Last Friday I posted 7 reasons why retailers should advertise on Shopzilla.com. Today I’d like to go into a little more in detail and show you how to set up your shopzilla.com account. As previously mentioned in my last blog,...
To Optimize, or Not To Optimize
There has been some discussion over at Small Business SEM regarding an offer for an automated campaign optimization from Google. I give can give Matt some feedback on this as we have had a handful of clients optimized by our...
Google’s Search Query Performance
Last week Google unveiled yet another exciting reporting function for AdWords: Search Query Performance. This report provides the actual search queries that triggered ads (and received clicks) on the Google network. Advertisers can break the information down with the usual...
7 Reasons Why Retailers Should Advertise with Shopzilla.com
There’s so much talk in the PPC world about Google, Yahoo!, MSN etc. But what about Shopzilla, Bizrate and Price Grabber? These are just three shopping comparison sites among the many out there. Advertising on one of these sites, preferably...
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PPC News Roundup for June 13, 2007
There is an awful lot of chatter about Ask. Regardless if their search alterations are generating better results, the certainly are causing a stir in the blogosphere. Ask is touting their new morph and in-line search functions. SE Round Table...
Do You Know Your Yahoo Account Tier?
Yahoo’s caste system may not be known by everyone so I thought it would be helpful to shed some light on the various tiers of their accounts. This information originally appeared in Welcome to the Panama Jungle: A user’s guide...
MSN Age & Gender Targeting
MSN has a feature for incremental keyword bidding on gender and age targeting that I think has potential for positive results. The idea is to allow MSN to automatically raise your bids to rank higher if and only when a...
Yahoo! Search Marketing, Conversion Counter and Chicken Little – Oh My!
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” This could have, perhaps should have been the title of this blog post. Last week, the YSM Blog discussed their Conversion Only Analytics and the inclusion of their new Assists metric. At...
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PPC News Roundup for June 7, 2007
This is an excellent study of the difference between keyword matching types in Google and Yahoo!. A forum thread discusses how Yahoo! sponsored search results are showing bolded display URL’s. Google’s sponsored search results are now bolding search query synonyms...
Impression Share, Takin’ it to the Streets
Google initially introduced their impression share reporting to AdWords advertisers back in April. To be perfectly honest, there was little buzz within the industry, and this advertiser (yes, me) didn’t pay much attention. After speaking with our AdWords rep, the...
PPC News Roundup for May 30, 2007
ShoeMoney talks PPC with MSN Adcenter. Have you noticed the annoying differences between AdWords and Panama? If not, let Got Ads bring them to your attention. Search Marketing Standard lays out the basics when panning for keyword gold in this...
The Most Important Element of Your AdWords Campaign
Jeremy Mayes over at PPC Discussions asks, “In your mind, what is the most important element of an AdWords campaign?” This is a very interesting question, and I like the car analogy he uses (see his original post); however, I...
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