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Sarah Stemen

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
2
Latest publication
Aug 26, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Search Engine Journal
Top 500K sites
Earliest in this view
Aug 13, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Sarah Stemen

    Why Running YouTube Ads Like Search Will Burn Your Budget (opens the original)

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    The case for adding YouTube to a Google Ads account is always built on scale. Billions of logged-in users, session-based reach that’s much larger than linear TV, and formats built for storytelling that Search can’t touch. However, none of the promise of YouTube matters if the ad account underneath it is not built to capture the demand it creates. YouTube can generate attention, interest, and intent, but none of that converts if the business is not structurally prepared for YouTube. If you are th

  2. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Sarah Stemen

    The PPC Clean-Up: How to Audit and Fix 'Value Inflation' in Google Ads (opens the original)

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    Many paid ads accounts have a problem in the settings and with values. On the surface, nothing looks broken with the ad account. The campaigns run, keywords match intent, reporting appears healthy. But underneath all of that sits a corrupted value signal feeding Smart Bidding the wrong story and data. When advertisers notice the discrepancy, their immediate reaction is to blame the ad platform for over-reporting. In reality, the platform isn’t broken; it’s following the instructions it was given

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