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AI and local search: The new rules of visibility and ROI in 2025

AI and local search: The new rules of visibility and ROI in 2025

Local search is no longer just about maps and directories.  What began as a game of citation consistency has grown into a dynamic, intent-driven ecosystem shaped by real-time data, customer intelligence, and AI-powered personalization. Today, AI is redefining how people discover, evaluate, and interact with local businesses – reshaping the rules of visibility, experience, and […]

The ultimate Looker Studio SEO campaign dashboard for 2025

The ultimate Looker Studio SEO campaign dashboard for 2025

Google’s Looker Studio is a web-based reporting tool that lets SEO professionals and agencies create custom, interactive dashboards to show SEO performance.   What’s so great about it?  Looker Studio puts SEOs and agencies in full control of how they present data, with the freedom to pull from multiple sources. That level of customization isn’t standard […]

Meta Ads for lead gen: What you need to know

Meta Ads for lead gen: What you need to know

While Google Ads is common for lead generation, many people aren’t familiar with how to expand their marketing efforts to include Meta Ads for lead generation.  There are many options for Meta Ads (a.k.a. Facebook Ads) that work for a wide range of industries and methods for reducing junk leads, which can be more common […]

How CMOs Can Use Conversion Tracking & Attribution For Smarter Paid Media Strategy

How CMOs Can Use Conversion Tracking & Attribution For Smarter Paid Media Strategy

For chief marketing officers of retail brands and businesses, knowing which channels and campaigns deserve the marketing budget can directly impact the success and length of their tenure. But in today’s omnichannel environment of walled gardens, customers engage with your campaigns (and other assets) multiple times before converting. Since there is no perfect conversion tracking […]

How To Create An SEO Roadmap That Actually Drives Results

How To Create An SEO Roadmap That Actually Drives Results

Many companies approach SEO reactively – chasing rankings, responding to algorithm updates, being distracted by AI, or focusing on quick wins – without a long-term plan. But successful SEO strategies start with a structured roadmap that aligns with business objectives, technical priorities, and content planning. Planning isn’t an exciting term, and many planning processes are […]

Google begins rolling out Performance Max channel performance reporting

Google begins rolling out Performance Max channel performance reporting

Advertisers spotted Google’s new Performance Max (PMax) channel performance reporting — a sign the long-awaited feature is now rolling out. What it does: Shows detailed reporting on PMax performance by channel — like Search, Display, YouTube, and more. Lets advertisers spot underperforming networks and refine their scaling strategies. Enables better asset relevance by clarifying where […]

How Google, Meta, and Microsoft Ads are earning – and losing – trust in 2025

How Google, Meta, and Microsoft Ads are earning – and losing – trust in 2025

Let’s be honest: the pace of change in PPC is exhausting.  Between AI-powered everything, new campaign types rolling out every quarter, and feature removals with no warning, advertisers are being asked to adapt faster than ever – often with less control, less data, and less clarity than we’ve had in years. We asked a group […]

The future of B2B authority building in the AI search era

The future of B2B authority building in the AI search era

B2B buyers aren’t just searching the old way anymore. Google’s AI Overviews, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Copilot Search in Bing have changed how content is surfaced. From ranking traditional blue links, they are now generating direct, synthesized answers.  This evolution challenges long-held assumptions in B2B SEO and content strategy.  In the next gen search era, […]

Google quietly releases guide for AI Max for Search: What advertisers need to know

Google quietly releases guide for AI Max for Search: What advertisers need to know

Google has quietly published and released amongst a select number of advertisers a new implementation guide for AI Max for Search campaigns, signaling a deeper push into AI-driven automation for search ads. What’s in the guide: Step-by-step instructions on enabling AI Max in Smart Bidding-enabled Search campaigns. Details on core components: Search Term Matching (STM) […]

How To Use LLMs For 301 Redirects At Scale

How To Use LLMs For 301 Redirects At Scale

Redirects are essential to every website’s maintenance, and managing redirects becomes really challenging when SEO pros deal with websites containing millions of pages. Examples of situations where you may need to implement redirects at scale: An ecommerce site has a large number of products that are no longer sold. Outdated pages of news publications are […]