I usually write about search marketing, analytics and conversion optimization, but I felt it was important to share a discovery I made recently. I noticed a major phishing scam hijacking the paid search ads of financial and banking companies on brand keywords. The activity was discovered by an alert I received from BrandVudu, a third-party […]

Our vision for Data Studio is to give report creators full control over the viewer experience. Today we’ve added a number of report properties that enable you to create apps, big screen, and document experiences. App Experience: Auto-hide header, no-margins, left hand nav Click for full-size image Big Screen Experience: Auto-hide header, no-margins, 16:9 aspect […]

Google sparked a small firestorm last week as reports surfaced that its intelligent assistant device Google Home had delivered what appeared to be an unsolicited advertisement to unsuspecting owners. The reports first emerged on Reddit and Twitter, where users who own Google Home devices posted that Google slipped in an ad for Disney’s new Beauty and the Beast […]

Advertising has always been about emotions. Emotions lead to actions and, as such, influencing emotions is the most effective route to influencing actions. Actions, in turn, become habits, and these habits are the driving force that creates global brands. Marketers have never hesitated to exploit this relationship – in fact you could even argue that […]

Google announced yesterday the launch of “shortcuts in search”, which will allow Android users (only in the US, for now) to access quick answers on a range of topics with the touch of a button. Fittingly, Google has termed these “tappable shortcuts” and they will lead searchers to instantaneous information on dozens of topics, including […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes You’ve been pushing to do more testing at your organization. You’ve heard that your competitors at ______ are A/B testing, and that their customer experience is (dare I say it?) better than yours. You believe in marketing backed by science and data, and you have worked to get the executive team […]

What: Google Marketing Next keynote live streamWhen: Tuesday, May 23, 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET.Duration: 1 hourWhere: Here on the Google Analytics Blog Be the first to hear about Google’s latest marketing innovations, the moment they’re announced. Watch live as my team and I share new Ads, Analytics and DoubleClick innovations designed to improve your […]

For three years, many have participated in our free online courses on Analytics Academy, which aim to help you become an analytics expert and learn best practices on how to make your data actionable. In 2013, we started with a single course focused on Digital Analytics Fundamentals, and have since grown our offerings to include […]

Time flies (and data mounts) when you’re having fun with measurement. One year ago today, we announced our enterprise suite of marketing measurement and analytics solutions, the Google Analytics 360 Suite. Today we wanted to reflect on this first year. Because, well, a lot has changed.  Where we started As marketers know, in today’s mobile-first […]

Max van der Heijden is a user experience and conversion specialist at Google who works with companies across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Max shares his thoughts about how companies can build a culture of growth and experimentation. How many times have you launched new features or page designs on your website without testing […]