SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PPC Associates, a digital marketing agency based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has release the "2013 Search Engine Marketing Landscape" guide, CEO David Rodnitzky announced today.

"As the search engine marketing industry has matured, SEM practitioners have become increasingly overwhelmed by the diversity and volume of companies offering SEM-related services," said David Rodnitzky, CEO of PPC Associates. "We created this handy guide to help SEM newbies and old-timers alike quickly navigate the SEM ecosystem."

The guide includes the industry's top acquired, independent, and small-sized agencies along with companies specializing in keyword research, bidding and landing page optimization, search retargeting, ad optimization, and campaign management.

Since its founding in 2008, PPC Associates has contributed significantly to digital marketing's thought leadership; the company has published several influential whitepapers and posts daily on its company blog and on its Facebook advertising blog, FBPPC.com. Members of PPC Associates have appeared across the country at major industry events including SMX Advanced, SMX West, ad:tech, LeadsCon, and the MediaPost's Search Insider Summit.

PPC Associates manages over $150 million in spend yearly for its roster of more than 70 clients, including e-commerce, lead gen, private-sale sites, and B2B companies. The agency, which has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, downtown Chicago, and San Diego, recently scored 91% on a Net Promoter System® study measuring client satisfaction. More information can be found at www.ppcassociates.com or by emailing info@ppcassociates.com.

Companies recognized in the guide include: Optimizely, Unbounce, Ion Interactive, Adobe Test & Target, Userlytics, Clixo, BigMouth Media, iProspect, Range Online Media, 360i, iCrossing, AKQA, GroupM, Resolution Media, Reprise Media, Impaqt, Spark, Rosetta, Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest, Performics, PPC Associates, The Search Agency, Elite SEM, Rimm-Kaufman Group, Blueglass, Covario, Didit, WPromote, iSearchMedia, Hanapin Marketing, Acroynm, Reach Local, Orange Soda, OneUpWeb, Yodle, ROI Revolution, Jumpfly, SpyFu, WordStream, Trellian, SEMRush, Raven Tools, iSpionage, AdWords Keyword Research, Bing Keyword Research, AdGooRoo, Searchforce, Marin Software, Kenshoo, Optimine, Acquisio, eSearchVision, Syncapse/Clickable, Adobe AdLens, Optimost Campaign, adCenter Desktop, AdWords Editor, IgnitionOne, Google DoubleClick, Chango, Chitika, Magnetic, Simpli.fi, AdChemy, DataPop, BoostCTR, Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Blekko.

PPC Associates
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SOURCE PPC Associates