Ad Extensions: Introduction – Getting the Most Value out of Your Marketing Dollars It’s no secret that the first step in converting customers is to drive prospects to your website. To do cost effectively throughpaid ads it is essential for you to ensure your ads are...
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Google Authorship Removed… But Why?
From time to time, DirectiveGroup team members will share their views on a piece by an industry thought leader. Here, Mark discusses the recent change to Google’s search results. What happen to the little photos in the Google search results? Josh Mueller, a Google...
5 TED Talks Every Business Leader, Entrepreneur and Creator Should Watch
Before I ever watched a single TED video (or even knew what it was), I saw huge red and black TED banners, draped on the street lights in Downtown Long Beach. I was on my way to the gym, and told myself, I’d Google it when I returned home. Well I forgot about TED and...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read – How Quality Scores Impact Adwords Campaigns. Part 2
In my last article, I talked about the flawed logic regarding Google Adwords Quality Score (QS) that some writers were presenting in articles. To summarize, many writers were stating that the QS was not only unimportant and should be ignored, but that the QS didn’t...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read – How Quality Scores Impact Adwords Campaigns. Part 1
Over the last couple months, I’ve seen several articles, from various sources, alluding to or even bluntly stating that the Google Adwords QS (Quality Score) should be completely ignored because it was meaningless. Since I strongly disagree with this sentiment and the...