Our hats are off to Wave Financial, a Toronto-based startup that has just been acquired by H&R Block for $537 million CAD. Full story on Betakit. Wave’s acquisition is being heralded as one of the top ten (or better) all-time acquisition (or IPO) values of a Canadian tech startup. Coincidentally,
Before search engine companies (and particularly Google) grew to become gargantuan players in the economy, there were myriad competing search engines and directories, none really gaining the upper hand (you know – like Infoseek, AltaVista, Inktomi, Lycos, Ask Jeeves, Looksmart, Open Directory, Yahoo, and, er, Google). They ranked content differently
We’re into a new calendar year, so naturally, digital marketing pubs are rife with information about how this is the year the SEO field will be shaken to its very foundations, radicalized, revolutionized, or even made obsolete. I’m here to summarize all of these imminent developments in one handy post…
To all PPC heroes, rock stars, and ninjas: like the wolf in nature, a lone wolf cannot see as much. And wolves hunt in packs, don’t they? Sure, in agency work, a “single lead point of contact” is an important convention. Without a firm, experienced, and comprehensively trained account lead,
The marvels of Big Data, machine learning, and (if and when things get that far in any particular endeavor) artificial intelligence have sometimes appeared overstated. When it comes to deploying these to boost marketing efficiency, many marketers wonder if Google is unleashing all of this power to our benefit; and,
For the second year running, Page Zero is traveling to Ottawa to attend SaaS North, Canada’s foremost event for founders and investors in software-as-a-service companies. Attendees will network, share the latest trends and tactics, and even “match-make” (from an investment standpoint). There are more dollars chasing good ideas than ever
With the emergence of the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, many observers feel like the moment is ripe for Facebook to take a major fall. Change is certainly in the wind. Facebook, now dimly aware of its limitations, is now virtually begging to be regulated. Facebook should stick to what it knows. Simplify revenue streams and focus on commerce, not propaganda.
CPG conglomerates accustomed to “spray-and-pray” ad practices have turned accusatory towards the most highly accountable forms of media of all time. Eliminating PPC ad campaign waste in the form of invalid clicks and underperforming segments etc is crucial. But in successful accounts, hypervigilance around waste gives way to ordinary levels of tightening.
To kick off the year, we’ve been treated to the usual round of roundups: expert predictions for what to expect in the coming year. For Search Engine Journal, an esteemed list of 25 PPC experts offered their prognostications about what to expect in our rapidly-changing field in 2018 and beyond. Other
Last week, with my colleagues Cory Kleinschmidt and Mona Elesseily, I attended and spoke at Pubcon in Las Vegas. To refresh your memory, Pubcon is the tactical digital marketing conference that just won’t die. As other conferences slowly decline due to changing tastes, this one keeps going and going like
