Lead generation: The evolution from spray-and-pray to precision targeting
New to lead generation? This guide explains what lead generation is, common methods, types of leads, and how businesses turn interest into sales.
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Adobe to shut down Marketo Engage SEO tool
Users have until March 31 to export SEO data as Adobe retires a little-used Marketo feature and shifts focus toward broader search tools.
MOFU keywords: Your secret shortcut for converting prospects into purchases
MOFU keywords bridge awareness and purchase. Learn how to find and use them to educate prospects, build trust, and guide them toward conversion.
Enterprise page speed optimization: Keys for effective collaboration
Learn to navigate the intricacies of web teams' tech stacks and performance budgets so you can craft effective page speed recommendations.
What’s the state of email beyond 2023?
A look back at this year’s trends in email marketing and what to look forward to next year.
SearchBot: Marketing operations expert
I’ve been “pre-prompted” as a marketing operations (MOps) expert with experience and certifications on most of the major marketing automation platforms and an expert practitioner of marketing operations, automation, analytics, CRM integration, and related topics. If you want to see my full context prompt and expertise, scroll down and you’ll find that information, along with […]
Google Ads for B2B: How to overcome challenges, platform limitations
Learn how to adopt a B2B mindset to Google Ads (a B2C product) that allows you to challenge the limitations of the platform.
How to fix the broken sales-marketing lead funnel
Sales and marketing can come together by fixing the broken lead funnel.
The top 4 data issues campaign managers face and how to solve them
Enable your marketing teams to be agile enough to react to real-time insights.
‘You got into Harvard Law?’ ‘What… like it’s hard?’ World Intellectual Property Day; Monday’s daily brief
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How Autodesk overhauled its marketing to align for better performance management
Speaking at the MarTech virtual conference, Zoe Marquardt described how the company overcame stubborn challenges.
Google extends lead forms to YouTube, Discovery campaigns
There are more contact fields, questions by vertical and new ways to automate customer data imports into Google Ads.
Social Shorts: TikTok’s future, Quora lead-gen ads, Facebook’s India plans
TikTok and LinkedIn under one roof? “Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions, as President Trump said on Friday that he was considering taking steps that would effectively ban the app from the United States,” The New York Times reported Friday. The […]
The third-party browser tracking cookie is dead. What’s next?
Why cookies are going away and how marketers can acquire more new customers without them using first-party data.
SearchCap: Google hack removal, Allo goes goodbye & responsive search ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google rolling out more features for responsive search ads, adding 10 languagesDec 6, 2018 by Ginny Marvin New tools in the web interface are designed to make creating RSAs easier. Missed […]
SearchCap: Google’s ad chief exits company, Google Analytics 360, SMX West 2019
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Ads chief Sridhar Ramaswamy leaves to join venture firm Oct 2, 2018 by Greg Sterling Ramaswamy will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, Google VP of Engineering for Google Cloud Apps. […]
SearchCap: Common SEO mistakes, Facebook outage impacts news site traffic & remarketing lists
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Are you guilty of these common SEO mistakes? Sep 24, 2018 by Sherry Bonelli Mistakes happen. When they do, the best response is to learn from your errors, and those made […]
SearchCap: Bing augmented reality & Quora targeting
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Augmented reality artist creates sculptures using Bing searchSep 21, 2018 by Chris Sherman At the Annual Bing Agency Awards in New York City on Thursday, guests were asked to input random […]
SearchCap: Bing drops URL submission tool, Ask the SMXperts, Google Maps, link building & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Maps now available for Apple CarPlay Sep 18, 2018 by Barry Schwartz The moment many Apple fans have been waiting for – Google Maps on CarPlay devices is now here. […]
SearchCap: Google’s indexing API, SMX East agenda, link building & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Getting it done: how to overcome common link building blockers Jun 26, 2018 by Paddy Moogan Link building is tough to begin with and made harder when company policies slow down […]
SearchCap: Crawl budget, content development & shopping ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling — Part TwoMay 2, 2018 by Stephan Spencer Next up in a series on bots and why crawl budgets are important, Columnist […]
10 ways to generate links with online influencers
Columnist Kevin Rowe shares tips on working with online influencers to boost your brand's link profile, its brand visibility and traffic to your site.
