The next time you read emails in your Gmail account, take a look at the advertisements on the side bar. Do they have anything to do with what you are talking about in your email? Chance are, they do. Gmail continues to be a free service because they allow advertisements to show while you read your email. For Paid Search Marketers, Gmail is yet another outlet for a client’s … [Read more...] about Google & Privacy – Adwords Wiggles into Your Private Life
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Be a Geek, No Matter What!
Happy Geek Pride Day, from all of us PPC Hero geeks! The first Geek Pride Festival was organized by Tim McEachern and was held in Albany New York. A manifesto was created to celebrate this event, and some of its contents are below. Make sure you're exercising your rights & responsibilities like PPC Hero is today!. Rights: The right to not leave your house The right to … [Read more...] about Be a Geek, No Matter What!
Case Study: The Effects of Modified Broad Match Keywords
In July of last year, Google announced the global roll out of modified broad match keywords that had a greater reach than phrase match and more control than broad match. PPC advertisers welcomed this new match type as a way to better target qualified traffic. I slowly began integrating modified broad match keywords into my accounts, but hadn't taken the time to fully evaluate … [Read more...] about Case Study: The Effects of Modified Broad Match Keywords
Google AdWords Announces Updates to Location Targeting
Google announced today that they would be making a few changes to the location targeting feature in AdWords starting July 8, 2011. Location targeting for account campaigns grew into 17 new countries back in February and since those additions, Google has been seeking out ways to continue the expansion of this feature in ways that make it “more accurate, easier to use and more … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Announces Updates to Location Targeting
Ticker Tuesday: Understanding adCenter’s Quality Score
Microsoft adCenter's Quality Score assigned as numerical score and a representation to your PPC keywords, helping you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your PPC account. In this episode of Ticker Tuesday, we discuss how adCenter's Quality Score works, and how it differs from Google AdWords's Quality Score...all in 60 … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Understanding adCenter’s Quality Score
Google Analytics Intelligence: An Invaluable Tool
Custom Alerts in AdWords are helpful. At the campaign or ad group level, you can create a custom alert. For instance, you can be notified when your average CPC for all or certain ad groups within a campaign shoots too high over goal. You can tell Google to check it weekly or daily and you can be notified via email. But, in my opinion, creating custom alerts in Google Analytics … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Intelligence: An Invaluable Tool
News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
Currently only in limited beta release, Google Analytics has added a new feature, Multi-Channel Funnels, to aid advertisers in their marketing efforts. As reported by Google, the main function of Multi-Channel Funnels is to be able to see all the “players” who “assisted” in a tracked and completed conversion. Typically speaking, the last ad clicked gets all the credit for … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
As the founder of #ppcchat, PPC expert Matt Umbro (@Matt_Umbro) is already well-known on Twitter. That is one reason why we felt so lucky to have him as our guest for the second live #Heroview – real-time discussions with industry experts via Twitter. Our Heroview with Matt talked mainly about lead generation and lead metrics. Check out the transcript of the conversion … [Read more...] about Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 2
Welcome back to Ticker Tuesday's two-part series on PPC bidding strategies. In Part 1, we discussed when to raise bids, and when to lower them. In this installment, we'll be discussing the specific tools Google AdWords has to offer for bidding, and how each method relates to your end goals. And as a bonus, we'll let you know what metrics you should also be looking at before … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 2
News Update: Google Partners with Digitas For Enhanced Mobile Marketing Insights
Yesterday, Google announced their partnership with Digitas, in an effort to provide advanced mobile marketing usage research data to Google advertisers. This partnership will allow Google to combine their original marketing data with Digitas’ search and marketing research to better identify mobile trends and user behavior. The availability of this extra information will … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Partners with Digitas For Enhanced Mobile Marketing Insights
AdWords Privacy Policy Updates, Just in Time!
Last Tuesday, I spent a good chunk of my day adding in a new page across several landing page creatives for one of our clients. While it was a bit tedious, in general, I’m glad this change was necessary. Starting May 17, 2011 aka tomorrow, Google will add three new requirements to the Information Harvesting clause for their advertisers. In my post today, I want to step you … [Read more...] about AdWords Privacy Policy Updates, Just in Time!
News Update: New Resource Library for Google AdWords Certification Program
Earlier this week, Google announced the launch of a new resource library in their AdWords Certification Program portal. For those of you PPC Heroes out there interested in getting your Google AdWords Certification, this is wonderful news and will make preparing for the AdWords exam much easier. Beyond providing easy access to training resources, the new resource library’s … [Read more...] about News Update: New Resource Library for Google AdWords Certification Program
