Google allows ads for sports betting in Louisiana
Advertisers must be state-licensed and certified by Google to run gambling...
How to win with PPC in a dataless world
There's less data available for PPC marketers, but that doesn't mean it's less actionable. At SMX Next, Sam Tomlinson shows how marketers can...
Google Search Console logging issue may cause drop in image search performance data
The issue started on January 24 and is still ongoing, so please note this in your...
Gmail campaigns to stop running on June 28
The campaign type’s deprecation date is now set, nearly a year after standalone Gmail campaigns became...
Smart Shopping and Local campaigns to be transitioned to Performance Max by end of September
Google will also launch a “one-click” self-service tool for advertisers that would like to transition their campaigns ahead of the...
How to produce actionable content throughout the marketing funnel
Too many brands neglect their marketing funnels and miss sales opportunities. At SMX Next, Andrea Cruz shows how marketers can improve their...
Google’s Topics API: Advertisers share concerns about topic diversity and other potential challenges
While paid search marketers applaud Google’s proposed user privacy measures, they’re keen to highlight its shortcomings — particularly the...
Google Ads scripts rolls out support for asset-based video ads
Advertisers have until February 28, 2022, to migrate their code from the previous media-based video...
4 automated campaign types and how to control them
Automation should supplement, not replace, your skills. At SMX Next, Michelle Morgan and Joe Martinez shared how they find a balance between...
tCPA may not be going away (yet), but it should: Why it’s time to embrace value-based bidding
Determining the value of your conversions can lead to smarter Google Ads bidding. And, if tCPA does go away, you won't find yourself scrambling...
Google kills FLoC, introduces Topics API as its next-gen targeting tech
The new Privacy Sandbox proposal determines topics to share with sites and advertisers based on the user’s previous three weeks of browsing...
Google tests favicons in text ads
Google has confirmed a small experiment that might help users more easily identify an advertiser — by including their favicon in the...
Top 5 mistakes that can make or break your international search strategy
Getting SEO and PPC wrong means lost time, budget and...
Why entity search is necessary for SEO success
Keywords are foundational, but entities may be the future. At SMX Next, a panel of SEO experts shows how marketers can optimize their content...
Evolving Core Web Vitals tactics using Cloudflare and WebpageTest
In this article, we demonstrate an evolution from an original concept for a testbed to a project suitable for our future events and...
Google Ads issue impacted some Discover and Performance Max campaigns between Jan. 18-21
The issue, which affected the serving of ads on YouTube, has been...
How AI can automate SEO tasks at scale
AI and its offshoots are expanding capabilities for marketers to help them scale tasks. At SMX Next, Eric Enge shows how marketers can improve...
Google adds new robots tag indexifembedded
This new robots tag lets you define if you want your content indexed when it's embedded through iframes or other...
Google updates product structured data for car review snippets
Car schema is not supported automatically as a subtype of product...
Google Ads launches placement reports for Performance Max campaigns
Placement reports show where Performance Max ads have served, which may help with brand safety efforts, as well as how many impressions...