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One Third of U.S. Online Ads Now Served By Facebook

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Yahoo has a 10 percent share, Microsoft has 5 percent, and Google holds 2.5 Instead, online marketers need to focus on click-through rates (CTR) and ultimately, lead and sale conversions. The massive volume of impressions has caused CTRs to decline. In 2010, Facebook ad CTRs were at.05% 27 in 2009 to $.49

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How to Save Up to 50% on Your PPC With Quality Score

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In my experience, looking at thousands of Google AdWords accounts and billions in combined spend, there are two metrics that correlate most strongly with success: Account Activity: You get out what you put in. And it makes total sense -- Google’s main goal is to keep users happy so they keep using Google, and keep clicking results.

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4 SEO Tactics to Embrace in 2015

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Google’s Hummingbird algorithm drove a final nail into the keyword coffin. With Hummingbird, Google proved that they now understand what your page is about; they know the topic of the page, how unique the content is, and how well it’s written. Now imagine the crayons are Meta keywords and Google is that mean, old preschool teacher.

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Why You Might Want to Be More Negative in Your Marketing

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Does Google Hate Small Businesses? For a great example of using multiple villains in your marketing, just check out Career Builder's 2009 Super Bowl commercial, brought to my attention via Graeme Newell and 602 Communications. 13 Hilarious Examples of Truly Awful Stock Photography. Your Mom Hates This Blog Post.

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7 Common (and Dangerous) Misconceptions About SEO

Hubspot

What are the differences among Google+, Google''s +1s, and Google Authorship when it comes to search? With the release of Hummingbird , Google is getting much better at understanding full queries in addition to just single keywords, which means placing your keywords at the very front of your title may not be as important.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity

Well, about two-thirds (64%) of the traffic from third-party sites to video sources currently comes from Google, followed by Yahoo (11.9%), Facebook (4.3%), Bing (2.6%), and Twitter at 1.2%. Study: Social Media Affects SMB Purchasing Decisions by HubSpot Blog. last year (2009). Not convinced yet?

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity

30% of social media users access a social media site “several times a day,&# up from 18% in 2009. New Chart: Survey Says Inbound Marketing Budgets on the Rise by HubSpot Blog. 85% view company blogs as “useful,&# while 71% said the same for Twitter (up from just 39% in 2009). 50% of mobile Internet traffic in the U.K