There is a deep, deep well of information contained within Google Analytics that can help your PPC account. But if you’re new to the program, where do you begin? To kick off our series of “Give Us 5 Days, and...
Reporting / Conversion Tracking
Check This Out! Identify Unique Conversion Actions with Google AdWords
On April 18th, the AdWords blog announced the inclusion of a new feature in the conversion tracking tool-set. This new feature gives advertisers the ability to customize conversion reporting with conversion types, otherwise known as Actions. Instead of tracking conversions...
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Learn How to Track Your MSN adCenter PPC Keyword Data in Analytics
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...
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The Secret of Tracking Yahoo! Keyword Data in Google Analytics
Pay-per-click marketing and web analytics – they go together like peas and carrots. Why you ask? Because the reports provided by the PPC search engines aren’t always enough! Services like Google Analytics provide advertisers with a wealth of knowledge for...
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2 Major Reasons Why You Should Run a Search Query Report Today!
The search query report was introduced in Google Adwords last summer. The report shows performance data for the actual search queries that triggered your ads. You can easily run the report in your Google Adwords account by simply going to...
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How to Set Up Conversion Funnels in Google Analytics
What is a conversion funnel? A conversion funnel is the path a customer takes from entering your site through the checkout process and finally the end goal being the purchase or signup confirmation page. The conversion funnel shows the first...
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Yahoo! Turns Conversion Tracking Off If No Conversions in a 45 Day Time Period
“They’ve never really explained to me why this happens, it just does”, says my Yahoo! rep about my conversion tracking being automatically turned off because I didn’t generate any conversions within a 45 day time frame. This came up about...
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Google’s Search Query Performance
Last week Google unveiled yet another exciting reporting function for AdWords: Search Query Performance. This report provides the actual search queries that triggered ads (and received clicks) on the Google network. Advertisers can break the information down with the usual...
Yahoo! Search Marketing, Conversion Counter and Chicken Little – Oh My!
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” This could have, perhaps should have been the title of this blog post. Last week, the YSM Blog discussed their Conversion Only Analytics and the inclusion of their new Assists metric. At...
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Impression Share, Takin’ it to the Streets
Google initially introduced their impression share reporting to AdWords advertisers back in April. To be perfectly honest, there was little buzz within the industry, and this advertiser (yes, me) didn’t pay much attention. After speaking with our AdWords rep, the...
Placement Performance Reporting
What is it? Google’s new Placement Performance Report allows advertisers to view the sites where their ads are being displayed on the content network. In the not-so-distant past, advertisers were relegated to “all or nothing” content strategies. This new transparency...
