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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

Remember those banner ads that you used to see when scrolling through MySpace or talking to your best friend via the antiquated AOL Instant Messenger? Those ads that we would see on our computers after school, or deep in a chat with your best friend, were actually the beginning of what we call Programmatic Advertising today.

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The Google anti-trust trial: A deep dive into the details

Martech

Google is on trial for allegedly using underhand tactics to ensure it stays the world’s leading search engine. Justice Department claims Google, which owns a 90% market share in search, paid massive sums to companies like Apple to make it the default search engine on products like the iPhone.

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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

In preparation, I wanted to review a history of changes and shifts we’ve experienced and also validate, through third party and search-specific references, why we recommend certain tactics and best practices. What is a “Paid Link”? Why Do Paid Links Violate Google’s Guidelines While Other Ads Don’t?

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Will Facebook’s $50 Million Gamble Pay Off?

Contently

In 2011, YouTube paid more than $100 million to celebrities, social influencers, and media companies to create 100 exclusive channels on the video platform. For example, we know that media companies like BuzzFeed, The New York Times, and CNN negotiated the largest deals. Sound familiar?

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An Introduction to Black Hat SEO

Hubspot

Black hat SEO is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. These unethical tactics don’t solve for the searcher and often end in a penalty from search engines. Black hat SEO seeks to game search engine algorithms, rather than solve for the user. Keyword Stuffing.

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Cross-channel attribution via incrementality measurement: Measured CEO/Co-founder

ClickZ

“While multi-touch attribution (MTA) was supposed to end the struggle to prove campaign value, all it has proven is that it’s extremely expensive, time-consuming, and nearly impossible for fast-growing brands deploying significant walled-garden media.”. Advertisers want insights to be reliable to inform high-value decisions, not guesswork. .

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SEO Hacking: The Top 31 White Hat SEO Hacks for 2021

seo.co

Black hat SEO tactics don’t work over a long period of time and they tend to produce poor quality content and spammy links in the process –two things that will hurt your rankings and traffic the most. Impeccable quality content creation. Content has always been king. It’s not easy to fool a search engine algorithm in 2021.

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