From time to time, DirectiveGroup team members will share their views on a piece by an industry thought leader. Here, Mark discusses the recent change to Google’s search results. What happen to the little photos in the Google search results? Josh Mueller, a Google...
search engine marketing
5 TED Talks Every Business Leader, Entrepreneur and Creator Should Watch
Before I ever watched a single TED video (or even knew what it was), I saw huge red and black TED banners, draped on the street lights in Downtown Long Beach. I was on my way to the gym, and told myself, I’d Google it when I returned home. Well I forgot about TED and...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read – How Quality Scores Impact Adwords Campaigns. Part 2
In my last article, I talked about the flawed logic regarding Google Adwords Quality Score (QS) that some writers were presenting in articles. To summarize, many writers were stating that the QS was not only unimportant and should be ignored, but that the QS didn’t...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read – How Quality Scores Impact Adwords Campaigns. Part 1
Over the last couple months, I’ve seen several articles, from various sources, alluding to or even bluntly stating that the Google Adwords QS (Quality Score) should be completely ignored because it was meaningless. Since I strongly disagree with this sentiment and the...
I Guarantee It! Does That Really Matter?
When was the last time you were in conversation with an SEO Agency/Consultant or Internet Marketing Firm that “guaranteed” to get you to the top of Google? My guess is it’s not been that long as these companies are still out there en mass, and are willing to sell you...

