You might start seeing Google Ads’ automated recommendations in more places

Google is surfacing its recommendations beyond the Recommendations page in the Google Ads web interface. Recommendations in the new Google Ads UI is a more robust, machine learning-powered replacement of the old Opportunities tab. It now appears Google will also make those automated recommendations visible when users are in other areas of the interface. The…

How to Measure Your Instagram Stories ROI: Advanced Techniques

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5 Demand Generation Tactics That Work in PPC by @timothyjjensen

Not every prospective customer is ready to buy right away. Most don’t want to talk to a salesperson the instant they visit your site. However, they may be willing to give you their contact information in exchange for a resource you provide to them. As competition for bottom of funnel attention grows, the importance of…

New Facebook F8 Announcements and What They Mean for Marketers

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How to Test Your Facebook Ads for Optimal Results

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Sites vulnerable to XSS can be used to phish Googlebot

One common security vulnerability developers must take into account is the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) problem. The XSS exploit can be mitigated or defended against by using sanitization procedures that test values of variables in GET and POST requests. Server-side attacks exist, as well, but are well beyond the scope here. Apparently, Googlebot and indexing currently…

Learn how to get better returns from Microsoft Ads

Note: On April 29, Microsoft announced the rebranding of Bing Ads to Microsoft Ads. Microsoft Ads have always played second fiddle to Google AdWords, and the reason is seemingly obvious. Clocking in at 3.5 billion searches per day, the vast majority of searches go through Google and its related platforms. Because of this, Microsoft Ads…