Upgrade to Google Tag Manager Version 2

Google Tag Manager v2

All Google Tag Manager accounts will be upgraded automatically to Version 2 after June 1, 2015.  If you are a Google Tag Manager user, it is time to start thinking about how you will manage this change.  You can chose to do nothing and your account will be automatically upgraded, …

Study Confirms the Relevance of Mobile Search

Smartphone: Study confirms the relevance of a mobile website.

The IAB recently published a study confirming that search engines are the most important channel for smartphone users to find web content. In addition, the study reveals that people use websites equally as apps on their smartphones. For the following activities users even prefer websites on smartphones: Search Shopping News Local …

The Most Important Online Marketing Channels and How to Measure Them

CPC Goolge and Bing

If you do online marketing, you have several different channels to choose from. We will give you an overview of the most important online marketing channels, how to use them and how to measure each of them with the relevant key performance indicators (KPIs). 1. Affiliate Marketing Affiliate marketing means that …

Mobilegeddon: The Impacts of the Google Mobile Update

Flash: The impacts of Mobilegeddon

Exactly a week ago, Google started rolling out the mobile-friendly algorithm. After one week we can already see some impacts of Mobilegeddon. Winners and Losers Even though the algorithm update is not fully rolled out yet, Searchmetrics published a first evaluation of the winners and losers on Friday. This data is …

Amazon SEO in 9 Steps

Amazon homepage

With almost 25 million visitors per month, Amazon is the biggest online shop in Germany (as of October 2014). Thus Amazon is an important sales channel for many online retailers. Like in Google Search, it is crucial to appear among the first positions in Amazon to get clicks and achieve …

Promoting Mobile Apps with Google AdWords

Promoting Mobile Apps with Google AdWords

Do you have a mobile app? Then of course you want to increase the number of installations and user interactions. Revenue from mobile apps has risen by nearly 30% in 2015 worldwide compared to the previous year and it is forecast to increase, so it is well worth your time …

Bing to Launch Mobile-Friendly Algorithm

Search for "mobile seo" in Bing

Following Google’s lead, Bing announced the launch of a mobile-friendly algorithm. The Google mobile algorithm started rolling out on April 21st 2015. Bing did not communicate a date for their algorithm update yet, but said that it will be introduced in the upcoming months. Bing points out that the relevance of a …

Why You Should Use Bing Ads in Europe

Why You Should Use Bing Ads in Europe

It is not a secret Bing is building their systems similar as their big competitor Google. Users should not be confused by different tools. This is why Bing Ads provide the same Cost-Per-Click-Model as Google AdWords. Benefits of Bing Ads Bing’s share oft he market in the US is 30% …

5 Tips to Increase Your Organic Reach on Facebook

Facebook Tips for a High Organic Reach

Facebook is a relevant marketing channel for both B2C and B2B companies and an important component of search engine optimization. With the tips below you achieve the highest possible organic reach on Facebook, without sponsored posts and paid ads. Tip 1: Format According to a recent study, video posts achieve …

Google AdWords Tutorial: How to Create Dynamic Search Ads

Google AdWords Tutorial: How to Create Dynamic Search Ads

Visually dynamic search ads look like normal Google AdWords search ads in the Google search results. The only difference is that the ad title will reflect the entered search term. Google uses the website content to display the most relevant ads and link to the suitable page. Therefore Google creates …

SEO Tutorial: Bing Webmaster Tools

Tools, symbolic for Bing Webmaster Tools

Bing Webmaster Tools offers several useful reports and features to analyze and optimize the visibility of your website in Bing – analogous to the Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) in Google. We will show you how to set up Bing Webmaster Tools for your website and provide an …