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The Marketer’s Guide to Gain Brand Mileage on Google Maps

Neil Patel

After making a series of company acquisitions, Google started its desktop web mapping service in 2005. Paid marketing avenues: Local search ads and Google Maps Ads. Google has previously experimented with ads inside maps and pushed AdWords location extensions. And, where will the ads be displayed?

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14+ Top Social Media Sites & Platforms (Your Handy 2023 Guide)

Smart Blogger

Wondering which social media sites your business, brand, or blog should be on in 2023? We’ll look at standout features for each social networking platform, go over who should (and should not) use them, and provide insights that’ll help you determine which ones are best for your business, brand, or blog. You’ve come to the right place.

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How I Think About Marketing

Neil Patel

Even though I am a marketer, I don’t believe marketing alone builds a massive company or brand. When I buy shoes I typically just go directly to Nike because I am familiar with their brand and their products. The same goes with ads, yes, I have been shown ads for shoes on Facebook and Google, but it’s never led me to purchase a shoe.

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How Niche Communities Are Changing Online Conversations

Neil Patel

When you log onto Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok , ready to enjoy some content, you’re bombarded with ads and thousands of posts about all sorts of things—much of which you might not care about. These platforms bring together people who share interests or experiences—without all the ads and other distractions. You’re not alone.

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A Brief History of the $100 Billion SEO Industry

Fat Joe

However, as webmasters added more pages to the web, it became harder to decide which order to rank them in, and the system broke down. The Inception Of SEO – 1997 to 2005 Interestingly, it wasn’t until 1997 that the first recorded mention of the acronym SEO (search engine optimization) appeared online.

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Exploring the Fascinating History of SEO

Content Hacker

It was the mid-90s, when the internet as we know it was brand-new. 2005: Introduction of Google Analytics & AdWords Campaigns Google Analytics was launched in 2005 as a free tool for website owners and marketers to track user behavior on their sites. Why was Jefferson Starship’s manager angry?

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12+ Facebook Alternatives in 2023 (That Value Your Privacy)

Smart Blogger

WT.Social WT.Social calls itself “the non-toxic social network,” due to it’s ad-free format. The social network doesn’t sell your data to advertisers, so ads don’t influence your feed in any way. Social Users who want a news-focused Facebook alternative, love discussion threads, and want an ad-free experience. It’s also ad-free.