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Microsoft Monetize Gets A Major AI Upgrade

Microsoft Monetize Gets A Major AI Upgrade

Microsoft’s Monetize platform just received one of its biggest updates to date, and this one is all about working smarter, not harder. Launched April 14, the new Monetize experience introduces AI-powered tools, a revamped homepage, and much-needed platform enhancements that give both publishers and advertisers more visibility and control. This isn’t just a design refresh. […]

LinkedIn Study Finds Adding Links Boosts Engagement By 13%

LinkedIn Study Finds Adding Links Boosts Engagement By 13%

A new study of over 577,000 LinkedIn posts challenges common marketing advice. It finds that posts with links get 13.57% more interactions and 4.90% more views than posts without links. The LinkedIn study by Metricool analyzed nearly 48,000 company pages over three years. The findings give marketers solid data to rethink their LinkedIn strategies. Link […]

What you need to know

What you need to know

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about AI agents lately – whether in your workplace conversations or scrolling through your social feeds (hopefully both).  While there’s no shortage of articles discussing their general benefits, there’s surprisingly little coverage on what they mean specifically for SEO – where their impact is not just significant, but amplified. […]

Google sends personalized growth plans to advertisers, pushing AI-driven solutions

Google sends personalized growth plans to advertisers, pushing AI-driven solutions

Advertisers are receiving step-by-step guidance emails from Google Ads aimed at improving campaign performance over a three-month period. The details. Google Ads is sending emails with the subject line “Personalised action plan for growth” to business advertisers, according to an X post from Govind Singh Panwar. The email contains: A three-month structured improvement plan delivered […]

90% Of B2B Buyers Click On Citations

90% Of B2B Buyers Click On Citations

Google’s AI Overviews have changed how search works. A TrustRadius report shows that 72% of B2B buyers see AI Overviews during research. The study found something interesting: 90% of its respondents said they click on the cited sources to check information. This finding differs from previous reports about declining click rates. AI Overviews Are Affecting […]

Aligning Google Ads With Your True Business Objectives

Aligning Google Ads With Your True Business Objectives

Are your paid campaigns delivering the results that really matter? If your ad strategy is focused only on cost-per-acquisition, you might be leaving long-term growth on the table. It’s time to rethink how you measure success in Google Ads. In this upcoming webinar, you’ll get: Smarter ways to measure PPC success. Tested, powerful bidding strategies. […]

Google Search to redirect its country level TLDs to Google.com

Google Search to redirect its country level TLDs to Google.com

Google will begin redirecting its country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) versions of its Google domain to Google.com. That means if you frequent google.fr (in France), google.ng (in Nigeria) and so on, you will be redirected to Google.com. Why the change. Google said, “Over the years, our ability to provide a local experience has improved. In […]

A Workflow For The New Age Of Content Creation

A Workflow For The New Age Of Content Creation

In last week’s Memo, I explained how, just as digital DJing transformed music mixing, AI is revolutionizing how we create content by giving us instant access to diverse expressions and ideas. Instead of fighting this change, writers should embrace AI as a starting point while focusing our energy on adding uniquely human elements that machines can’t […]