Greg Meyers at SEMGeek recently posted about the AdWords reporting tool: Impression share. He has followed this post with an interesting question: AdWords Impression Share Exact Match: Fact or Fiction? Greg doesn't determine the factual or fictional status of this report, but he does draw another conclusion: Google wants you to spend more money by using more broad match … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 5, 2007
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Quick Fixes to Some of PPC’s Most Common Problems: Part One
When you're first starting out in pay-per-click advertising, there is a tremendous learning curve. You have to discover the inner workings of 3 (sometimes more) different PPC advertising platforms. There is the trial and error of figuring out which tools and methods work for your particular account. And then there is learning how to react to the myriad of issues that can … [Read more...] about Quick Fixes to Some of PPC’s Most Common Problems: Part One
PPC News Roundup for November 30, 2007
The holidays are the time to give PPC advertising everything you've got, even if it means devoting more time to MSN adCenter! PPC Discussions explains why even if you normally ignore or under-utilize adCenter, the holidays are prime time to go full force. The conversion rates and click traffic increase during the Christmas season, and you should take advantage … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for November 30, 2007
How To Launch a New Keyword: Hit the Ground Running!
When you load new keywords into your campaign, what is your initial bidding strategy? There has been some recent discussion on the best practices for setting bids on brand new keywords and I thought I'd throw in my two cents. If you want to quickly determine the keywords that will best enhance your PPC efforts, I suggest hitting the ground running, rather than limping. There … [Read more...] about How To Launch a New Keyword: Hit the Ground Running!
PPC News Roundup for November 7, 2007
Slight changes in your PPC ad copy can have a huge impact on your click-through rate and conversion rate. Want to see how revisions a PPC ad text increased conversions by 300%? MindValley Labs dissects their success and sheds some light on how they made this happen. Take note. Google jumps, Yahoo slumps and MSN remains steady according to Rimm Kaufman’s search marketing spend … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for November 7, 2007
See How Easily You Can Improve Your PPC Performance
When managing pay-per-click accounts, there is one activity that will improve your performance more easily than any other - effectively managing ad texts. Some would argue that bid management, optimizing for Quality Score or a myriad of other activities would take the cake. However, it is imperative that you have a strong first impression with searchers. Consider the … [Read more...] about See How Easily You Can Improve Your PPC Performance
Dissecting a Taboo: Phone Numbers in PPC Ads
Creating relevant and effective ad text is one of the most difficult, yet influential things you must do as a PPC advertiser. Within this daily management duty are a myriad of sub-tasks or "flavors" that can affect the outcome of your click-through-rates and conversion rates. Along with this wide world of ad text possibility also comes a flurry of disagreement on tactics. Today … [Read more...] about Dissecting a Taboo: Phone Numbers in PPC Ads
Thinking Negatively Can Yield Positive Results – The Impact of Negative Keywords
The third series in our Revitalize your PPC Campaign in 5 Days is using negative keywords to weed out unqualified traffic, control your spend, and only trigger your ads to show towards more qualified traffic. Negative keywords are used to weed out unwanted or irrelevant traffic to your campaign. These are keywords, terms and phrases within your ad group that you don’t … [Read more...] about Thinking Negatively Can Yield Positive Results – The Impact of Negative Keywords
Landing Pages Should Be Made For Humans and Machines
There has been a lot of chatter recently regarding what kind of relationship your landing page has to your AdWords quality score. Without a doubt your landing page is one of most important (if not the most important) aspects of your PPC campaign. Each landing page is assigned a quality score which crucial to your overall score - however, there are a myriad of factors that … [Read more...] about Landing Pages Should Be Made For Humans and Machines
PPC News Roundup for August 17, 2007
Fitting a clear, concise message within the allotted 70 characters of a PPC advertisement is always challenge. However, the AdCenter blog has posted some very helpful information on ad composition. Be specific, direct and professional are just a tips they give, and I agree. They also discuss how you can exclude your ad from users by clearly stating who you want to click on your … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 17, 2007
Jeremy Mayes, from PPC Discussions has this to say
Jeremy Mayes is a well known blogger in the PPC industry. Today he shares with us his thoughts and opinions on hot topics in the PPC world. Q: Do you foresee any advancements occurring in the next year that will change the way people manage their PPC accounts? A: Yes, over the next 12 months I believe Google will add features that support rule based management of campaigns … [Read more...] about Jeremy Mayes, from PPC Discussions has this to say
How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
The survey results I posted on Monday ranked the importance of 12 AdWords Quality Score attributes. At the top of the survey rankings were click-through rate, ad text/keyword relevance, historical performance and landing page keyword relevance. Search relevancy is the core that binds the quality score together, and our survey reflects this idea. Also, these survey results are … [Read more...] about How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
