Google’s Offer Extensions rolling out within a week, integrating deals with search

"It's a way better deal than Groupon," Kim said. "Also, advertisers can track this."

Google announces ‘biggest change to AdWords in 5 years:’ mobile is now baked in

"This is a huge simplification to how advertisers manage and track mobile advertising campaigns," Larry Kim, CEO of search marketing firm WordStream, told me today.

30 billion times a day, Google runs an ad (13 million times, it works)

13 million times a day, a product is sold, a white paper is downloaded, some personal information is taken. In short, some exchange of value takes place -- at huge, mind-boggling scale.

Google and sponsored search results: is there a “war on free clicks?”

What’s happening to Google? The search engine that famously barely tolerated paid links has transformed into a high-powered advertising engine that, in some cases, leaves just 15 percent of page space for regular, non-paid, organic listings.

Online marketing company Wordstream …

Are Facebook ads really that bad?

Facebook is getting ready for what may be history’s largest initial public offering for a tech company on Friday. But is it really a good business?

Maybe not, say an increasing number of critics, who point to how Facebook ads …