Yelp has officially filed a lawsuit against Google for allegedly using its monopolistic powers to give Google an unfair advantage in local search and local search ads. “For years, Google has leveraged its monopoly in general search to pad its own bottom line at the expense of what’s best for consumers, innovation, and fair competition,” … Read more
Mary Kate Mack Mary Kate is the SEO Content Manager for seoClarity. Her favorite part of the platform is Content Fusion. “As someone who lives and breathes content creation, Content Fusion is the best resource for creating the best content and better search visibility. It’s powerful and continues to amaze me!” You can learn more … Read more
Marketing research consistently shows that accurate audience targeting and relevant lookalike modeling leads to higher audience engagement and, ultimately, greater conversions. The challenge, however, lies in obtaining permissioned data sources that offer insights into an audience’s habits, preferences and behavior. Enter direct mail. The 2024 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report found that quality audience targeting … Read more
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! The voices criticizing Google for killing small sites are shouting louder. Cases like HouseFresh or Retro Dodo garnered a lot of attention and made compelling cases. Hardcore updates and the growing rift between SEOs, publishers, and Google add kerosene to the fire. The most … Read more
Meta announced a string of updates to its Advantage+ and Shopping Ads, designed to help brands improve engagement, drive conversions, and deliver more personalized ads. The platform claims that the updates will help give consumers “the confidence to make a purchase after seeing an ad.” Advantage+ creative optimizations. This feature can now automatically optimize video … Read more
In an exclusive interview with Search Engine Journal, Yury Pinsky, Director of Product Management at Google Bard, provides insight into the current status and future trajectory of Google’s experimental AI chatbot. The interview offers a first-hand perspective into where Bard stands currently, where Google hopes to take it in the future, and how Google is … Read more
A new report from Deloitte Digital illuminates the escalating challenges content marketers face, and how forward-thinking brands are generating eye-opening results from generative artificial intelligence. Key findings include: 1 in 4 companies have already implemented generative AI for marketing content, with another 45% or surveyed marketers planning to implement by the end of 2024. Early … Read more
It might be surprising to learn that artificial intelligence (AI) has existed for over 70 years, but it’s only recently that the technology has become so advanced—and so widely available, in nearly everyone’s pocket. AI is especially promising for marketers as it allows them to do many tasks faster and more strategically than ever before. … Read more
If there is one thing Meta has been pushing on paid social practitioners over the past couple of years, it’s automation. From automatically “enhancing” creative to fit the needs of the different placements (and people) on the platform to suggesting copy for your ads, Meta is making its ad platform as approachable as possible. And … Read more
Google probably won’t ever tell us how its algorithms work – but that doesn’t mean it won’t drop a few hints. Google’s Search Quality Rater guidelines mention E-E-A-T (experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness) 126 times – which is a pretty big indicator that this is important, according to Melissa Fach, lead SEO content manager at … Read more
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