How to capture urgent leads with call-only ad extensions

d8nn / Shutterstock.com If you find yourself facing an overflowing toilet, you’re not going to deal with it from the confines of an ergonomic desk chair. There’s no time to sit in front of the computer and do your due diligence. Unless you happen to be deft with a plunger and a snake, you’re going…

The nitty-gritty paid search account health check: Part 1

Maybe you’re looking for ways to improve your paid search account, or maybe you’re looking at your agency’s newest prospect with fresh eyes. It could be that performance seems to be off lately, or maybe you’re just looking for some new testing ideas. Whatever your reasons, auditing even the most well-kept account is sure to…

SearchCap: ‘Yext for Food’, Google quality score & Local Ads

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing: Search News From Around The Web: Industry SEO Link Building Local & Maps About The Author Michelle Robbins, SVP…

9 Types of Content That Will Always Fail by @KatyKatzTX

When is the last time that you read something from beginning to end? Be honest with yourself. Marketers are notorious for skimming or – even worse – blindly sharing things that we haven’t read. ADVERTISEMENT I remember Rand Fishkin talking about this phenomenon once during a keynote. He shared Moz’s killer Twitter stats along with…

Faster & smarter: Moving from manual to automated SEM campaign management

Automating SEM campaigns is a smart move, thanks to the benefits you reap from eliminating drudge work, but also from the reductions in potential execution errors. Google has consistently built new tools that help with automation, and has recently beefed up capabilities within AdWords. As Frederick Vallaeys recently wrote on Search Engine Land, AdWords Scripts…