AdWords Cross-Device Conversions: How 1-800-FLOWERS Is Using The Data To Be More Customer Centric

Yesterday,  we got an early preview of the first case study Google will publish on the use of estimated cross-device conversions in AdWords. It features 1-800-Flowers and also addresses the company’s use of click-t0-call. When Google first announced the release of estimated cross-device…

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What’s Old is New Again – Spam in the Google Local Results

Yesterday I reported on hijackings in local.  Since August there have been significant quality issues. But the spam… its like 2008 all over again for Google local. I hate looking at spam. It makes me feel dirty. But since Hummingbird that seems to be all that I see these days in local. Lots and lots […]

Search In Pics: Bing Hawks Towels, YouTube’s Emmy & Android Sugar Cubes

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Seattle Seahawks Bing Towels: Source: Twitter YouTube Emmy: Source: Google+…

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Google Issues Bad Ads Report: 59 Percent More Ads Pulled, But Fewer Bad Advertisers in 2013

In the ongoing battle to keep its ads ecosystem free of scammers and malware, Google says it pulled more than 350 million bad ads from its systems last year, up 59 percent from the 224 million it struck down in 2012. Looking back at last year’s bad ads report, it appears that for the first…

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Tax Season: Plan Now For Great Advertising Returns

Someone once said that Americans deserved a tax system that looked as it if were designed on purpose. No doubt, the world is a complicated place when tax time looms. Rule changes, exemptions, complicated deductions — it’s no wonder that people start to sweat a little as April 15…

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