Archive for October, 2007



PPC News Roundup for October 31, 2007

October 31st, 2007 | | PPC News Round Up
  • 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 wrapping services.
  • Have you abandoned Google’s Content Network and refuse to give it another shot? John Ellis has changed his mind. He discovered that with careful management and following a content-specific protocol

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

October 31st, 2007 | | Quality Score

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 from real world PPC results. We decided to place all of that information into a single, cohesive handbook.

This handbook is intended to empower AdWords advertisers to embrace Quality Score and use it to their advantage. To …

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

October 26th, 2007 | | Google AdWords, Tools

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 to help turn your campaigns into well-oiled machines.

As you know, at the heart of Adwords is the Quality Score. Google has left search engine marketers to their own devices …

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Tips on Keyword Research from Wordtracker

October 24th, 2007 | | Keyword Research, Tools

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 refined my lists, deleted poor keywords and raised bids on better performing keywords. It was a ‘wait and see’ strategy.

This strategy wasn’t really working out too well. I was spending more time refining my keywords afterwards than if I were

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PPC News Roundup for October 24, 2007

October 24th, 2007 | | PPC News Round Up
  • 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 article is an example of a PPC strategy document, or a proposal. Shimon Sandler lays out his basic criteria for building an effective PPC campaign for a client. While he hits most of the major points,

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See How Easily You Can Improve Your PPC Performance

October 22nd, 2007 | | Basic PPC Strategies

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 take the cake. However, it is imperative that you have a strong first impression with searchers.  Consider the following:
Ad copy is the only part of your PPC campaign that a searcher actually sees. A searcher does not see …

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

October 19th, 2007 | | Advanced PPC Strategies, Quality Score

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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, and it is the culmination of a week’s worth of knowledge!

In days gone by, PPC bidding wars were commonplace when trying to achieve top positions in competitive markets. …

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2 Ways Account History Can Affect Your Quality Score

October 18th, 2007 | | Quality Score

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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 was said that your account history doesn’t directly affect your quality score; however, they also insisted that your account history is incredibly important to …

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

October 17th, 2007 | | Advanced PPC Strategies, Quality Score

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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 AdWords and compulsively check your previous day’s stats. Quickly thereafter, a discovery makes your jaw hit the floor. Those wonderful new keywords you added to your

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3 Components of the Quality Score Everyone Should Know

October 16th, 2007 | | Quality Score

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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 is essential that all advertisers understand that quality score is based on all components working harmoniously together. Look at it as if you were

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