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

Search Engine Land

The concept of randomized generalized second-price (RGSP) auctions sent shockwaves through the PPC community after the subject took center stage at the Google antitrust trial. Poor-quality ads may not be relevant to a searcher’s query, which would likely result in a poor: Click-through rate. Conversion rate.

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How Google harms search advertisers in 20 slides

Search Engine Land

Google’s monopoly power This was defined by the DOJ as “the power to control prices or exclude competition.” ” Also, monopolists don’t have to consider rivals’ ad prices, which testimony and internal documents showed Google does not. Juda and Jerry Dischler confirmed this. More ad revenue for Google.

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How Google harms search advertisers in 20 slides

Martech

Google’s monopoly power This was defined by the DOJ as “the power to control prices or exclude competition.” Also, monopolists don’t have to consider rivals’ ad prices, which testimony and internal documents showed Google does not. Advertiser harm Google has the power to raise prices when it desires to do so, according to the DOJ.

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The synergy of customer journey mapping and ecommerce SEO

Search Engine Land

Tactics include optimizing product pages and enhancing the overall user experience. User-friendly checkout processes and persuasive product descriptions significantly contribute to conversion success. User-friendly checkout processes and persuasive product descriptions significantly contribute to conversion success.

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How to optimize your free product listings in Google Shopping

Search Engine Land

This type of listing may include a product description, price, user ratings, reviews, and stock availability. Minimum product data Standard listings require each product’s ID, title, price, description, availability, link, and image_link attributes.

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How to manage and optimize local listings for SEO

Search Engine Land

As seen in the example below for [running shoes near me], the map pack consists of top-ranking local listings for a user’s search location, displayed prominently above the first traditional organic result. Embed Google Maps for better user experience and search engine recognition.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

Growth hacking is about caring for and optimizing the user experience to build trust and keep customers using your product. In the acquisition phase, measure these performance metrics: Customer acquisition cost Conversion rate Website traffic Click-through rate Bounce rate Quality of leads.

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