Google manipulated ad auctions and inflated costs to increase revenue, harming advertisers, the Department of Justice argued last week in the U.S. vs. Google antitrust trial. What follows is a summary and some slides from the DOJ’s closing deck, specific to search advertising, that back up the DOJ’s argument. Google’s monopoly power This was defined…
A PPC professional’s job goes beyond just launching paid search campaigns. An equally important task is optimizing and scaling those campaigns for maximum effectiveness and impact. This requires diving deep into the performance data to uncover valuable insights that can inform optimization strategies. The data from your paid search campaigns contains a wealth of insights…
Graph Neural Network (GNN)–based motion planning has emerged as a promising approach in robotic systems for its efficiency in pathfinding and navigation tasks. This approach leverages GNNs to learn the underlying graph structure of an environment, enabling it to make quick and informed decisions about which paths to take. Let’s delve into the detailed…
Statcounter has revised data indicating that Google took a massive hit to its search market share in April while Microsoft Bing and Yahoo made ludicrous gains. Inaccurate data. For U.S. search market share in April, here’s what Statcounter was showing just a few days ago: Google fell to 77.52%, down from 86.94% in March and…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google got their cost down to generate AI answers in search by 80%. Google is interested in alternatives to hreflang. Google may recrawl URLs multiple times per…
There seems to be this new “thing” emerging online. I’m not sure whether you’d call it work shaming or effort shaming, but people are being called out for wanting to work more. Don’t get me wrong – burnout is real. No one wants to see anyone get to that stage. But there is a real…
Google’s local search results have been shifting quite a bit since the start of 2024. As with the rise of Reddit and other forums, Google is trying to serve users more relevant and relatable content – and in the local space, that means showing users more localized content. Specifically, we have seen a major shift…
Google expanded Performance Max to help merchants drive sales directly through online marketplaces, such as Amazon. The big picture. Performance Max for Marketplaces allows sellers to create Google ad campaigns that send traffic to their product listings on third-party ecommerce platforms, without needing a website or Merchant Center account. Why we care. For marketers with…
The retail landscape is in flux. What may have worked for retail marketers just a few years ago may no longer have the same impact today. Why? Buyer journeys are evolving, spending habits are shifting, and, notably, the savviest marketers are accounting for these changes. Success for the modern retail marketer hinges upon a deep…
There has been rapid growth in the open-source landscape for Large Language Models (LLMs) after the release of the Llama3 model and its successor, Llama 2, by Meta in 2023. This release has led to the development of multiple innovative LLMs. These models have played an important role in this dynamic field by influencing…