SearchCap: Google AdWords interface, Google Home listens & Apple Search Ads expands
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords rolls out new interface to all advertisersOct 11, 2017 by Susan Wenograd The new experience touts speed, upgraded visuals, more management tools. AMP up your call conversions: 5 things you […]
SearchCap: Google knowledge panel ads, Google Maps videos & AMP survey
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
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SearchCap: Google Instant dies, AdWords call bids & Google legal issues
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google has dropped Google Instant SearchJul 26, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Several years after Google launched Google Instant, they are killing the default search feature to bring search more inline with […]
SearchCap: Google Project Owl, trillions of searches & local reviews
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s ‘Project Owl’ — a three-pronged attack on fake news & problematic contentApr 25, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Google hopes to improve by better surfacing authoritative content and enlisting feedback about […]
SearchCap: Bing updates copyright removals, Google smart display ads & SEO beginners
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing updates its DMCA take-downs and copyright removal processApr 21, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Bing Webmaster Tools gains a content removal section for viewing and appealing DMCA take-downs. 5 must-dos for […]
SearchCap: AMP stats, AdWords & Salesforce & local SEO
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Exploring a newly-granted Google patent around social signalsOct 7, 2016 by Dave Davies Columnist Dave Davies takes a deep dive into a recently published Google patent for clues on how the […]
SearchCap: Google images, mobile shopping & election hub
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is Google showing fewer image boxes in its search results?Sep 15, 2016 by Barry Schwartz You are now 50% less likely to see the image box show up in your Google […]
SearchCap: Google extended text ads, Bing Ads structured snippets & Doodle 4 Google
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google bumps Expanded Text Ad deadline to January 31, 2017Sep 13, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Issues a set of dos and dont’s for testing expanding text ads. Bing Ads launches Structured […]
SearchCap: Google mobile page speed, Google Now on Tap updates & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming monthsJun 1, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn’t impact […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords hack, SEO ROI & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: True performance baselines & ROI for SEO without attribution modelingMay 31, 2016 by Chris Liversidge How do you determine your SEO program’s real performance, discounting the effects of seasonality, paid search […]
SearchCap: Gboard SEO, Google PLAs & Project Tango
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Product Listing Ads officially launch in Image search, among announcements for retailers May 16, 2016 by Ginny Marvin New features for Local Inventory Ads and an update on Purchases on […]
SearchCap: Google sitemaps, Gboard ads & Sitelink card ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bug? Google Sitemap index counts drop across Search Console reportsMay 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Many publishers and webmasters are seeing huge drops in the reported index count in the Google […]
SearchCap: Google webspam, Bing bad ads & translation
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google sent 4.3 million messages to webmasters and saw 33% increase in clean-up efforts May 2, 2016 by Barry Schwartz It is now even more important to verify your web site […]
SearchCap: Local Marketing, Content Marketing & A Reader Survey
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Global Content Marketing for Enterprise — September 24 Webcast Sep 14, 2015 by Search Engine Land Technologies, tactics and tricks for gaining market share with exceptional content. 14 Billion Reasons You […]
SearchCap: Bing’s 5th Birthday, Connect Google+ Pages & China’s Censorship
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New: Connect Your Google+ Business Page To Your Google Maps Listing Google has now enabled those with Google+ business pages to connect their page to their local business listing on Google […]
Check Out the New MarTech Sessions and Speakers from Adobe, HubSpot, IBM & Marketo – Lowest Rate Expires Friday
Keeping pace with emerging marketing technologies, determining the best fit, and getting the most from your investment are daunting challenges. At MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference, industry leaders will help you understand marketing technology and its impact on your organization. Register by Friday, June 6th to save $300 on MarTech. Sessions Just Added The MarTech […]
SearchCap: Google: News Sites May Have Seen A Decline In GoogleBot Crawling In March
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: News Sites May Have Seen A Decline In GoogleBot Crawling In March Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted that news related sites, such as this one, may have noticed a drop in […]