MapQuest Brings Roadside Assistance Service To Mobile App

MapQuest has integrated “Uber for roadside assistance” service Urgent.ly into its updated app. What this means is that consumers are able to summon a tow truck or other service provider directly through the app. Roadside assistance through MaqQuest is available 24 hours a day. Service…

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AdWords Now Shows Up To 3 Business Locations In Google Mobile Search Ads

Google has made an update to AdWords location extensions that allows multiple locations to display in mobile search ads. When several business locations are nearby, users may see up to three locations in an ad. The extensions can display the street address and distance from the user’s current…

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DuckDuckGo Added To Firefox As Part Of Enhanced Privacy Options

Firefox is celebrating its 10th anniversary. A new version of the browser includes two new privacy features. The first is the availability of DuckDuckGo as a new pre-installed search engine choice. The second is a “forget” feature that allows users to delete recent history. Forget…

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Traffic Insights From Google Shopping Search Partners

Google recently started distributing Google Shopping campaigns to selected partners. Columnist Rebekah Schelfhout explores what impact, if any, this has had on advertisers.

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Veteran’s Day Google Logo Honors The Men & Women Who Serve In Our Armed Forces

Today’s Google logo is in honor of Veteran’s Day, paying homage to the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Along with an illustration depicting men and women in uniform and a red, white and blue Google logo, Google has included a link on its homepage to a career…

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Search Arbitrage Accounts For Largest Percentage Of Ads Competing On Brand Trademarks

Brands are often struggling with other advertisers encroaching on their trademark terms in search ads. Sometimes brand trademarks are used by “friendly” advertisers such as resellers, but a study released today from BrandVerity shows that search arbitrage accounts for the majority of…

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