Last Friday I posted 7 reasons why retailers should advertise on Shopzilla.com. Today I'd like to go into a little more in detail and show you how to set up your shopzilla.com account. As previously mentioned in my last blog, Shopzilla.com owns Bizrate.com. So you only have to set up your account once in Shopzilla.com in order to have your products posted on both shopping … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Your Shopzilla.com Account
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To Optimize, or Not To Optimize
There has been some discussion over at Small Business SEM regarding an offer for an automated campaign optimization from Google. I give can give Matt some feedback on this as we have had a handful of clients optimized by our AdWords representatives. Our official stance on optimizations is this: similar tactics are employed for each optimization (so they are not very … [Read more...] about To Optimize, or Not To Optimize
Google’s Search Query Performance
Last week Google unveiled yet another exciting reporting function for AdWords: Search Query Performance. This report provides the actual search queries that triggered ads (and received clicks) on the Google network. Advertisers can break the information down with the usual metrics like clicks, impressions, CTR, etc. But what makes this report really special is that it … [Read more...] about Google’s Search Query Performance
Setting Up an International Yahoo! PPC Campaign
The advent of Yahoo!'s new Panama interface has been a great improvement over its predecessor. However, one piece Yahoo! chose not to include was access to their international network via a single account (much like Google does). As such, we advertisers must then seek out these foreign Yahoo! search engines and progress from there. A few days ago, after considerable research … [Read more...] about Setting Up an International Yahoo! PPC Campaign
PPC News Roundup for April 17, 2007
Has your performance dropped on MSN significantly within the past 24 hours? Check our Webmaster World for any developments (we haven’t noticed any decrease in performance yet). Brad Geddes at ewhisper.net talks about strategies to lower your minimum bids This blogger noticed a single advertiser hogging up to four paid search ads in the Google SERPs. All of the ads were … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 17, 2007
PPC News Roundup for April 10, 2007
Wordtracker announces the launch of Wordtracker Academy. A complete resource guide for keyword research including articles, case studies and tips. AXcessNews reports that online advertising spending is on the rise! But, of course, there is a dark cloud looming over this positive forecast. Why can’t we just have a report that says "Everything is looking great, … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 10, 2007
5 Ideas for A/B Testing Your PPC Ad Text
With the new algorithm changes from Google and Yahoo!, having a good quality score is an added challenge in the PPC world; and your ad text is a big part of having a great quality score. Here are five tips I have used personally that helped me gain control of my accounts through ad text testing. 1. Call to action: Speaking with Google and Yahoo! frequently, they suggest that … [Read more...] about 5 Ideas for A/B Testing Your PPC Ad Text
Is Your PPC Campaign Suddenly in a Tailspin? Pull Up!
Sometimes everything is going well with your PPC campaign: your click-through-rate is increasing while your cost-per-click (CPC) is decreasing, your conversions are on the rise, and the ROI gods are smiling down upon you. Then things begin to tank. For some reason your performance takes a nose dive, or at least it slips noticeably, and you have not made any major changes to the … [Read more...] about Is Your PPC Campaign Suddenly in a Tailspin? Pull Up!
