How Frederick Vallaeys sees AI reshaping the future of paid search
Frederick Vallaeys reflects on how PPC evolved from scrappy arbitrage to AI-driven automation—and what marketers risk missing next.
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This day in search marketing history: March 16
Google to sunset Universal Analytics, plus: Google's doorway page penalty, over-optimization, Chrome’s paid link penalty ends and more.
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This day in search marketing history: March 5
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Google expands mobile-friendliness for ranking, plus: mobile-first indexing, AdWords Flexible Conversion Counting, Google Panda and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 23
Google penalizes Natural News, plus: Google AdSense separates YouTube earnings, BrightEdge acquires Oncrawl, florist war on AdWords and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 21
Google Search Console sends alerts for big drops in clicks, plus: CTR myth resurfaces, poor grammar and typos impact Bing rankings and more.
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Google stops supporting meta news keywords tag, plus: Google Ads tweaks mobile speed score algorithm, Voluntary Code of Practice and more
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Yahoo stops using Google search, plus: Core Web Vitals, RSAs become default, Google Shopping Campaigns For PLAs and more.
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Microsoft introduces the Bing Network, plus: Standard Shopping campaigns, Google Panda eats Demand Media, Google Social Search and more.
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Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
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Google AMP stories launch, plus: unconfirmed algorithm updates, faceted navigation and infinite scroll, AdWords display URL policy and more.
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Google releases URL Inspection Tool API, plus: AdWords IF functions, Page Speed Update confusion, local paid inclusion and more.
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Google explains the core algorithm, plus: indexifembedded, Google sets sights on content farms, trademarketing SEO and more.
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Matt Cutts forks guest blogging, plus: Semrush buys Backlinko, ranking factor study, a Google search quality rater interview and more.
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Google's SOPA/PIPA prorest, plus: URL changes, Google core algorithm updates, AdWords mobile targeting, stop words and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 17
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