The Vast Opportunity Of Audience-Based Search Marketing
Google may soon allow advertisers to use first-party data targeting in their search campaigns, and contributor George Michie explains why this change...
George Michie
George Michie is Chief Marketing Scientist of Merkle|RKG, a technology and service leader in paid search, SEO, performance display, social media, and the science of online marketing. He also writes for the RKG Blog. Follow him on Twitter at @georgemichie1.
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Paid Search Drives Store Revenue… But How Much?
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Average Position: A Distracting Lie
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Enhanced Campaigns: The Future Is Now
Enhanced Campaigns are the most important architectural change to Google AdWords since it moved from the right rail to take the place of...
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How Device Specific SEM Can Lead To More Valuable Traffic
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