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Why we care about search marketing

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Search marketing is a very big deal. Any way you slice it, it amounts to millions of searches per minute , all day, every day. This article will walk you through the basics of search engine marketing (SEM), the umbrella under which search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search (a.k.a.,

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This day in search marketing history: February 25

Search Engine Land

SEOs upset over Google dropping attribution in featured snippets In 2019, SEOs were not happy about a Google featured snippet format that didn’t immediately show the source of the content. Google Panda Two Years Later: The Real Impact Beyond Rankings & SEO Visibility 2013: A look at what happened to some Panda’s losers.

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This day in search marketing history: March 18

Search Engine Land

Bing Ads Starts Allowing Keyword Variations Once Flagged As Duplicate 2014: Advertisers were able to start including multiple versions of keywords through Bing Ads Editor and the Bing Ads Upload API. Opinions expressed in these articles are those of the author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

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This day in search marketing history: February 2

Search Engine Land

Also on this day Performance Max campaigns get support in Data Studio 2022: Advertisers could include Performance Max campaigns in Data Studio reports. Google Q4 search ad revenue: $43.3 billion came from Google advertising. Does CityGrid From Citysearch “Answer” The Local SEO Problem? Of that, $61.2

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This day in search marketing history: January 29

Search Engine Land

24: Google Takes Action On More Link Networks In Poland Also on this day Facebook testing brand safety topic exclusions for advertisers 2021: Citing advertisers’ brand safety concerns, Facebook said the feature would allow marketers to choose whether to show their ads alongside potentially sensitive content.

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This day in search marketing history: January 7

Search Engine Land

2020: Google was working on fixing a data issue with the URL parameter tool, a legacy tool within Google Search Console that let SEOs communicate to Google insignificant page variations and direct Google to consolidate those URLs. 2020: The user comments appeared in the search results for queries related to live TV shows.

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This day in search marketing history: January 14

Search Engine Land

Welcome AJ Kohn & Ginny Marvin To Search Engine Land, Marketing Land. Marvin joined as a Contributing Writer, focusing primarily on paid advertising topics (she would go on to become Editor-in-Chief from October 2018 to December 2020). Bing Set To Advertise During Golden Globe Awards.