Check out this roundup of the latest and greatest Google Ads and Facebook Ads news that includes platform updates, new tools and features, and more.
When should you use organic search engine optimization (SEO) and when should you use pay-per-click (PPC) marketing for the best results?
What is the new modified broad match option in Google AdWords? Learn the basics of this keyword type, plus when and how to use the broad match modifier in your AdWords PPC campaigns.
Learn how to use the AdWords IP Exclusion Tool to eliminate irrelevant clicks and impressions and improve AdWords results.
Learn how to compare the results in your PPC account from month to month using Excel.
Learn how to target relevant keyword phrases with your blog posts in three steps.
What is link juice? Why is it important to your SEO strategy? Learn how to find and drain link juice to maximize SEO in this thorough post.
Sometimes it feels like the Internet and social media are making us dumber and slower, but some authors argue they actually make us smarter.
Do you use prescriptive or descriptive keyword marketing? Do you listen to your customers or tell them what to call your products?
Learn how Quality Score affects impressions, ad position or ad rank, and cost per click (CPC) in this excerpt from our Quality Score white paper.
Google determines Quality Score slightly differently for each of the different advertising networks that it runs. Here we’ll learn how Quality Score is calculated for Google Search, which is the largest source of traffic for most advertisers.
Find out what Quality Score means for your business and why you should care about improving AdWords Quality Score.
Search marketing bloggers continue to debate the value of inline links. Are they useful or just a distraction?
Broken links can have a negative impact on your site's SEO and usability. Learn how to use Xenu, Google Analytics, Excel and other tools to find and fix those broken links. It's easy and fast and will keep Google and users happy.
Learn how to find your Quality Score in Google AdWords and your quality index score in Yahoo Search Marketing.
Performance-based advertising is focused on CPA (cost per action), but you should also take lifetime value (LTV) into account.
Venture capital and specifically the role of marketing in pitching and getting funded is discussed.
There was one post in particular that I read a few months back where a blogger used a pretty compelling graph from Google Trends to make the case that SEO is on life support due to a steady decline in query popularity juxtaposed against a meteoric rise in social media query activity.
Keyword research is an important step in social media marketing. Learn how to find and use keywords for better social media optimization (SMO).
The Facebook privacy issues are really hitting the fan this week. Find out what users and industry experts think about all the recent changes.
At WordStream we get asked a lot of questions about search engine marketing. These questions come from emails, blog comments and Webinar participants who want to know our take on tips and tricks for better SEO and PPC marketing.
As such, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the many faces of web spam, from the search engineer perspective. This isn't about teaching you how to be a better spammer -- quite the opposite actually, as I am not a fan of that crap.
What's a good click-through rate (CTR) for Google Ads? Find out! We offer the data and free tools you need to show how you compare to the average CTR for Google Ads in your industry.
This blog post discusses steps for determining your maximum cost per click amounts for your AdWords campaigns.
Keyword optimization (also known as keyword research) is the act of researching, analyzing and selecting the best keywords to target to drive qualified traffic from search engines to your website. Check out this post to learn how to get the most out of your keyword optimization efforts.
Five tips to help you ace your upcoming pay-per-click (PPC) industry certification exam, including the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ) Test.
There are no magic shortcuts, no highly classified insider hacks to getting quality links for your website. Building amazing backlinks takes work.But that's the last thing the forum vagrants want to hear.