Monthly Archives: October 2007

PPC News Roundup for October 31, 2007

The MSN adCenter blog put together a comprehensive “Top Ten List” for preparing for the holiday shopping season. Tips included range from aggressive bidding, increased budgets and increased keyword research to the basics like including gift receipts and offering gift …

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Inside Google AdWords Quality Score: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know and More

Today is the official unveiling of our new handbook: Inside Google AdWords Quality Score (click on title to access the handbook). Throughout our drive for Quality Score knowledge we have gathered detailed information, quips from our AdWords representatives and revelations …

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Another Tool To Turn Your AdWords Campaign Into a Well-Oiled Machine

We write a lot about Google AdWords’ Quality Score. There I said it. But as long as Google has the largest share of search traffic, AdWords will continue to be the main driver of the PPC industry and we’ll continue …

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Tips on Keyword Research from Wordtracker

Keyword research was among a few things I never really understood how to do when I first began PPC campaigns. I basically used the keyword tools in Google and Yahoo, dumped a bunch of keywords into my account, and later …

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PPC News Roundup for October 24, 2007

Gordon Choi lays out some solid guidelines for testing 2nd and 3rd tier PPC search engines in this post. His advice ranges from setting expectations and priorities, researching before choosing an engine and knowing when to call it quits. This …

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See How Easily You Can Improve Your PPC Performance

When managing pay-per-click accounts, there is one activity that will improve your performance more easily than any other – effectively managing ad texts. Some would argue that bid management, optimizing for Quality Score or a myriad of other activities would …

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In Google AdWords, Bidding Wars Are a Thing of the Past: Beat Your Competition with These 4 Tactics

All week we have focused on how to improve your Quality Score, how to recognize “myths” and important factoids that lead to a solid understanding of Quality Score. Today’s post is the fifth and final post in our 5-day series, …

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2 Ways Account History Can Affect Your Quality Score

Today’s topic is the fourth in a series of 5 blog posts focused on Quality Score. There has been some question as to how account history can affect your overall quality score. In a recent discussion with Google reps it …

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Keywords Inactive Due to Quality Score in Google AdWords? Here are 3 Actions to Take!

Today’s post on Inactive Keywords is the third blog post in our 5-day series focusing on Quality Score. Picture this: You arrive at work before the birds begin to chirp. Before you can be “bothered” by email, you log into …

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3 Components of the Quality Score Everyone Should Know

This is the second post in a series of 5 focusing on Quality Score. We all know there are numerous components to Google Adwords’ quality score. In this post I’ll outline what Google says are the top three components. It …

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