search engine optimisation

How to make your Google Ads brand campaigns more efficient

Are you looking to make your brand campaigns on Google Ads more efficient?  As a European fintech business, we have used Google Ads as an acquisition lever. Initially, we found success with Google’s target impression share for brand campaigns.  However, in 2023, with profitability as our focus, we challenged the status quo. Our hypothesis was […]

The strategic search revolution is here: How to better engage your audience by Merkle

SERP complexity and user engagement have never been more volatile. No-click searches are at an all-time high, above-the-fold visibility is fleeting and elusive and SERP composition has never been more complex. But the real question is, will your brand stand tall amongst the challengers or fall victim to complacency? The old adage of “grow or […]

YouTube Search from Comments: New test adds links to keywords

YouTube is testing a new feature that could help brands and creators engage with viewers while causing minimal disruption. YouTube will enable hyperlinking over single words or phrases in the comments section for the first time. Links will direct viewers to a YouTube search results page while still playing the video they were originally watching. […]

Google to explore alternatives to robots.txt in wake of generative AI and other emerging technologies

Google is exploring alternatives or supplemental ways of controlling crawling and indexing beyond the 30 year standard of the robots.txt protocol. “We believe it’s time for the web and AI communities to explore additional machine-readable means for web publisher choice and control for emerging AI and research use cases,” Google wrote. Engaging with the community. […]

8 Twitter alternatives marketers need to know about

Marketers have been growing increasingly concerned about advertising on Twitter. So much so, Twitter’s US ad revenue alone is down 59% year-on-year with huge brands such as Coca-Cola, Jeep and Unilever all pulling their campaigns, according to an internal presentation. But where are marketers going if Twitter is no longer their go-to option for advertising? […]

Google ranks AI-generated ‘Star Wars’ article lacking E-E-A-T

Despite constant reminders to create helpful content and the importance of E-E-A-T (expertise, experience, authoritativeness and trustworthiness) – Google Search still finds ways to rank content in top positions that shouldn’t be there. Look no further than A Chronological List of Star Wars Movies & TV Shows, published yesterday on Gizmodo (note: it was updated today […]

Unicorn sightings: The people who love Google Analytics 4 and why

Google Analytics 4 is better than Universal Analytics – at least, that’s what some marketers have been telling Search Engine Land. While the new platform certainly has its fair share of haters, some advertisers seem to absolutely adore it and have been showering the tool with praise. If you’re scratching your head wondering how on Earth […]

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