Today begins PPC Hero's newest journey into the belly of the PPC beast: Google AdWords Quality Score. This week, we are going to take a much more granular, advanced look at Quality Score. First up? Formulas, of course! Google maintains 4 distinct Quality Score formulas for determining the following: Minimum Bids, Ad Position on Search, Keyword-Targeted Ads on Content and … [Read more...] about What Makes Google AdWords Tick? 2 Quality Score Formulas You Need to Know: Minimum Bids and Ad Position
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Yahoo! Ambassador Program to be Terminated
Don't worry, all that studying for the Yahoo! Ambassador test hasn't gone to waste completely. Even though Yahoo announced today that they're terminating their Ambassador program, you have until July 31st to complete the training and take the test to become eligible to be an Ambassador only if you have already registered. Once certified, landing pages will be delivered to new … [Read more...] about Yahoo! Ambassador Program to be Terminated
PPC News Roundup for July 23, 2008
What are your thoughts on the new Google Adwords Keyword Tool? Andrew Goodman from Traffick.com finds after much talk from disbelievers that he does think the Google tool provides good information on many different fronts. Get super selling copy writing skills from Marketing With Chris Imamshah. This copy can be used in your PPC ad text and landing pages to help increase … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for July 23, 2008
Post-Click Marketing for PPC Heroes
Welcome to the first in a series of special guest articles that we'll be publishing. This first article was writtne by Scott Brinker. Scott Brinker is a co-founder, president, and chief technology officer of ion interactive, a company that specializes in post-click marketing software and services for marketers and agencies. He blogs regularly at their Post-Click Marketing … [Read more...] about Post-Click Marketing for PPC Heroes
PPC News Roundup for July 9, 2008
Looking to be a guest blogger on a popular SEM blog? Look no further! Michael Gray from Graywolf's SEO blog is looking to accept guest posts to his blog. He only has a few requirements; the post must be educational, informative or entertaining and must have correct grammar! Arnold from Search Engine Journal writes about Google's new keyword tool including search volume data … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for July 9, 2008
Our Greatest Hits for June!
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from June. Whether you’re a new subscriber or a current subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Getting a little help with your PPC campaign is never a bad thing: we all get by with a little help from … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for June!
PPC News Roundup for June 18, 2008
What's the future of Google Adwords Pay-Per-Action model? According to Search Engine Roundtable who spoke directly with their Google rep, Google doesn't know where they're headed with the PPA model but they're not sending out any invitations to be a part of the beta, "while t he product team figures out what direction the model will take in the future." Interesting… Search … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for June 18, 2008
3 Google Analytics Reports You Aren’t Using To Boost Your PPC Campaigns – But You Should!
Too many times I’ve learned new things about a program when I wasn’t necessarily looking to learn new things. When using Google Analytics it’s really easy to get lost in all the data, but sometimes it’s necessary to take the time and see what information they have to offer about your account. In this blog post I’ll discuss 4 very cool and useful Google Analytics reports that … [Read more...] about 3 Google Analytics Reports You Aren’t Using To Boost Your PPC Campaigns – But You Should!
3 Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports That Will Improve Your PPC Campaigns
If you own an e-commerce site you know how important it is to get accurate reporting in order to manage your marketing programs. That’s why I use Google analytics. Google analytics is a free tool used for reporting on your site as a whole, not just on Google stats. It reports on all traffic sources, revenue sources, top landing pages, etc. But what I’d like to discuss today is … [Read more...] about 3 Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports That Will Improve Your PPC Campaigns
Not Sure Where to Start in Google Analytics? Here Are 5 Stats to Begin Analyzing Your Performance
There is a deep, deep well of information contained within Google Analytics that can help your PPC account. But if you're new to the program, where do you begin? To kick off our series of "Give Us 5 Days, and We'll Teach You How to Maximize Your PPC Results by Using Google Analytics" I thought we'd start with the basics. On your account Dashboard there 5 statics; here is what … [Read more...] about Not Sure Where to Start in Google Analytics? Here Are 5 Stats to Begin Analyzing Your Performance
What You Need to Know About Google Automatic Matching
Some of you may have noticed an alert within your Google AdWords account that says, "New! Automatic matching has been enabled in your account." What is "automatic matching"? The one-sentence summary from Google states, "Your ads will now show for additional relevant search queries based on the keywords, ad text, and landing pages in your ad groups." I'm certain we'll be writing … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know About Google Automatic Matching
PPC News Roundup for May 22, 2008
Still having trouble with the Google Adwords Quality score? Check out this cool video by Matthew Bredel from 'Inside the Marketing Mind' that goes in depth about what the quality score is, and how you can improve it within your account. Writing ads with strong calls-to-action is one of those techniques every PPC advertiser should be using! In case you are new to what a … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 22, 2008
