key differentiator from traditional search engines. New insights. TikTok released new insights emphasizing the platform’s role in driving discovery across the marketing funnel: 61% of TikTok users discover new brands/products on the app, 1.5x more than other platforms….
Did you know? In 2022, Black Friday online sales totaled over $9.12 billion, and Cyber Monday sales totaled over $11.3 billion. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping days of the year in the United States. These events are a great opportunity for retailers to boost sales and generate excitement for…
Men earn an average of 36% more than women in search marketing in 2024, according to a new Search Engine Land survey. While there is less of a gender pay gap disparity in senior positions, there is still a disparity. Additionally, women were more likely to have changed jobs or received promotions more recently than…
The world’s biggest advertising group announced a major collaboration with Google that will see it utilize Gemini AI to help produce its ads, including: Ad narration. Voiceover script generation. Product image creation. The landmark partnership with WPP means that Google’s robots could potentially end up creating ads for some of the biggest brands in the…
Bing, and other software companies, like Google, tend to roll out new features slowly. So they might roll out a new feature first to 1% of users, then 10%, then 50% and then eventually 100% of users. This rollout is done randomly to reduce bias, Microsoft Bing’s Mikhail Parakhin said on Twitter. Mikhail Parakhin was…
Google Ads has a certification program and has had one for a while. But Google is now requiring some, if not all, advertisers who take the certification exam to record themselves while they take the test. PPC Greg received an email notification from one of Google’s certification exam partners with the details. The new requirements…
TikTok accused U.S. Senators of staging a “predetermined” vote to ban the platform in the United States. Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on legislation that gives TikTok’s owner, China’s ByteDance, six months to divest the app. If it doesn’t, TikTok could be completely banned in the United States, losing its 150…
Google’s mobile-first indexing initiative that started just about seven years ago is now complete, according to Google. “It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. We’re delighted to announce that the trek to Mobile First Indexing is now complete,” John Mueller from Google wrote on the Google blog. History. As a reminder, Google started mobile-first…