30-second summary: 2020 set the stage for one of the most disruptive and fluid years search has ever seen. Local search and Google My Business (GMB) set to be key focal areas for search advertisers and marketers amid shifts in COVID era search activity. Google continues to make moves at further integrating ecommerce into search. ..
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30-second summary: Google launched over 4,000 search improvements and new features throughout 2020. Baidu continued to crack down on poor quality sites with its 2020 updates its StrongWind algorithm was introduced to control aggregator content from malicious sites. Bing attempted to build on its approximately 2.8% global search engine market share by adding a Bing app to Xbox. ..
30-second summary: Brands face increasing challenges to capture audiences’ attention with paid posts as users learn to scroll past sponsored content. Advertising spending has dropped during the pandemic, meaning there’s less competitive noise and no better time to shine. Marketer Mike Monroe shares the three most important drivers of increased engagement with sponsored posts on ..
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30-second summary: Hyperlocal SEO will help struggling communities salvage their local businesses. Moz surveyed over 1,400 local business marketers and more than half said they plan to implement Google’s new features to support COVID-19 affected businesses. Five under-rated yet crucial parameters marketers need to stay on top of. Sarah Bird’s special tips to optimize audience ..
30-second summary: Trends suggest that about 25% of businesses paused their marketing and advertising on social media during the first six months of 2020. Facebook reports that 89% of advertisers reconsidered their budget in response to the coronavirus outbreak. This post attempts to underline some of the strategies you can consider practicing to restore your ..
30-second summary: COVID-19 has kept consumers in their homes, which has led to significant spikes in internet use and companies scrambling to digitize in order to meet customers where they are. The ability to quickly develop digital capabilities will continue to be critical for meeting customer needs and ensuring organizations’ survival. To remain competitive, companies must ..
30-second summary: It’s important to stay engaged with our audience during the crisis, and there’s a lot we can do to accomplish that. Low budgets, limited workforce, and lesser bandwidth for content production are some challenges businesses are seeing on the forefront. Roman Daneghyan shares four strategies to maintain your social media activity during ..
30-second summary: Review your channel mix to find new sources of traffic. Update your website messaging to show and understanding of the evolving situation. Monitor user intent to understand how your market is shifting and how you need to react. Focus on CRO, traffic is more valuable than ever, so make sure it converts. Keep ..