Microsoft called 2020 a “challenging and disruptive year” for many of us and Microsoft said its goal was to ensure its platform “delivers accurate and relevant information to our customers while protecting them from low-quality or harmful experiences.” With that, Microsoft published its ad quality in review for 2020 and here are some of the […]
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What to know about email marketing in a pandemic world
The digital transformation that has been accelerated by the COVID outbreak has affected all parts of the martech stack, from platforms to apps. While the volume of email marketing campaigns has increased, not much attention has been paid to how email marketing itself has had to change. “In March all of our inboxes were kind […]
Martech responds to the pandemic
Every industry has had to deal with the effects of COVID differently, and in the martech world that means record demand for some companies while others have seen business grind to a halt. “When the pandemic broke out we saw people freeze in place and being asked not to spend money so there was not […]
2020 Google paid search trends that have nothing to do with the pandemic
It’s no secret to paid search marketers that COVID-19 has hugely impacted performance and advertisers’ ability to spend on paid search marketing in ways varied across industries and business situations. There have been plenty of articles written on some of these shifts. Here I’d like to talk about the 2020 trends affecting paid search marketers […]
4 things we learned about automated bidding during the pandemic
Bid management is understandably a favorite topic for PPC marketers because the right bids make the difference between campaigns that lose money and ones that make money. In the old days, search marketers spent a lot of time setting the right CPC bids. But nowadays, in a world where more of the day-to-day of PPC […]
Google shouldn’t pause algorithm updates during the pandemic, expert SEOs say [Video]
“I was expecting that people would be more like, ‘No, we don’t want updates,’” said Daniel Waisberg, search advocate at Google, in response to a Twitter poll that Search Engine Land News Editor Barry Schwartz posted asking whether Google should temporarily halt algorithm updates during the COVID-19 outbreak. Should Google stop pushing out search algorithm […]
What location data can tell us about the COVID-19 pandemic
Mobile location data is a versatile tool for marketers; it can act as a kind of real-world cookie substitute, help define audiences, provide competitive insights and enable online-to-offline attribution. And it’s now being deployed in the service of virus tracking as well as offering a near real-time look at the condition of the (offline) economy. […]