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...
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PPC News Roundup for April 24, 2007
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...
PPC News Roundup for April 20, 2007
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%!...
PPC News Roundup for April 17, 2007
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...
PPC News Roundup for April 13, 2007
This article from Search Insider details Google’s value. Whether you like it or not, the truth is that Google’s efforts to find new and innovative ways to monetize the world’s information is just something we all need to get used...
PPC News Roundup for April 10, 2007
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...
PPC News Roundup for April 6, 2007
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...
PPC News Roundup for March 30, 2007
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...
PPC News Roundup for March 27, 2007
What Makes Us Search Online To Buy Offline? Microsoft Search Share Troubles New WordPress Plug-In, Recommend It 66 Ways to Link Build in 2007 Search Engine Smackdown Challenge to Jason Calacanis Top 10 favorites for AdWords Editor Keyword grouper Yahoo...
PPC News Roundup for March 23, 2007
Yahoo Announces Click Fraud Efforts DoubleClick Research Shows Higher Click Rate with Video Ads Google Definitions Show Related Phrases Google’s Plus Box Allows “Related Info” in Search Results
PPC News Roundup for March 22, 2007
SEO New Crawl Test Tool Search Arbitrage: Web Blight or Brilliant Marketing Strategy? Adwords Site Targeting with CPC Jimbo Wales & People Powered Search: A Long Shot Make Word Press Search Engine Friendly Google Pay-Per-Action Ads in Beta Testing PPC...
PPC News Roundup for March 16, 2007
John Miller from Search Engine Land Upsets PPC Agencies https://searchengineland.com/070314-085639.php Interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has Everyone Laughing https://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/will-google-become-the-next-microsoft.html Kevin Lee with Clickz Discusses His Trials & Tribulations with the Yahoo Relevance Score https://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625248 Yahoo! describes how to set...
