Experiments & Testing

Running experiments and testing elements in your PPC account are an important part to improving pay per click performance.


PPC Hero's Account Expansion Series

Using the Ever-Mysterious Beta to Grow Your Account

As Star Trek tells us, space is the final frontier.  As working in AdWords and BingAds tells us, betas are the final frontier.  There are things that we haven’t even thought about yet that are going on right now in other people’s accounts.

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Ad Copy Clean Up – What to Get Rid of & What to Keep

There is a time to review your account ad copy…and the time is now! While it’s bright and sunshine-y out and you can keep yourself motivated! Right? Right!

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Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords

There are tons of reasons to pause things within our PPC accounts.  Poor performance, special offers ending, seasonality.  It can go on and on.

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Make It Count! How To Avoid Common PPC Ad Testing Mistakes

One of our favourite talking points in the PPC industry when it comes to testing is deciding when we have enough data to judge our results accurately. On the face of it, this should be a fairly straightforward process, albeit …

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Get Descriptive With Your Keyword Match Types

Deciding what match types to pursue in your accounts should be based on query data (a descriptive approach). We need to be as descriptive as possible when it comes to the ever-evolving search marketplace and the queries people are putting in.

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The Seven Best PPC Lessons from February 2013

So what it was a short month?  Having two fewer calendar days doesn’t mean that the staff of PPC Hero didn’t come away with life changing lessons and insights.  We now present to you the best things that we began …

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Ad Testing for 2013 – Plan Now for MONTHS!

For this month’s series, we’re going to be talking about new and exciting things that you can test within the wonderful world of PPC.  Take your accounts to the next level with some of these new techniques or tools. A …

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I Dare You to Try Out the DCO

For this Month’s Series, we’re going to be talking about new and exciting things that you can test within the wonderful world of PPC.  Take your accounts to the next level with some of these new techniques or tools.   …

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The 10 Reports that Made Me Fall in Love with Pivot Tables

Lots of crazy stuff has happened in PPC during 2012.  Even though that’s been true pretty much every year since its launch, we at PPC Hero felt that it was a big enough year to justify its very own series.  …

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PPC Hero’s Top Time Saving Tips During Your Busy Holiday Season

It’s a busy time of year.  There are so many products you want to sell, so many bids that need to be changed, so much ad text you need to refine.  We here are PPC Hero have thought that you …