#Google search CPCs up 19%, pushing ad spend up 17%

#Google search CPCs up 19%, pushing ad spend up 17%

As more advertisers boost their ad spend on Google Search ads, competition is growing, causing the product to become more expensive. Spend on Google search ads in the U.S. rose by 17% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2023. Google click growth remained steady at 8% year-on-year, while cost-per-click accelerated to 9% during the same…

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#YouTube advertising: The ultimate guide

#YouTube advertising: The ultimate guide

This step-by-step guide covers creating effective YouTube video ads, choosing formats, targeting your audience, and tracking conversions. With billions of users worldwide, one of the lowest advertising costs and the growing preference for video, YouTube has some serious marketing potential.  Aside from the well-known organic side of YouTube, it also offers highly lucrative marketing tools:…

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#LinkedIn to sunset lookalike audiences

#LinkedIn to sunset lookalike audiences

The platform recommends adjusting your audience targeting strategy to either predictive audiences or audience expansion. LinkedIn will discontinue lookalike audiences on February 29. Why we care. Before March, advertisers must modify their audience targeting strategy, as they will no longer be able to create new lookalike audiences or edit existing ones. What are lookalike audiences?…

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