Bill Slawski posted a link this week to Analyzing and Evaluating Query Reformulation Strategies in Web Search Logs – this is a paper written by researchers from the University of Washington. In his post, A Taxonomy of Rewriting Search Terms,...
It’s Coming: Our Totally Awesome SEM Giveaway Contest
Tell your friends, tell your coworkers, tell your mom (well, if she’s interested in search engine marketing)! On Monday, September 21, Hanapin Marketing (the company that produces the PPC Hero and SEO Boy blogs) will be announcing an amazingly awesome...
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How To Confirm Placement of Your PPC Ads in Bing.com
MSN announced the launch of a new ad preview tool for Bing.com. Instead of typing in your keywords directly into Bing, you can now use the ad preview tool to make sure your ads are showing without affecting the real...
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Some PPC Webcasts/Podcasts You Should Check Out!
This is just a quick FYI on some very good webcasts and podcasts that are going to be happening soon. All of these are PPC related so hopefully you’ll get useful tips and info from each one! Search Marketing Now...
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How to Utilize Yahoo’s Ad Scheduling Feature
Yahoo! has been making progress in updating their paid search platform. They have recently added some additional reporting functions that give you greater visibility into where you ads are appearing within their partner network. Today, we’ll discuss Yahoo!’s ad scheduling...
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PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast – GreensBoro500.com
Today’s PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast will focus on the Greensboro500.com PPC Landing Page, submitted by Nick. Nick said in his submission that this page is about 8 months old, and conversion rates have been declining since that time....
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Praise and Caution for the AdWords Opportunities Tab
Last week Google expanded the beta test of the ‘Opportunities Tab‘ in the AdWords interface. It is now fully available in all English-language accounts. According to Google, this new feature is designed to help advertisers find more cost-effective traffic in...
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PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/11/09
We’ve now entered the last quarter of the year – you know, the one packed with all the holidays and shopping days? It’s time to start thinking about and planning seasonal campaigns for clients. Some obvious – and not-so-obvious –...
5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
One thing here at PPCHero we make sure of is that all of our writers pass the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam before writing for the blog. We just added four new people to our team and we’re still growing. ...
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PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast – Business Plan Pro
Today’s PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast will focus on the Business Plan Pro PPC Landing Page, submitted by Nicole. Nicole said in her submission that this page was a redesign of BusinessPlanPro.com. In the initial testing phase, the new...
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Managing Successful PPC Campaigns is a Science and an Art Form
Managing paid search campaigns requires a mixture of science and art. The scale probably tips more toward the scientific elements when it comes to optimizing your performance. However, in order to create a successful, well-balanced campaign, you can’t completely disregard...
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PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
If you want successful PPC ads, you have to do much more than just insert calls-to-action and hope visitors will respond. Great ad-writing is all about the language – understanding the language of your customers and enforcing the bond between...
