On October 2nd, EGC attended the 2012 Search Marketing Expo (SMX), held in NYC’s Javits Center. Many of EGC’s key players in SEO, paid search, and management were on hand to hear exclusive presentations from top search companies like Google, Bing, and SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization). All in all, it was a terrific event that allowed the EGC team to add to their existing search marketing best practices.
The SEO team met with industry experts and discussed how to include interesting and sharable content in organic search strategies. “Write great content for your audiences,” commented Vanessa Fox of Search Engine Land, “and don’t try to manipulate search engine algorithms.” The paid search teams later met with SEM pundits from Google and Bing, and discussed the importance of paid search in driving offline sales.
Here are some of the many takeaways from the event:
- Google
- Google covered the many new features and enhancements to the Adwords and DoubleClick platforms, all designed for more impactful and scalable campaigns.
- Features like seller rating extensions, call extensions, enhanced product listing ads, and new remarketing tags all have the potential to improve search campaigns.
- The impact of search marketing is only growing; there are now currently 100 billion Google queries per month.
- Bing
- Bing Ads, formally known as adCenter, rolled out many new features this year. They relaunched their ad platform, which included new testing for ad copy which will drive clickthrough rate.
- Bing also made announcements about new desktop enhancements, negative conflict reports, and Rich Ads In Search (RAIS).
- In 2013, Bing Ads will feature Demo Targeting, better targeting controls, and new ad products to increase and gain additional volume.
For more information about SMX, visit them at www.searchmarketingexpo.com.
Written by Justin Lashley, Business Development Manager
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