Straight from the source: 2026 Search Engine Land Awards judges reveal what makes an application award-worthy
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Brad Geddes on 20 Years of Paid Search Evolution
Brad Geddes reflects on the evolution of search marketing and why human creativity will remain essential in an AI-driven future.
Beyond keywords: Mastering AI-driven campaigns
PPC experts explain how AI Max and Performance Max reshape search, when automation wins, and where human strategy still drives better leads.
In Google Ads automation, everything is a signal in 2026
Automation performance depends on signal quality. Learn how Google Ads prioritizes signals, how pollution starts, and how to correct drift.
Search Engine Land Awards 2025: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will be announced Oct. 27.
[TODAY] Live Generative Engine Optimization training with Will Scott
Don't miss this 5-star training experience, rich with actionable tactics to keep you a cut above the rest.
What to do when Google Ads performance declines
Facing a Google Ads slump? Use this step-by-step framework to regain control, communicate clearly, and optimize strategically.
Dealing with Google Ads frustrations: Poor support, suspensions, rising costs
Google Ads is a powerful platform – but not without its headaches. Here’s why advertisers are frustrated and what needs to change.
How to make search and PMax campaigns complement each other
Running Search & PMax campaigns can lead to overlapping issues. Discover the pitfalls to avoid and how to achieve success.
Search Engine Land Awards 2024: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will be announced Oct. 21.
How will Google’s Search Generative Experience impact PPC marketing?
From keyword research to ad copy creation to competitor research, here's how SGE could transform PPC marketing.
Search Engine Land Awards 2023: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will be announced Oct. 23.
Quality score in paid search: Vanity or valuable?
While quality score is not the be-all and end-all of PPC, search marketers can still use it for optimizing campaigns. Here's how.
This day in search marketing history: March 26
More sites move to Google mobile-first indexing, plus: Google penalizes entire site over one guest blog post, Google Maps logo bomb and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 18
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: March 9
Google's Fred update, plus: people also ask, personalization, Google puts bad merchants on notice and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 2
Happy 28th birthday, Yahoo!, plus: Semrush plans IPO, click to call ads, Google's About 260 problem, Steve Ballmer yelling at SMX and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 1
Google publishes Search quality rating guidelines, plus: Ginny Marvin joins Google, AdWords Price Extensions, click fraud and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 28
R.I.P., DMOZ, plus: Multifaceted featured snippets, Google's non-answer on CTR, voice search ranking factors and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 20
Google stops supporting meta news keywords tag, plus: Google Ads tweaks mobile speed score algorithm, Voluntary Code of Practice and more
This day in search marketing history: February 18
Yahoo stops using Google search, plus: Core Web Vitals, RSAs become default, Google Shopping Campaigns For PLAs and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 4
MicroHoo Day 4, plus: Google expands phrase match, Google Adds JSON-LD support, reconsideration requests and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 2
Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using Amazon's algorithm and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 1
Bing accused of copying Google's search results, plus: Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo, about this result, fake locksmith issues and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 31
Google releases URL Inspection Tool API, plus: AdWords IF functions, Page Speed Update confusion, local paid inclusion and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 30
Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local reviews in Google search and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 14
What happened when we turned off AMP, plus: Shopify's chat bug, comment spam, mobile first, missing tweets and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 8
A shift from keyword research to intent research, plus: search engines taking data from SEOs, PPC spending/budget cuts, and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 4
Rap Genius gets out of Google jail, plus: how Rick Santorum made his Google problem worse, Yahoo's new CEO and more
This day in search marketing history: January 3
Why Google penalized Google Chrome, plus: DuckDuckGo launches Donttrack.us, Google challengers, Google newspaper ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 2
Google uses paid links and thin content to promote Chrome, plus: why people click on search ads, search quality raters guidelines and more.
PPC 2022 in review: Performance Max, Apple Search, chaos at Twitter, and more
If you thought it was going to be a dull year, you were wrong. Here’s a look at the most significant changes and most important PPC updates that happened in 2022.
Search Engine Land Awards 2022: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. And our first two winners!
How to audit your Google Ads account like a pro
Use this step-by-step analysis as a blueprint to audit and help improve the profitability of your own Google Ads account.
How and why marketers are revisiting PPC campaign organization
Learn how to organize your campaigns for maximum performance and deliverability from four PPC experts.
Search marketers agree: automation the least favorite part of PPC
We asked and you answered. Automation and lack of transparency ring in at number one. Support and clients are a close second.
How to find the balance between creativity and automation in PPC
Here's how you can use the potent combination of human input and machine learning to create winning PPC campaigns.
The top five digital marketing courses in the U.S.
Even a savvy marketer needs to choose the perfect program to fit their needs
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 number of topics in the initial design.