OH MAN do we love Star Wars! Today marks the anniversary of the release of Stars Wars: A New Hope. Some of us here are HUGE Star Wars fans. For example, there are members of the PPC Hero Team, who...
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This week, Google announced that they are updating their U.S. trademark policy. Under this new policy the restrictions will be loosened slightly so that more advertisers can display relevant brands within their PPC ads. This update applies only to Google.com...
The easiest way to evaluate an ad quality is through click-through rate. After all, it is a simple metric, and it would seem to measure what we’re seeking to accomplish through awareness. But a successful campaign is made or broken...
Lately, we’ve been writing quite a bit about the Google Content Network. This is simply because there is so much to talk about! Today, I would like to touch on another topic within this theme: two reasons why your Content...
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PPC advertisers have been waiting a long time for this. Just officially announced yesterday, Google AdWords is removing the ‘other unique queries’ label in the search query performance report. We wrote about this new feature in the search query report...
Continue Reading Good Bye To Google’s “Other Unique Queries” – We Won’t Miss You
Early this morning, the adCenter blog published 5 posts detailing all of the changes they’ve pushed live as part of their Spring 2009 Upgrade. Microsoft continues to drive their advertising platform forward, and unlike Google who releases a new feature...
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Dearest PPC Hero readers, my apologies for not getting the weekly roundup goodness to you sooner today. It’s been pretty hectic ’round these parts. I guess I should also probably mention that this is my last day as a member...
With recent news breaking that Google will be opening up keyword bidding policies on trademarked terms, it is time to reconsider whether this is a valid and cost-effective tactic to consider. On its face, bidding on a competitor’s name or...
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I received a phone call from my Yahoo rep saying that they are offering a search query report for our clients. I was very excited about this since I love the search query report from Google. Unfortunately, I was soon...
Continue Reading New Yahoo Search Query Expand Report – Not Quite Up To Par With Google
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the Google Content Network is fickle and it can be tricky. In both the Search and Content Networks, ad position is important. Within the Search Network you have a wider range...
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Early on in my search marketing career, one of the discrepencies that annoyed me most was that Google Analytics and Google AdWords were almost entirely separate entities. With the exception of AdWords data populating in Analytics, there wasn’t any cross-functionality...
Continue Reading Learn How to Import Your Google Analytics Goals into AdWords Conversion Tracking
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