Today is PPC Hero’s second birthday! Yes, our fearless PPC superhero is two years old today! It’s been a great two years and we want to thank everyone who has helped PPC Hero grow in anyway. Whether you read PPC...
How to Utilize Your Placement Performance Report to the Fullest Extent
Not long ago, the Google Content Network used to be a source of frustration for many PPC managers. This distribution channel can be difficult to master as the user intent for the Content Network is extremely different from the Search...
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Which 2nd Tier PPC Search Engine Gets the Best Results? Take Our Poll!
Google, Yahoo, and MSN are the dominate PPC search engines. Okay, Google is the really the dominate search engine and Yahoo and MSN try to keep up. However, there other PPC search engines that can generate results – but with...
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How Does AdWords Determine a Keyword’s Quality Score Before It’s Even Activated? Find Out!
Recently, I was creating new campaigns and ad groups within a Google AdWords account. I loaded all of my keywords and ad texts, set my bids, reviewed my campaign settings, and I was ready for launch! Once I finished up...
Our Greatest Hits for February, 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from February. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy!...
PPC Hero Celebrates Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!
We want to wish Dr. Seuss a very happy birthday! PPC Hero is a big fan of all his books but as you can see, his favorite is the Cat in the Hat. It’s a classic! We hope you take...
PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast – Star Tech Global
Today’s PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast will focus on Star Tech Global, submitted by Faizal Johnson. Star Tech Global is an outsourcing software development firm. Faizal said in his submission that his goal is to increase leads from his...
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Has Yahoo Optimized Your Account Without Your Consent? You Better Check!
Last summer, we wrote about Yahoo’s ad profiling program. This is a quick reminder that you need to be vigilant when monitoring for changes that Yahoo makes to your PPC campaign without your knowledge or consent. What is Ad Profiling?...
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Happy International Pancake Day!
Breakfast is our favorite meal of the day… so we are extremely excited to wish everyone a very happy International Pancake Day! Pancakes are close to the perfect food. Hot, sweet, hardy and delicious! Now get over to IHOP and...
Is DMA Targeting Within AdWords the Wave of the Future?
Last week the PPC Hero team attended a lecture by Jim Koehler, Senior Statistician for Google. The lecture was on the campus of Indiana University as part of their Statistics Symposium (we are about a 7 minute drive from campus!)....
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Happy Valentine’s Day From PPC Hero!
PPC Hero wishes everyone an ewy-gooey sickeningly sweet Valentine’s Day! PPC Hero is offering up some PPC specific heart-shaped candies. He likes these much better than those personalized M&M’s. Have a great holiday!
Review Your Conversion Paths To Look For Optimization Opportunities
In order to properly optimize your conversion rate, you don’t want to to track just the total number of conversions you generate at any given time. You need to understand the path users take through your site on their way...
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