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Did martech break B2B marketing?

Martech

Tracking prospect activity on our website. Professionals trust search engine results and comparison websites less. They barely trust vendor websites at all. Google’s monopoly on search has allowed bad behavior to set in. Email nurture and lead scoring aren’t good enough. In a way that is audience vs. sales-centric?

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Link devaluation: The hidden threat of SpamBrain

Search Engine Land

For the SEO industry, this is not good at all. And so, up popped link vendors – an entire multi-7-figure industry designed to tackle the link problem. I could list hundreds of websites selling links. Because paid links manipulate search rankings and reward websites with rankings, they should not have gained.

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SEO vs. PPC: Differences, pros, cons & an integrated approach

Search Engine Land

Like everything in marketing, it would be great if there was a simple answer to the SEO vs. PPC question. SEO helps your webpages rank higher on the non-paid search results by improving the quality and relevance of the content on your website. This improved visibility comes without the expensive costs per click of PPC.

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The Performance Max playbook: Best practices and emerging tactics for 2024

Search Engine Land

While achieving success this way is possible, it’s usually a sign of testing the ad type vs strategy. Brands with one major market or offering are a good fit for this. Missing out on Performance Max placements (and likely getting bad performance) due to the lack of well-crafted visual content. Should you lean into AI?

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The myth of the single customer record

Martech

Let’s use this common CDP use case to illustrate the complexity: Identifying customers among the hoards of anonymous visitors to your website. Anonymity was central to the internet’s design. And while there are lots of ways to identify anonymous website visitors, they all have their limitations. It’s a challenge.

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How to Pitch Your Seed Stage Startup with Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

For customers For investors The words on the front page of your website are for customers. That the first time they did this, they set up a website for a design conference, hosted three guests, and paid their rent. Telling long stories vs. listing facts The team slide isn’t the opportunity to tell your life story.

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What we can learn from past and present Google algorithm updates

Search Engine Land

Google Search Generative Experience vs. Knowledge Panel This is perhaps the most obvious comparison we can draw. Google still delivers traffic to websites. Google Helpful Content vs. Panda Here, we can draw a very obvious comparison. These two updates are broadly similar in how those in the search community reacted to them.