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When you “remarket” or “retarget,” you show your Facebook or Google ads to people who have already visited your site. The goal is to remind potential customers that you exist and to move them closer to making a purchase. Remarketing ads can move you closer to that goal. Why remarket? Because most people need a little encouragement before paying good money for anything. Almost no one converts on their first visit to a website. According to an Episerver survey, 92 percent

Last year, Google banned addiction treatment centers from using its AdWords Advertising platform. Now, after an extended review process, the company has once again given the green light to drug and alcohol programs. What made the largest advertising provider ban a $78 million segment of the market, and what has changed since the ban was implemented? Why Did Google Ban Rehab Facilities? Last September, Google suspended addiction treatment and rehab centers from advertising on websites, search pages and apps because

The latest Google Chrome HTTPS update is loud and clear: HTTP webpages are not secure and should be encrypted. During the past year, data hacking has been all over the news. The Equifax data breach may have compromised the sensitive personal information of some 143 million Americans who used the consumer credit reporting agency, according to the New York Times. Spurred in part by the hacking and release of politically-sensitive emails, Congress and the FBI are investigating Russia-linked meddling in

If you dabble at all in the marketing sphere, there’s a 99.9% chance you’ve heard the buzz word “influencer” by now. Maybe you’ve toyed with the idea of influencer marketing, maybe you’re one of the 75% of marketers who currently utilize some form of influencer marketing in your strategy, or perhaps you’re not yet convinced that influencer marketing is the right choice for your brand. Regardless of your current connection with this ever-expanding phenomenon – and your opinion of it

Google is making mobile-friendliness a priority, so it has to be a priority for businesses seeking online success—but why? Put simply, very few people wait until they are in front of a desktop computer to do a search. Today, there’s a mobile computer in almost every pocket, so why would they wait? They won't--they'll find the sites that are mobile-friendly. According to Google, users in 10 countries, including the U.S., do the bulk of their searches via mobile devices.  Companies

Things are changing again in the digital world. What was once a text-only platform--namely, search—is now getting much more personal. Voice recognition is taking over not just mobile devices, but home devices as well, with personal assistants like Amazon's Echo or Apple's brand new HomePod. Google estimates that 20 percent of all searches conducted on mobile devices start with a voice request. Here’s the question: how are you going to handle the voice search SEO challenge? Voice Search SEO is a Whole