I got a good chuckle today. In 5 minutes time, I received two emails for two different accounts from Yahoo! Search Marketing this morning. The first one told me that my bids were too low, and the other reported that my ads are too low of quality. Wh-what? Yahoo! must think my PPC accounts suck! Email 1: Your Bids are Lower on Average than Most of Your Competitors Email 2: … [Read more...] about Yahoo! Thinks My PPC Accounts Suck
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Let’s Take another Look at URL Tagging and Tracking PPC Campaigns via Google Analytics
The more we write here at PPC Hero, the more we learn about pay-per-click in general and the needs and wants of our readers. Of all the topics we've touched on over the past few years, the one that has remained most popular is the process for tracking PPC campaigns via Google Analytics. Previously we've written on how to properly tag your destination URLs for Yahoo! Search … [Read more...] about Let’s Take another Look at URL Tagging and Tracking PPC Campaigns via Google Analytics
Stop Spending Thousands of Dollars on Unqualified Traffic by Writing Smarter Ad Texts.
More than ever, it's incredibly important to spend your marketing money wisely. This means for PPC, writing ads that not only increase your click-through rates and relevancy, but also qualify each click to make sure that every visitor is highly likely to purchase your products or services. When I write new ads for a client, I research their competitors' sites so that I can … [Read more...] about Stop Spending Thousands of Dollars on Unqualified Traffic by Writing Smarter Ad Texts.
What to Do When the Content Network Goes Haywire
I like Google's Content Network. We're pretty good friends. Over the past few years our relationship has grown to one of mutual respect. I set reasonable parameters and CPCs, the Content Network returns the favor with semi-to-mostly relevant traffic. Last week, this relationship turned sour. The dark underbelly of the Content Network showed itself in the form of an AWFUL … [Read more...] about What to Do When the Content Network Goes Haywire
Google Quality Score Is Overhyped
This week we are featuring guest articles from our PPC Hero allies! We requested submissions from our readers and we received excellent responses from some great PPC bloggers! The PPC Hero team will return to our regularly scheduled articles next week. Enjoy! There. I said it. Google Quality Score is overhyped. Too many people get scared by this nebulous thing called a … [Read more...] about Google Quality Score Is Overhyped
How To Write and Effectively Test Your PPC Ad Texts
This week we are featuring guest articles from our PPC Hero allies! We requested submissions from our readers and we received excellent responses from some great PPC bloggers! The PPC Hero team will return to our regularly scheduled articles next week. Enjoy! How are you going to figure out what is the best PPC ad/creative in your campaign, if you haven’t identified the … [Read more...] about How To Write and Effectively Test Your PPC Ad Texts
Our Top 10 Blog Posts for 2008!
2008 was a great year for PPC Hero! We continued to fight for truth, justice, higher click-through rates, lower cost-per-clicks, enhanced conversion rates, better quality scores, and the American way. In 2008, I think PPC Hero definitely leaped a few buildings in a single bound as well as outran some speeding trains (IMO). I'd like to highlight some of our accomplishments by … [Read more...] about Our Top 10 Blog Posts for 2008!
Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization
Think you know how to test landing pages? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you're on the right track with Tim Ash, author of Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions, and President of Sitetuners.com. Tim is an entrepreneur, internet marketing leader and co-founder of several internet related start-ups. Currently Tim is the … [Read more...] about Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization
What You Need to Know About Google’s Decision to End Preferred Cost Bidding
Google AdWords is often testing new features within our pay-per-click accounts. Some of them work great and some of them don't. With an organic program like AdWords, this kind of testing is to be expected. Google recently announced that on January 26, 2009 preferred cost bidding within AdWords will no longer be available. Currently, preferred cost bidding is still available in … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know About Google’s Decision to End Preferred Cost Bidding
Long Term PPC Management – Learn How to Avoid Getting Stuck in a Rut
Managing a pay-per-click account long term is an interesting task, to say the least. Looking at the same account structure day in, day out and pulling the same reports each week takes its toll on the unsuspecting PPC manager. Without a supportive team or careful planning, it is pretty easy to get stuck in a rut! Sometimes that means you adopt a "set it and forget it" … [Read more...] about Long Term PPC Management – Learn How to Avoid Getting Stuck in a Rut
Don’t Miss Out on Extra Holiday Revenue – What You Need to Know About Comparison Shopping Search Engines
Welcome to our week long exploration of the tips and tricks necessary for increasing retail sales during the holidays! As we are all aware, Black Friday and the following weeks are well, BIG. Big enough to be recognized as the most important shopping time of the year, in stores and online. Therefore, you need to plan ahead to capitalize on this opportunity to the fullest … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss Out on Extra Holiday Revenue – What You Need to Know About Comparison Shopping Search Engines
How to Analyze the Most Important PPC Reports
Of all the reasons to love pay-per-click advertising, the reporting capabilities have to be number one! All of the major (and minor) PPC search engines offer reporting so that you can make smart, informed decisions about your advertising. That being said, reports are only capable of providing the best data when they're analyzed correctly. So, today's PPC Basics lesson is … [Read more...] about How to Analyze the Most Important PPC Reports
