Mark Irvine

Last month, Google announced another major change to its keyword match types. Specifically, exact match keywords would begin to serve to search terms that are “close variants that share the same meaning of your keywords,” including synonyms, paraphrases, and results with the same implied intent...

We live in a multi-device world – we know that well. But as marketers, we’ve been conditioned to think of our “multi-device” world as a collection of computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Certainly, these are all important devices in our marketing campaigns – but they’re not the only screens capturing...

A hard lesson for search marketers to learn is that their ads and keywords are only as good as the people who see them. Google may reach billions of users between the display network and the 3.5 billion daily searches on the platform, but there’s no way that everyone online is equally likely to be your next customer.

In the past, Google has introduced a number of different solutions...

After Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion in 2016, many were wondering what plans the tech giant had for the world’s largest professional network. Since the acquisition, Microsoft has invested even more into the network to enhance user experience, reach new audiences, and improve a lot of the things ...

Every tech support professional has prescribed the same, simple solution at one point in their career – try turning it off and turning it back on again. The shamefully simple solution has mysteriously great results and can solve many a problem in our day to day lives. Unfortunately for them, Google may be borrowing a page from their book by restricting third-party tech support ads from its...

Our poor words are often abused. A few years ago, the Merriam Webster Dictionary defined the word “literally” to mean figuratively. The next big craze was a Pumpkin Spice latte that apparently contains no pumpkins. And then a few weeks ago, we were told that the truth isn’t truth.

Definitions are changing over at Google too – yesterday they...

When Google first released Expanded Text Ads in 2016, advertisers rejoiced. Overnight, ads grew 50% in size and the possibilities for new ad copy seemed endless. On average, advertisers saw their ads’ click-through rates (CTR) increase by...

Smart advertisers understand the value of using Bing Ads. It powers just about every other search engine that isn’t Google (including Yahoo, AOL, DuckDuckGo, and MSN), most of our favorite voice assistants (including Cortana and Alexa), and connects over 300 million devices using Windows 10.

With over a third...

Google never disappoints at their annual Google Marketing Live event, and this year was no exception. Among the many new ad features and tools they announced Tuesday, one stuck out as a real potential game-changer – Responsive Search Ads.

Responsive Search Ads are potentially the most revolutionary...

Google’s reach may extend across the world but, for some local searches, we need a trusted solution in our own neighborhood (and quickly)!

Searchers watching their sinks overflow can’t wait for a plumber from across state lines, and they’re hesitant to call a stranger to help them get into their car when they’re locked outside in the middle of the night.

Local service...