In the US, Google saw second-quarter search ad spend grow around 20 percent from the same period last year, in keeping with what we’ve observed in previous quarters. Meanwhile, Bing and Yahoo recovered from Q1, and shopping ads on all engines have begun to account for still more click share among retailers. Those are among […]
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Bing Ads will be shutting down Campaign Planner on July 26. The Keyword Planner is taking over. Bing Ads launched its Campaign Planner tool with vertical benchmarks, trending and forecasting data, competitor performance and keyword suggestions in 2014. Almost exactly a year later, Bing Ads launched Keyword Planner in the US for keyword research, bid and budget
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In 2016, mobile drove the nearly $6 billion year-over-year increase in search spend and and surpassed desktop for the first time, according to the IAB. Now that mobile is a given and we no longer have to wonder if this is its year, let’s look at the big trends, launches and news we’ve seen so far
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When it comes to PPC search advertising, Bing probably isn’t the first channel to come to mind. But if you’re already running AdWords and Facebook Ads, you really need to check out Bing Ads too. Bing represents 20% of U.S. search volume. They also partner with Yahoo! to display ads, which pushes them over 30% market
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Bing Ads rolled out some handy updates to Bing Ads Editor (BAE) last week. Here’s a quick rundown for the next time you log in. The most requested update here is the ability to select multiple campaigns or ad groups for bulk filtering and editing, as well as copying and pasting multiple items from one account
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Bing Ads has upgraded their interface, allowing advertisers to target specific devices. Back in November of 2016, Bing Ads announced an update to Device Targeting by adding “desktop exclusion” as a new option. The goal was to “broaden bid modifier ranges and allow complete opt-out for Tablet,” for which they received tremendous feedback. And now this week,
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June 14, 2017 Late last year, Bing Ads announced an update to device targeting by adding desktop as a new option, broadening bid modifier ranges, and allowing complete opt-out for tablet. Those big changes were rolled out global to everyone just in time to finish out the holiday season. We all know with the magnitude of changes that
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June 15, 2017 Using Google Analytics data to track performance and find optimization opportunities is crucial for successful PPC campaigns. Getting Bing data to import into GA is simple with Bing’s auto-tagging. Bing campaign spend, however, does not automatically import into GA. If you are using cost per conversion or ROAS data to analyze performance
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June 21, 2017 Finding your ideal audience is the end of the rainbow for digital marketers. The more we can know about the users behind the screen, the better we can customize our messaging and capture their interest in our brands and their dollars. We’re always trying to reach our best customers and last week,
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