Search Engine Marketing

The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly considering forcing parent company Alphabet to shed at least one of its units. Among the possibilities being explored following a judge’s ruling that Google violated antitrust laws, according to Bloomberg: Chrome, Google’s web browser. This one seems highly unlikely – web browsers aren’t exactly a lucrative business model. Android, Google’s operating […]

Google announced a grace period for its planned phase-out of commission-based bidding in Hotel Ads campaigns. The new deadline is Feb. 20, 2025 Why we care. This extension gives hotel advertisers more time to adapt and carefully plan and implement new bidding strategies to ensure uninterrupted campaign performance. Key details: Existing Hotel ads campaigns using

Google will soon make significant changes to its Google Ads API, simplifying the process of uploading conversion adjustments. Why we care. This update removes a key friction point for advertisers and API users, allowing for more immediate data adjustments and potentially more accurate campaign optimization. Driving the news. Starting Sept. 9, users can upload conversion

The visibility of AI Overviews in Google’s search results increased to 12% in July, only to fall back to 7% by the end of the month, according to new data from enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge. While AI Overviews now have a “stronger presence” compared to June, the visibility of Google’s AI-generated answers previously appeared on

It should be clear to everyone that the Google documentation leak and the public documents from antitrust hearings do not really tell us exactly how the rankings work.  The structure of organic search results is now so complex – not least due to the use of machine learning – that even the Google employees who

Broad match can be a powerful tool for expanding reach and capturing new audiences via Google Ads, but it isn’t always the best fit for every PPC campaign.  Knowing when to test and avoid broad match keywords is crucial to prevent overspending and inefficiency in your campaign. What are broad match keywords? Broad match keywords

A recent Pattern survey of 300-plus executives revealed that 94% of them plan to maintain or increase their investment in ecommerce over the next six to 12 months. What exactly does investment in ecommerce look like? Those surveyed had a handful of top-priority areas in mind: Nearly 60% plan on increasing their investment in product