The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from March. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! The Google Quality Score in an enigma wrapped in a riddle tucked neatly inside question. Actually, it's not that … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for March, 2009
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Google Updates Search Query Report Functionality: Query Depth = All Queries
It's weird how Google just slips things into the AdWords reporting interface. In the course of pulling some Search Query Reports today, the PPC Hero team discovered that Google now has added a new report setting: Query Depth And don't you know it, you can choose between Standard (pull the a-typical 1000 "other unique queries" report) OR, you can now choose Advanced! … [Read more...] about Google Updates Search Query Report Functionality: Query Depth = All Queries
Enhance Your AdWords Content Network Performance By Trimming the Fat
Recently, I wrote an article on using the placement performance report within Google AdWords (and Amber recently wrote an article on trimming fat!). As a result of this article, there was a bit of discussion in regards to how granular the site exclusion tool can remove under performing websites from your campaign. I thought I would write a follow-up on this topic to discuss the … [Read more...] about Enhance Your AdWords Content Network Performance By Trimming the Fat
New Tool in AdWords That Tells You Which Keywords Are Inactive
I came across this new tool in my Google AdWords campaign last Friday. When you’re in an AdWords campaign, right next to your ‘opportunities for improvement’ link at the top of the page, there is a link to the right of that which says, ‘Diagnose Keywords – New!’ I asked my AdWords Rep if indeed this tool is new, and she said it is, and it’s gradually rolling out for select … [Read more...] about New Tool in AdWords That Tells You Which Keywords Are Inactive
Don’t Dig Around for the Stats You Need in Google Analytics. Build Custom Reports!
Google Analytics is unquestionably a great resource for your PPC efforts. That being said, it is also chock full of data and statistics. If you aren't careful, you can end up spending long periods of time within Analytics, plugging away to get the relevant information that you so desire. However, Google recently released a beta of Custom Reporting, which allows you to quickly … [Read more...] about Don’t Dig Around for the Stats You Need in Google Analytics. Build Custom Reports!
Upload Your Google AdWords Campaigns into Yahoo and MSN adCenter in a Flash!
Since this week's topics are all about saving PPC advertisers time when managing their accounts, this one is a must-know-and-use strategy that will surely help save you time creating new PPC campaigns, ad groups or accounts as a whole. If you're like most people, you start out with a Google AdWords account. Either you can build it from scratch in Adwords or you can use Adwords … [Read more...] about Upload Your Google AdWords Campaigns into Yahoo and MSN adCenter in a Flash!
How to Utilize Your Placement Performance Report to the Fullest Extent
Not long ago, the Google Content Network used to be a source of frustration for many PPC managers. This distribution channel can be difficult to master as the user intent for the Content Network is extremely different from the Search Network. However, any frustration you may have encountered with the Content Network should hopefully not end in complete desertion of this … [Read more...] about How to Utilize Your Placement Performance Report to the Fullest Extent
How Does AdWords Determine a Keyword’s Quality Score Before It’s Even Activated? Find Out!
Recently, I was creating new campaigns and ad groups within a Google AdWords account. I loaded all of my keywords and ad texts, set my bids, reviewed my campaign settings, and I was ready for launch! Once I finished up all the necessary tasks in Google, using AdWords Editor, I downloaded my new campaigns in order to upload them into Yahoo and MSN. This is when I noticed that … [Read more...] about How Does AdWords Determine a Keyword’s Quality Score Before It’s Even Activated? Find Out!
Our Greatest Hits for February, 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from February. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Google AdWords has recently launched a new website called the Google Agency Tool Kit. This new site basically … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for February, 2009
And Yet Another Wave of Yahoo! ‘Minimum Bid Requirements’ and Keyword Updates
This will admittedly be a short post. But I find it incredibly odd how Yahoo! has programmed their minimum bid system. In lieu of dynamically updating accounts that need attention on an as-needed basis - instead, Yahoo! rolls out massive updates to everyone at once. For a bit of perspective, with Google, your Quality Score and first-page bidding system is a living breathing … [Read more...] about And Yet Another Wave of Yahoo! ‘Minimum Bid Requirements’ and Keyword Updates
Has Yahoo Optimized Your Account Without Your Consent? You Better Check!
Last summer, we wrote about Yahoo's ad profiling program. This is a quick reminder that you need to be vigilant when monitoring for changes that Yahoo makes to your PPC campaign without your knowledge or consent. What is Ad Profiling? Yahoo will go into your account to pause "poorly-performing" keywords (keywords with a low click-through rate) and pause "poorly-performing" ad … [Read more...] about Has Yahoo Optimized Your Account Without Your Consent? You Better Check!
Happy International Pancake Day!
Breakfast is our favorite meal of the day... so we are extremely excited to wish everyone a very happy International Pancake Day! Pancakes are close to the perfect food. Hot, sweet, hardy and delicious! Now get over to IHOP and have a stack! … [Read more...] about Happy International Pancake Day!
