Passkeys: The beginning of the end of the password
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Passkeys: The beginning of the end of the password

For some time we and others in the industry have been working on a simpler and safer alternative to passwords. While passwords will be with us for some time to come, they are often frustrating to remember and put you at risk if they end up in the wrong hands. Last year — alongside FIDO Alliance, Apple and Microsoft — we announced we would begin…

Google Workspace: 16 tips to help you be more focused and organized at work
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Google Workspace: 16 tips to help you be more focused and organized at work

Struggling to stay focused and organized at work can look different for everyone. Maybe when distractions pop up, your to-do list turns into a distant memory. Or perhaps critical emails go unanswered more than you’d like. As someone who’s always struggled to stay on track, I can certainly relate to these examples and more. In the past, I’ve tried a bunch of different organizational systems to…

Google Local Services Ads Now Supports More Businesses
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Google Local Services Ads Now Supports More Businesses

Local Services Ads is now available for more than 70 types of businesses, including those in categories like education, people care, pet care, wellness and health care. As a local business, it’s important to stay connected to your community, especially when they need a hand from someone they can trust. Like if they need to see a dentist right away, their teenager is anxious…

3 Ways We Keep Shoppers Safe on Google
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3 Ways We Keep Shoppers Safe on Google

Automation, store badges and regular monitoring are some ways we help you shop safely on Google. Shopping for something online — especially something big, like a new device or a piece of furniture — can be a little nerve-racking. You might wonder: Is this website legitimate? Will the product look like its picture? Is it safe to share my credit card information? That’s why…

77 Tips To Improve Your WordPress Website in 2023
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77 Tips To Improve Your WordPress Website in 2023

Use this 77-step WordPress checklist guide to save time on how to quickly and efficiently establish your first WordPress website project. 1. WordPress Pre-Development Where do you actually begin then? That’s probably the first thought that crossed your mind. The answer to that problem is provided in this checklist. This specific checklist will be helpful to everyone who is creating a new WordPress website,…

Google Marketing Platform: 5 Tips to Power Your 2023 Marketing Strategy
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Google Marketing Platform: 5 Tips to Power Your 2023 Marketing Strategy

When making plans for the year ahead, it may be tempting to turn to well-worn marketing tactics — those that have always driven consistent results. Instead, why not take the opportunity in 2023 to add in new, effective ways of doing things? We call this approach “tried-and-new”. Here are some of the highest-impact improvements to Google Marketing Platform from 2022. These new solutions are designed to…

Google Ads: New Insights for the Holidays and Beyond
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Google Ads: New Insights for the Holidays and Beyond

Two years ago, we created the Insights page to help you keep up with changing consumer behavior at the height of the pandemic. As the reality of the pandemic has evolved, new challenges like inflation and rapid shifts in consumer preferences have followed. This has made it more difficult than ever for retailers to balance their merchandising and inventory with fluctuating demand during this busy holiday…

Google Analytics: Turning Data into Results with Data-Driven Attribution
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Google Analytics: Turning Data into Results with Data-Driven Attribution

As the digital marketing landscape evolves, the need for nimble and durable measurement continues to grow. This is why we made data-driven attribution our default attribution model. It uses your account’s historical data to determine how people interact with your various ads and decide to become your customers. Today, data-driven attribution is the most-used attribution model for conversions used for automated bidding in Google Ads.1 Advertisers…

Google Ads: 7 Tips For Local Businesses in 2023
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Google Ads: 7 Tips For Local Businesses in 2023

Did you know that 76% of people who conduct a local search on their smartphone visit a business within 24 hours, and 28% of those searches result in a purchase? As a local business, it’s a top priority for your ads to be seen and used. But to do that, they have to reach their target audience. They also have to be so appealing…