We all know it’s coming. Some of us are excited while some of us wish it weren’t so. It’s certainly the biggest news in PPC marketing since…I dunno…AdWords? It’s tough to finally say it, but Yahoo and Bing are combining in, what they’re calling, “the Yahoo! And Microsoft Search Alliance.” I guess that wasn’t as scary as I thought. As they say, admitting is the first step. The … [Read more...] about Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance Guide
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How To Confirm Placement of Your PPC Ads in Bing.com
MSN announced the launch of a new ad preview tool for Bing.com. Instead of typing in your keywords directly into Bing, you can now use the ad preview tool to make sure your ads are showing without affecting the real search results. Typically, I will get clients that like to type in their keywords into Google, Yahoo and MSN almost every day just to see how their ad looks in … [Read more...] about How To Confirm Placement of Your PPC Ads in Bing.com
Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
The news hit this morning: Yahoo and Microsoft have officially announced an extensive partnership. We're not certain what exactly this will mean for your pay-per click campaigns just yet (on a day-to-day basis). However, we would like to provide some resources so that you can learn more about this announcement: Microsoft-Yahoo partnership resources: You can learn more about … [Read more...] about Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
Microsoft Unleashes a Round of Spring Updates for adCenter
Early this morning, the adCenter blog published 5 posts detailing all of the changes they've pushed live as part of their Spring 2009 Upgrade. Microsoft continues to drive their advertising platform forward, and unlike Google who releases a new feature every other day, the folks at adCenter prefer a mega-upgrade instead. Guess that adds to the excitement. While there's … [Read more...] about Microsoft Unleashes a Round of Spring Updates for adCenter
PPC Made Easy: Learn How Google’s AdWords Editor and Microsoft’s adCenter Desktop Can Simplify PPC Management
Our week-long series of PPC time saving tips is now in full swing! Today I'll be discussing how Google's AdWords Editor and Microsoft's adCenter Desktop can simplify your PPC management. Being the PPC geek that I am, when Google released Editor, I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. While I'm comfortable using spreadsheets and manually creating campaigns with … [Read more...] about PPC Made Easy: Learn How Google’s AdWords Editor and Microsoft’s adCenter Desktop Can Simplify PPC Management
Maximize Your International PPC Exposure in Microsoft adCenter
One of the more unique challenges of advertising with PPC is targeting customers on the international level. Google has made it maddeningly simple with AdWords (one account can reach the entire world), but Yahoo! and MSN aren't as advanced. Yahoo! forces you to open a new account for each location you're targeting – which can thankfully be placed under a single master account … [Read more...] about Maximize Your International PPC Exposure in Microsoft adCenter
4 Most Important Settings to Check in Your Microsoft adCenter Account
This is the third and final post in my series on important settings to check when setting up accounts in the "big three" PPC search engines. After detailing Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing, it was time to dive into Microsoft's adCenter. There is a sickness infecting the search marketing community that keeps it from digging deeper into adCenter's house of wares. I … [Read more...] about 4 Most Important Settings to Check in Your Microsoft adCenter Account
9 Ways for Agencies to More Easily Sell Clients on the Benefits PPC
Clients often hesitate to try PPC. Two of the most commonly cited reasons are they’ve heard it’s expensive, or campaigns are difficult to manage. But all of this is half-baked information. You know how profitable a well-planned PPC campaign can be. You know that businesses make an average of $2 for every $1 they spend on PPC. But how do you convince your … [Read more...] about 9 Ways for Agencies to More Easily Sell Clients on the Benefits PPC
How Automation will Reshape the Role of the PPC Manager in 2025
The role of the PPC manager in 2025 will be markedly different from when I first stepped into it back in 2006. At that time, nearly everything was manual. Conversion tracking, as we know it today, was almost non-existent. While some rudimentary forms of tracking were available in-app, they lacked the integration and precision modern systems offer. Automation, which now drives … [Read more...] about How Automation will Reshape the Role of the PPC Manager in 2025
How Top of Funnel Paid Search Advertising Can Be Effective
Imagine a world where you could appear at the top of the SERP as soon as someone has an issue your product or service can solve. Historically PPC has been pitched to businesses as a lower funnel and solely a conversion-driving strategy. It still is. It’s great at doing that, but can PPC successfully drive awareness? The answer, in many cases, is that it can… What is … [Read more...] about How Top of Funnel Paid Search Advertising Can Be Effective
How to safely use Broad Match keywords
For years, PPC marketers have avoided Broad Match keywords. They are notorious for matching irrelevant search terms alongside relevant ones. This imprecision stems from Close Variant matching, which includes matching a searcher's intent, synonyms, plurals, or misspellings. While Broad Match keywords can extend your reach well beyond that of Phrase or Exact Match keywords, the … [Read more...] about How to safely use Broad Match keywords
How to enhance your paid search with audience targeting
To most marketers, paid search is all about capturing interest at the bottom of the marketing funnel. Given most verticals have several to hundreds of valuable keywords that convert at a profitable rate, this is a fair assessment. Many marketers don’t consider that they can use paid search a bit further up in the funnel by going after broader keywords with lower intent. … [Read more...] about How to enhance your paid search with audience targeting
