Soapbox: Why I’m so glad Google ended our relationship with Average Position

It was not a reliable indicator of how well ads were positioned and even more important, we shouldn’t rely on a single metric to make decisions anyway.

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Google’s next chapter for metrics to focus on clarity once ‘average position’ is removed

Fred Vallaeys explains why advertisers need to rethink bidding strategies and position metrics now that Google has announced it will sunset one of its oldest metrics later this year.

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4 new search metrics in Google Ads to give you what you really wanted out of average position

Average position is an often-used, often-misunderstood metric. Contributor and Googler Matt Lawson talks through what Google’s new metrics do that average position can’t.

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SEMPO’s latest salary survey shows search marketer average pay up 16% over 2013

Survey participants included nearly 600 search and digital marketing professionals, from entry-level to executive. The post SEMPO’s latest salary survey shows search marketer average pay up 16% over 2013 appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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