You may have noticed while getting your analytics on yesterday or today that Google Analytics has gotten a new look. Google’s announcement of the change states that they’ve made changes to pretty much everything, which has been confirmed by outside research (and by “outside research” I mean “me”). If you haven’t taken a tour of the new features, do it already. Google’s post … [Read more...] about Google Analytics’ Sumptuous New Look
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Google AdWords Display Ad Builder Made Even Easier
Google’s Display Network can be a great place to generate some additional traffic, leads, and branded exposure. While text ads go a long way in garnering attention, sometimes an image ad can grab searchers’ attention more quickly, especially considering the fact that you can tailor your image ads specifically to match a page’s content. Think about your own experience as a Web … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Display Ad Builder Made Even Easier
Google Releases Enhanced Sitelinks
This week Google announced the roll out of enhanced sitelinks. The Gospel of Google has long preached that sitelinks increase click through rate, and this latest announcement comes with the prediction that enhanced sitelinks will provide an even larger improvement on the previous hike in CTR. An increase to the increase, if you will. And when it comes to CTR, we most … [Read more...] about Google Releases Enhanced Sitelinks
Google Privacy Policy & PPC
Once in a while, Google makes an appearance in the news and dominates the blogs with half angry and half praiseworthy articles. Last week, Google publicly announced it's new privacy policy, which will roll out in March, and though some people were angry about it, everyone has come to terms with it by now. Really, it's nothing new. Google will now basically combine all of its … [Read more...] about Google Privacy Policy & PPC
Guide to URL Tagging and Tracking in Google Analytics
Over the years, we've written a lot of articles on a wide variety of topics related to PPC. Even though we post new content almost every day, there are some posts that seem to resonate more with our readers over time. Each time we look at our most popular posts, PPC Hero's articles about URL tracking in Analytics are always at the top even though some of them were written in … [Read more...] about Guide to URL Tagging and Tracking in Google Analytics
Something You Need to Know About the Google Display Network
Some people are a little afraid of the Google Display Network. There are all kinds of targeting options, segmentation options, and it can rack up a lot of money in a small amount of time. I feel lucky because some of my first accounts were ones in which the Display Network was a primary source of traffic, so I learned pretty fast that the GDN isn’t something to be afraid of – … [Read more...] about Something You Need to Know About the Google Display Network
Google Online Marketing Challenge Registration Opens
I know most of you may not fall into this category, but if you happen to teach at the college level--you should definitely check out Google's Online Marketing Challenge, the registration for which just opened. It's open to professors of any higher learning institution. The Professor is so excited, because he just signed up for the Google Online Marketing Challenge. … [Read more...] about Google Online Marketing Challenge Registration Opens
Google Analytics Real Time
With the new version of Google Analytics that was recently launched alongside Multi-channel funnels, Google also launched a new Beta called Real-Time. The launch was actually on September 29, and search marketers with access have done a great job of digging into this neat new tool and seeing what it can really do, and what sort of impact it might have on how we make decisions … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Real Time
Guide to Google’s Multi-Channel Funnels for PPC Managers
As PPC managers, we all know that to get a clear understanding of PPC performance you can’t just look at AdWords alone, but the discrepancies between AdWords and Analytics data due to click attribution can be frustrating. With the release of Multi-Channel Funnels, Google has helped to resolve this issue by showing how different marketing channels work together to create … [Read more...] about Guide to Google’s Multi-Channel Funnels for PPC Managers
Google AdWords Help Gets a Makeover
Much like Anne Hathaway here--the Google AdWords Help Center just got a fancy new makeover. If you've ever had trouble finding the right answers, finding a way to contact Google, or really wanted to be shown how to do something--it's Christmas a couple of weeks early! Here's the long and short of it: … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Help Gets a Makeover
Google Analytics: Creating Deliberate Results from Random Metrics
Google Analytics provides a cornucopia of statistics. Some are the turkey and mash potatoes to your Thanksgiving dinner, and the others are the potluck sides that may go under-eaten. I’m calling these less utilized metrics “Random,” because they are statistics that you may not monitor on a consistent basis, and you may not even know how to use them. I’m a firm believer that if … [Read more...] about Google Analytics: Creating Deliberate Results from Random Metrics
New Google Analytics Interface Features
While I was at Pubcon a week ago I had the opportunity to talk to Ashish Vij from Google's Analytics team. You can read about all of my adventures and lessons learned at Pubcon. Here are some of the cool things that Google has that are new to the New Google Analytics Interface. One of the most important take-aways from this session was when Ashish talked about making sure … [Read more...] about New Google Analytics Interface Features
