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Why Your Website Still Needs a Cookie Policy (Even If It’s “Not Required”)

 

Many business owners across New York, New Jersey, and Florida assume that cookie policies and cookie banners are strictly a “European GDPR thing.” The U.S. does not have a single federal law that mandates opt-in cookie consent the way the European Union does—and that leads to a dangerous conclusion: “If it’s not enforced, we don’t need it.”

In reality, cookies and tracking technologies are already regulated in the U.S. through a combination of state privacy laws, federal enforcement standards, consumer-protection doctrines, and litigation trends. Even when a regulation doesn’t explicitly say “you must have a cookie banner,” failing to disclose and manage tracking can increase legal and business risk.

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Create a Successful AdWords Campaign - Tips

AdWords CampaignA website landing page is the first page that a user lands on when they visit your website. Statistics are saying that you have less than 5 seconds to grab their attention.

A campaign landing page though is a separate page that is trying to make the visitor take action, such as subscribe to a newsletter, purchase a product, sign up for an event or register to get more info from a business.

Businessess spend thousands of dollars a week on Google AdWords, trying to increase traffic and of course revenue. 

The problem occurs when an ad promotes an offer, but clicking on that ad takes a visitor to a website homepage that makes no mention of the offer. This is a lost opportunity to sustain the initial attention and interest of the user. 

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