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Google AdWords is the king of all search engines. As you can see we spend a great deal of time working with Google in the pursuit of perfecting our AdWords campaigns. At PPC Hero you will learn all there is to know about Google AdWords – whether you’re a beginner or PPC pro.

Wondering Where Your Adwords Reports Went?

August 25th, 2010 | Jen | Google AdWords, Reporting / Conversion Tracking

If you’re like me you had taken the time at some point in the past to set up report templates that run automatically. So if you are wondering where some of them have gone, read on! Google has updated their reports so the Account, Campaign, and Ad Group data is available through the Campaigns tab only. Yep, that is right…you have to make all new templates, but don’t fret, it’s not that bad.

Creating Account, Campaign and Ad Group Level Reports

So, …

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When Is It OK to Have Low-Quality-Score Keywords?

August 23rd, 2010 | WordStream | Google AdWords, Google AdWords Quality Score

If you have a Google AdWords account, you likely know the role Quality Score plays in the success of your account.

Generally speaking, the higher your keywords’ Quality Scores, the more Google will like you. And the more Google likes you, the less it’ll charge you for your ads to appear in strong positions in the SERPs.

But there a few instances when low-Quality-Score keywords might actually be a good thing. Here are three situations when it’s OK to have low-Quality …

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Better PPC Management Using Adwords Interface Segments

August 11th, 2010 | Jen | Google AdWords, Tools

The Google Adwords interface continues to become more and more user friendly. There is a section on the light grey bar under the main tabs within your account called Segment, and within that section there are multiple report views that can help you manage your accounts more effectively.

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Google Experiment Settings Part 2 – the results are in!

August 3rd, 2010 | Erin | Google AdWords, Tools

The end of June, I wrote about the new experiment settings in Google AdWords allowing you to test different elements in your account to see if the changes really do improve performance. For instance, you can choose to lower your bids by 30% and then see if you can still maintain the same level clicks at the lower bid. Since this isn’t yet available for everyone, I thought I would follow up my original post with some additional tips …

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New Experiment Setting in Google AdWords

June 22nd, 2010 | Erin | Google AdWords, Tools

In order to get the best results from your PPC campaign, it is important to always test new things. Test keywords, ads, settings, budgets, keyword bids, etc. – if it is something you can change, you should test a variation. The trouble is, it is often difficult to determine if the change you made is really a success or if other factors are contributing. For instance, maybe you increased bids and saw an increase in conversions – we can assume …

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Using Search Funnels to Grow Your Adwords Account

May 19th, 2010 | Jen | Advanced PPC Strategies, Google AdWords

What is the new search funnels feature?
Search Funnels are a set of reports in Adwords that allow you to analyze ad impression and click behavior for campaigns, ad groups and keywords. So why is this important for advertisers? Adwords currently attributes conversions to the last click, but as we all know, few conversions are driven by just one click on one ad. There are usually many touch points with a customer, so the search funnels reports allow us to

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Tracking Revenue and Cost In Adwords

April 28th, 2010 | Jen | Advanced PPC Strategies, Google AdWords

Conversion Tracking in Google Adwords
Google’s conversion tracking in Adwords allows you to take your account to the next level by providing you with ROI data that can help you more accurately identify both areas of success and opportunities. The best part is it only takes a snippet of code and few settings to get started!
Using Conversion Tracking
The first step you must take is to set up the conversion that you want to track. You can create up to

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Case Study: Using Google Trends to Discover New PPC Opportunities

April 21st, 2010 | WordStream | Google AdWords, Tools

Google provides marketers and site owners a range of great, free tools to perform keyword research. One tool that often flies under the radar of many PPC marketers is Google Trends. The value of a keyword research tool like Google Trends is that it allows you to “see what the world is searching for.”

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AdWords Tools for Keyword Expansion

April 15th, 2010 | Erin | Google AdWords, Keyword Research

Keyword research can be time consuming, especially when you have been working on an account for a while and have thousands and thousands of keywords already. It may feel like you are trying to find a needle in a haystack to come up with new keywords you haven’t tried already. If you find yourself stuck, dig into your Google AdWords account to explore new suggestions you may not have thought of.

The first area to check into when you get stuck …

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6 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam

April 6th, 2010 | Dan | Google AdWords

I recently had an opportunity to take the Google Advertising Fundamentals Exam, what fun! Overall it was a good experience, but here are a few tips that I wish I had known before taking it:

1) Read all of the materials in the learning center for the exam. Even if you’ve been working with Adwords for a while, this could still be useful for the random trivia they throw at you. Especially if there’s a new feature or if one …

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