Like Optimus Prime from the Transformers, Google is a “powerful, wise and compassionate character (company) that puts all his (their) talent to use to improve the (PPC) universe around him.” And hence, the embedded format of Ad Sitelinks was born. Embedded sitelinks offer the chance for PPC Managers to target the proper market even more than before. There are no additional … [Read more...] about Ad Sitelinks – More than Meets the Eye
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Google Analytics Releases Limited Webmaster Tools Pilot
Google announced today that after an outpouring of requests, Webmaster Tools data will finally be reachable through Google Analytics. Though this change is currently in limited pilot stages, you can sign up for the opportunity to take part in the integration. According to Google’s statement, this addition to Analytics will be in the form of reports containing Google search … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Releases Limited Webmaster Tools Pilot
Creating Custom Reports in Google Analytics
Google Analytics is an extremely valuable tool in analyzing the performance of your website, whether you are focusing on paid or organic traffic. The first time you log in to Analytics though can be quite overwhelming. I was just getting comfortable with creating custom reports in the old version of analytics when Google released the updated version in April. I finally worked … [Read more...] about Creating Custom Reports in Google Analytics
Letter from the CEO – “Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.”
That's a quotation from Michael Jordan. Each month, I've titled my 'Letter from the CEO' post with a movie quotation, but this month I thought one about teamwork was most appropriate. The main reason is because I'm so proud of the Hanapin team. Since March, when we started the reinvestment in our blogs, the team has really focused their efforts, and it's paying off in spades. … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.”
Google Removes Checkout Badge From Ad Display
Google announced that as of today they are no longer displaying Google Checkout logos in AdWords ads. You can read Google’s statement in a comment on their Merchant support site: Checkout Badges on AdWords ads. The logos will, however, continue to be displayed on product search result pages. This announcement coincides with Google’s efforts to ramp up the visibility of their … [Read more...] about Google Removes Checkout Badge From Ad Display
Hanapin Marketing is hiring! – positions open in sales or marketing
Hanapin - the publisher of PPC Hero - has two open positions, and we're looking for the best and the brightest to join our world-class team! For the Director of Sales, the ideal candidate has 2+ years sales experience and a track record of customer and revenue growth. Background in B2B and any industry related to paid search is a plus! For the Marketing Specialist, the ideal … [Read more...] about Hanapin Marketing is hiring! – positions open in sales or marketing
Our Greatest Hits for May 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s and SEO Boy’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from May. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC and SEO management tips. Enjoy! PPC Hero Greatest Hits: Dave makes his PPC Hero debut and scores big with his analysis of Quality Score Across … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for May 2011
Google AdWords: Testing Job Ad Extensions?
It looks like Google AdWords is up to their usual testing tricks, yet again! This time, users are reporting a change in ad extensions showing in the UK’s Google search engine. This change seems to add a line of text for ads with a staffing agenda (see the following screenshot). This additional line of text appears to be showing the number of job placements … [Read more...] about Google AdWords: Testing Job Ad Extensions?
Google Banned Keywords | hCG Being Added
One of our clients here at Hanapin is in the hCG diet space, which is a very exciting, fast paced, and competitive vertical in the PPC world. From an agency standpoint, it’s a great account to work on because accounts with a high level of spend generally come with a team of Google folks to work with on the account. That was the case with our client and this Google team was … [Read more...] about Google Banned Keywords | hCG Being Added
Google Announces Google Wallet
Yesterday, Google formally announced the pending launch of Google Wallet, an Android app that will allow you to use your phone as a multi-faceted payment card. Google Wallet will store all of your existing plastic cards (debit and credit) on your phone. At its launch, however, you’ll only be able to use Citi Mastercards and Google’s Prepaid Card, and you’ll probably want to … [Read more...] about Google Announces Google Wallet
Domain URL Now Makes Some Ads Have the Longest Headlines Ever
To be clear, I selected this title not for brevity, but to highlight that now some of your ads may actually be that long, in the first line. No, not exactly that long, but after this blog you’ll come to understand. So, to start, Google recently has announced that for select top position ads, the domain URL of the display URL will appear next to the headline of your ad, … [Read more...] about Domain URL Now Makes Some Ads Have the Longest Headlines Ever
Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
A couple of days ago, Jessica’s latest episode of Ticker Tuesday focused on an issue that’s of pretty substantial interest to search marketers of late: adCenter quality score. Since Yahoo and MSN became one, many paid search advertisers have noticed substantial differences in their performance that are difficult to account for. Given the amount of time we’ve had to adjust our … [Read more...] about Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
