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Is click-through rate a valuable SEO metric?

Search Engine Land

The role of click-through rate (CTR) in SEO has been debated for many years. Several industry studies have asserted that CTR is a ranking factor – a claim that’s been ardently denied by many Googlers. Whether it’s a direct ranking signal or not, CTR has its place in SEO. What does CTR mean for SEO?

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What is RGSP? Google’s Randomized Generalized Second-Price ad auctions explained

Search Engine Land

While some digital marketers agreed with Google that the practice provides a better user experience, others sided with the Department of Justice (DOJ), arguing that it makes ad auctions unfair and purely helps line Google’s extremely deep pockets. A campaign’s long-term value (LTV) is instead given more weight.

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How to Perfectly Manage a PPC Campaign [Template]

Hubspot

In the world of search engine marketing (SEM), more and more marketers are buying into PPC campaigns. Marketers know that properly investing in PPC can result in nearly guaranteed ad placement in search engine result pages. Identify, build, or refine your campaign's landing pages. You use a template! PPC Plan Template.

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How to navigate SEO in a multi-platform world

Search Engine Land

Traditionally, SEO was primarily about keyword optimization and links and ranking well on search engines like Google and Bing. While these elements remain important, search engines today evaluate a much more complex set of ranking factors. The very definition of a search engine has evolved.

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Quality score in paid search: Vanity or valuable?

Search Engine Land

Google’s official help files say this: “Quality Score is calculated based on the combined performance of 3 components: Expected clickthrough rate (CTR): The likelihood that your ad will be clicked when shown. Ad relevance: How closely your ad matches the intent behind a user’s search. There’s overlap with B2C.

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Why strong Google Ads creative is THE priority for advertisers

Search Engine Land

video views and demand gen campaigns) and products like the Ads Creative Studio have made it clear that strong creative must become a priority. Video-first mindset The two new video campaign types announced at Google Marketing Live are video views and demand gen. Lastly, custom experiments can test any variable you’d like.

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How better landing page experience and ad relevance can boost your Google Ads performance

Search Engine Land

The data set I reviewed showed vast improvements when comparing results from keywords with “Above average” ratings in both landing page experience and ad relevance against those with “Below average” ratings in both. CTR was better by 87%, and conversion rates by 750%. Remember, these are non-branded keywords only.

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