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Human-First AI Adoption: Getting Your People Ready for Change : Social Media Examiner

Human-First AI Adoption: Getting Your People Ready for Change : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you’ve been missing! Need a new plan? Discover how marketers plan to change their social activities in the 17th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. It reveals what marketers have planned for their social activities, content marketing, and more! Get this free report now and never miss […]

What’s Working With Short-Form Video Right Now : Social Media Examiner

What’s Working With Short-Form Video Right Now : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you’ve been missing! Need a new plan? Discover how marketers plan to change their social activities in the 17th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. It reveals what marketers have planned for their social activities, content marketing, and more! Get this free report now and never miss […]

YouTube is no longer optional for SEO in the age of AI Overviews

YouTube is no longer optional for SEO in the age of AI Overviews

Getting found in all the right places has always meant being early to the next major shift in search. Today, that shift is toward GEO, or generative engine optimization, and SEO redefined as search everywhere optimization.  Both describe the growing need to optimize content for AI-driven discovery.  If YouTube still sits in the “nice-to-have” category […]

Microsoft expands search themes in Performance Max to 50

Microsoft expands search themes in Performance Max to 50

Ahead of a slate of announcements coming next week, Microsoft Advertising says advertisers can now add up to 50 search themes to Performance Max campaigns — a significant increase from previous limits. Why we care. Search themes act as strategic signals that guide Performance Max toward the queries and intent patterns advertisers care most about. […]

Google tests and removes AI Overviews based on engagement

Google tests and removes AI Overviews based on engagement

Google shows AI Overviews in Search largely based on whether users engage with them — and removes them when they don’t. That’s according to Robby Stein, Google’s VP of product for Search. In a CNN interview, Stein explained how Google tunes AI-driven results as it expands ads, personalization, and visual search across its experiences. Engagement […]

Google launches A/B testing for Performance Max assets (Beta)

Google launches A/B testing for Performance Max assets (Beta)

Advertisers can now compare two sets of assets while keeping “common assets” consistent across both versions. Tests can be set up from the Experiments page under the Assets sub-menu, allowing marketers to see which creative combinations perform best. Google previously launched a similar experiment type for retail campaigns last year, and this expands the capability […]

Anthony Higman shares a PPC redemption story

Anthony Higman shares a PPC redemption story

On episode 336 of PPC Live The Podcast, I speak to Anthony Higman, CEO of AdSquire. Anthony’s career journey is a full-circle story: from starting in a law firm mailroom to running his own company with views over Philadelphia. His experiences demonstrate how hard work, learning from mistakes, and perseverance can shape a successful career. […]

Google tests expanded video limits in Performance Max

Google tests expanded video limits in Performance Max

Advertisers are spotting signs that Google is increasing the number of video assets allowed per Asset Group in Performance Max campaigns — from 5 videos to as many as 15. Why we care. Video is increasingly central to Performance Max performance, but the current five-video cap forces trade-offs. Advertisers often have to choose between formats […]

Why Demand Gen is the most underrated Google Ads campaign type

Why Demand Gen is the most underrated Google Ads campaign type

As a Google Ads practitioner, you probably spend the bulk of your time optimizing Search, Shopping or Performance Max campaigns. That makes sense — the Google SERP is the foundation of Google Ads. But there is a big opportunity sitting right inside your Google Ads account that too many advertisers are ignoring. I’m going to […]

Why ecommerce SEO audits fail – and what actually works in 30 days

Why ecommerce SEO audits fail – and what actually works in 30 days

A $4 million Shopify brand recently showed me an SEO audit it received six months earlier – 127 pages, 53 action items, and a $12,000 price tag. Since then, the company has updated page titles and meta descriptions and added a few blog articles – 12 recommendations in total. The remaining 41 were not even […]