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...

If you’re anything like me, you have a touch of the “ooh, shiny!” complex. By that I mean, each and every new product offering from my favorite search engines carries with it a certain appeal. I get excited at the prospect of trying something new...

Ok, so I’m about 4 days late breaking this news, but I just have to share my 2 cents. Last Thursday, Google announced that they had reached a deal to share their AdSense for Search and AdSense for Content with Yahoo!. Holy crap, the Yahoogle...

If you run PPC campaigns that target markets around the world, this post is a must read. Kerstin Baker-Ash does a great job of summarizing tactics, pitfalls and the subtleties of language barriers. Have you used the AdWords Preview Tool? Most of us have, but...

This entire week is dedicated to helping you maximize your PPC results by utilizing analytics data. Today I thought I’d take another look at one of my favorite subjects – tracking 3rd party PPC traffic with Google Analytics. Previously I’ve written instructional posts on how...

The results from the PPC Summit Best Practices & Successful Strategies Contest are in, and one of our very own readers has won! The winner is Sterling Simpson from AbeBooks.com. Sterling has won a free pass to either PPC Summit San Francisco (May 19-20) or...

Think you have the best search marketing strategy? PPC Summit is calling all Internet marketers to submit your proven technique or strategy that helped increase your conversions. Winner gets a FREE PASS to PPC Summit. Take note: the deadline is May 12th! Just answer these...

Last week I explained how to use custom URL tags to track keyword level data from your Yahoo! Search Marketing campaigns. In that post I promised to share the instructions for tracking that same data for MSN’s adCenter. Before I dig into the nitty-gritty, I...

Eric Enge from Search Engine Watch talks about just how important landing page optimization is for search engine marketers in terms of increasing revenue. A few steps into optimizing your landing page is to think back to when you originally designed your site; did you...

Over at optimizeandprophesize.com, Jonathon Mendez has a list of the top 10 multivariate & A/B testing results from 2007. Most of the A/B split testing goes into detail on landing pages and conversion data. Some tests include a single product converting better over a choice...