Over the past few years, governments have relaxed and reformed their policies on cannabis and related drugs. In 2018, the U.S. federally legalized CBD if it comes from hemp, and although it’s still outlawed within our borders, the legalization of CBD has brought a legal (and profitable) market of new…
Articles by Mark Irvine
It’s never a dull day in PPC, and 2022 proved that at every opportunity. Small and medium businesses were pushed above and beyond this year by supply chain disruptions, shifting consumer behaviors, and skyrocketing inflation—and along the way, Google, of course, made some moves of its own. In this post,…
Last May, Google made big waves at their annual Google Marketing Live event and announced tons of planned new features and tools to help advertisers find customers online. Among these announcements was a new ad type called Discovery ads, designed to help advertisers get their products discovered by potential audiences…
Since March, we have been tracking how marketers can respond to significant changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Back in April, we saw that some industries began to see varying performance from their PPC campaigns, and we released updated Google Ads Benchmarks during COVID-19 to provide a better picture of…
When Google first released Customer Match in 2015, it changed the game for paid search advertisers. With the release of Customer Match, advertisers could take their remarketing campaigns to new heights by allowing ads to be targeted to specific lists of users based on their email addresses, rather than just…
There’s a long path ahead of us before we fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but many communities and businesses are starting to recover. In late April, many PPC advertisers noticed stronger performance than they did in the first weeks of the crisis. As communities begin to relax stay-at-home orders…
April tested all of us. As our public health and economic systems were pushed to their limits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to quickly wrestle with unexpected challenges and adjust our lives to the new normal. We have a long road ahead of us, but…
While the coronavirus pandemic has businesses closing their doors and shoppers forced to turn online, many brick-and-mortars are quickly learning how to get their business online. While some industries are seeing increased volume during COVID19, many aren’t and many more businesses may not have the budget to increase their marketing…
Every year, we update our Google Ads industry benchmarks to account for the new changes and trends that advertisers are experiencing on the largest online ad platform. Earlier this month in March, we shared a sneak preview of Google Ads industry benchmarks for 2020 and we felt great about what…
The coronavirus pandemic will define 2020. As we continue to see the outbreak spread and governments and businesses respond to COVID-19, we’ve seen changes in every aspect of our daily life. Even on the Google SERP, we’ve seen large shifts in the way people search during this crisis. Advertisers know…