There has been much chatter in the SEM blogosphere about the new Adwords feature called “preferred cost bidding,” but no one has actually put it to the test to see how well it works. (Here is a post on ppclab.com...
Continue Reading Preferred Cost Bidding; Results are In (Almost)
The ability to track both clicks and calls is an important process when search clicks don’t immediately convert into sales leads. According to a forum thread, AdWords advertisers are seeing a new Negative Keywords tab within the keyword tool. The...
I entered some new keywords into my Adwords account and I checked them the next day and found I had received no impressions yet. I scrolled over to the magnifying glass icon (the ad diagnostic tool) next to the actual...
Yahoo! PayPal Checkout Program Launches New Google Adwords account snapshot is now out of beta, and looks very similar to the Yahoo! account snapshot. Will the creation of a “White Label” AOL PPC service cause any serious impact to the...
While we have yet to test out Google’s Website Optimizer in-house, it is great to see other advertisers’ test results. This basic test showed that by increasing relevant text on the landing page, the conversion rate increased by over 20%!...
Tons of information has been posted on how to increase your CTRs or conversion rates or how to improve your ad text and quality scores. I would like to share how I was able to increase my overall account status...
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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...
Position preference is an advanced feature in Google AdWords that gives users more control over the positioning of their ads. Why do advertisers need or want to use this feature? * Direct-response advertisers can target their most cost-effective ad position....
Continue Reading Position Preference – When in Doubt, Bid High
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...
Anxious to start using Google’s Website Optimizer? Multivariate testing is even easier with these free tools and resources. Yahoo’s decision to require shorter ad descriptions comes with great tips for writing short, relevant and powerful messages. Sometimes you need to...
Site-targeting is a fairly new feature for Google. A keyword-targeted campaign will allow your keywords to show up on the content match with no knowledge of which site your ads are actually being shown; site-targeted campaigns allow you to specifically...
This is the first I’ve heard that Google and Yahoo may be including SEO rankings and tactic history to PPC quality score… A good post on things that seem to matter in PPC but don’t. Examples are average CTR, top...
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