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The difference between search advertising and display advertising (Google v. Meta)

Content marketing, Marketing Acuity, SEO Search Engine Optimization Basics, Social media marketing for retailers

Recently, more clients have wanted to use advertising to promote their businesses. And there’s confusion over what kind of advertising they should do. In simple terms, there are two models – search advertising (on Google, exclusively) and display advertising (everything else, from Instagram to YouTube.) I’ll explain the difference between search advertising and display advertising (Google v. Meta.) Search advertising is exactly what it sounds like. You buy ads on Google’s search engine so when people search for that specific…

SEO Basics: How to get Backlinks (the easy way)

In my SEO Basics series, I cover some things every small business owner needs to do to their website whether you host on Shopify, Squarespace, WordPress or another platform. This article is SEO Basics: How to get Backlinks (the easy way). Backlinks, which are links from another website to yours, are key for ranking in Google’s Search engine rankings. Why? They create authority – somebody ELSE thought highly enough of you to link to your site. That makes sense, right?…