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This day in search marketing history: January 7

Search Engine Land

in 2011, startup search engine Blekko launched a spam clock that estimated 155 million spam pages had been created since Jan. Read all about it in Blekko Launches Spam Clock To Keep Pressure On Google. Google My Business launches new performance reporting. StrategiQ launches Spark, an SEO deployment platform.

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The 17 Best Advertisements of All Time

Hubspot

It was a breaking story across the marketing and advertising industry. Pepsi even released counter-ads shortly after the campaign launched. The company experienced 42% market share growth in its first year with its help. Procter & Gamble: Thank You, Mom. Nonetheless, Coke received immediate attention for it.

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14 of the Best Advertising and Marketing Campaigns of All Time

Hubspot

The Mac vs. PC debate ended up being one of the most successful campaigns ever for Apple, and they experienced 42% market share growth in its first year. Marketing can make a relatively inexpensive product seem luxurious and essential. 13) Procter & Gamble: Thank You, Mom. A key takeaway here? Source: Coloribus.

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This day in search marketing history: January 27

Search Engine Land

Google AdWords API launches In 2005, Google launched the Google AdWords API. Smart Shopping and Local campaigns to be transitioned to Performance Max by end of September 2022: Google would also launch a “one-click” self-service tool for advertisers that would like to transition their campaigns ahead of the deadline. WordPress 5.9

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The Ultimate Guide to Advertising in 2018

Hubspot

1994 : The first email spam campaign launches. 2005 : YouTube and Facebook (for college students only) launch. 2005 : YouTube and Facebook (for college students only) launch. Procter and Gamble pilot the concept of the content hub with BeingGirl.com. In the late 1980s, Nike launched their “Just Do It” campaign.

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Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

The Lost Book of Sales

Being sales vs. market driven when crossing the chasm. Launching the invasion. This is a time when one should forgo the quest for eccentric marketing genius in favor of achieving an informed consensus among mere mortals. They sometimes even seek them out even before a formal marketing program has been launched.

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The Top 10 Most Remarkable Marketing Campaigns EVER [Slideshow]

Hubspot

Whopper Sacrifice (a Facebook app) launched in early 2009 with little fanfare and almost no media support — and lasted only 10 days before Facebook shut it down on the basis of “user privacy violation” (the app notified friends when they were deleted). It was a simple idea, but at the time of its launch in 2006, a groundbreaking one.