Google Ads has started informing advertisers that they will begin limiting search term reports, due to privacy concerns. Google’s Statement: “In order to maintain our standards of privacy and strengthen our protections around user data, we have made changes to our Search Terms Report to only include terms that a significant number of users searched for. We’re … [Read more...] about How Will Google Ads Limiting Search Terms Affect Account Managers?
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A Guide For Letting Go of Outdated Google Search Best Practices
Late last year, I lost the confidence of a client when I advocated for a restructuring of an account that focused on campaign consolidation. This person used a PPC Hero Blog post from 2014 as fuel for their counter-argument that advocated for the opposite of my recommendation. I did the math and 2014 is the equivalent to 20 PPC years ago. The pace at which Google products … [Read more...] about A Guide For Letting Go of Outdated Google Search Best Practices
Why Google Ads and Google Analytics Convs. Don’t Align (And Why You Should Try The Attribution Beta)
Accurate conversion tracking and effective conversion attribution are two of the biggest challenges in paid search. After all, your optimization decisions are only as good as the data associated with your campaigns. Over the years, I’ve worked with many brands when their conversion tracking dropped off the website or was installed on all pages with over-reported conversions. … [Read more...] about Why Google Ads and Google Analytics Convs. Don’t Align (And Why You Should Try The Attribution Beta)
How To Transfer Google Campaigns to Microsoft Ads
Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising have always been near mirror images of each other when it comes to search engine marketing. Generally, Google is the innovator and Microsoft follows along with similar updates a few months later. Even though there are some differences between the two, many advertisers set up their ad accounts in similar manners. Considering this fact, … [Read more...] about How To Transfer Google Campaigns to Microsoft Ads
Build Custom Reports in Google Analytics
When I first started working in PPC, I loved building reports - I was new, I had the time, I loved getting into the weeds of all the data for that month. As my career progresses, I’m finding less and less time to sift through data to create my own reports manually. Here’s the bright side! Since I am a data nerd and love learning new things, I invested in … [Read more...] about Build Custom Reports in Google Analytics
Why You Should Layer Affinity Audiences on your Google Ads Search Campaigns
By now, I would hope you’re making ample use of Google’s curated lists across paid search, Display, & YouTube. If not, I recommend reading why it’s important to be taking full advantage of layering audiences on search campaigns. With the addition of affinity audiences to Google search campaigns, we now have the ability to continue to hone our top-of-funnel audiences and … [Read more...] about Why You Should Layer Affinity Audiences on your Google Ads Search Campaigns
Three Basic Categories of Google Ads Bidding
There are only two certain things in life: death and Google Ads updates. Google makes updates to its ads platform on a monthly basis and most of these are small changes or new features types to test out. However, every year or so Google loves to rock the boat with removing or adding a new bid strategy. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed any big news recently! However, given … [Read more...] about Three Basic Categories of Google Ads Bidding
The Guide To Google Ads’ Reach Planner
Google Ads Reach Planner is a powerful tool within the Google Ads UI that can predict total user reach, costs, and frequency based on a number of audiences and budgetary inputs. I have personally used the tool for projection presentations a number of times now and the media plans the reach planner outputs are well-received by clients. Generally, the projections are decently … [Read more...] about The Guide To Google Ads’ Reach Planner
How To Navigate Google Optimize – A Free Website Optimization Tool
We all know that PPC campaigns that drive traffic to a website are useless if the landing page is ineffective. That’s why conversion rate optimization (CRO) and a wide selection of CRO platforms exist. Google Optimize is similar to other CRO platforms such as VWO or Optimizely and serves the same purpose; to facilitate landing page testing in order to increase conversion … [Read more...] about How To Navigate Google Optimize – A Free Website Optimization Tool
When Should You Use Google’s Conversion Action Sets?
When a customer completes an action on your website that you’ve identified as valuable, you call it a conversion. Conversions could be phone calls, content downloads, form fills, transactions, etc. Within Google Ads, you have the ability to create as many “conversions” as you deem necessary for your business. But how do you align each conversion type with its respective … [Read more...] about When Should You Use Google’s Conversion Action Sets?
Preventing and Navigating Google Merchant Center Suspensions
Receiving an email from Google alerting you that your Merchant Center has been suspended is a worst-case scenario for any advertiser utilizing shopping campaigns to promote and sell their products. All campaigns immediately cease delivering and will remain in this state until the Merchant Center is reinstated. Navigating Merchant Center suspensions can be confusing and … [Read more...] about Preventing and Navigating Google Merchant Center Suspensions
Tracking Your Free Google Shopping Ads
(inspired by Curtis K) The idea, “Track Surfaces across Google: Clicks.” Utilizing Google Merchant Center for this information leaves us in the blind. Two things: I personally do not like being in the blind with digital advertising. I like being able to track what I am doing. Yes, it’s micromanagement, and Sam I do not like … [Read more...] about Tracking Your Free Google Shopping Ads
