Wondering what that new column 'Assists' means in Yahoo? Here it from the horses mouth! MSN has been releasing some handy tools as of late for easier account management. I haven’t had a chance to use them yet, but I’m certain I will eventually. It's rumored that Google may be buying yet another company. Learn about Google's new Universal Search from Andy Beal. … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 18, 2007
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Display & Destination URLs: Make sure they are fraternal twins
We've recently been asked a question regarding ad URLs: "Hi, I've been using Google Adwords and MSN Adcenter for a while and have decided to have a look at yahoos PPC offering, now all seems ok, except it doesn't seem to support a display URL/destination URL differentiation. Is this possible in Yahoo PPC? And how do I go about it. Basically I want my display url to be my main … [Read more...] about Display & Destination URLs: Make sure they are fraternal twins
What to Learn from Your Competition
"You don't have to go to the dark side and cut your competitor's phone lines or go into a bathroom and write, "For a good time, call [insert competitor's CEO's name here]." But if you believe you're Luke Skywalker and that your rival makes Darth Vader seem like a stand-up guy, then grab your light saber and get ready to destroy the Death Star." (Geoff Williams, Get in the Ring, … [Read more...] about What to Learn from Your Competition
PPC News Roundup for May 8, 2007
A Look into adCenter’s Quality Score Rankings The Psychology of Search: Understanding the psychology behind the search process makes us better advertisers and SEOs. A close look at AdWords’ four bidding option at Search Engine Land. This is a very helpful, thorough look at AdWords that describes which bidding option is best depending on your end goal (sign ups, … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 8, 2007
PPC News Roundup for May 4, 2007
In yet another rally cry against a-typical landing pages, this post praises the use of more conversion paths. Google AdWords interface nearly slowed to a halt yesterday with many advertisers experiencing serious delays in account management. Jeeves is dead. Long live the Algorithm. Jeeves is shouting, "Hey Look at Me!" Will it work? Which search engine returns the best … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 4, 2007
Preferred Cost Bidding; Results are In (Almost)
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 that inquires about preferred cost bidding.) Just in case you haven’t heard, preferred cost bidding allows you to enter the price you would prefer to pay per … [Read more...] about Preferred Cost Bidding; Results are In (Almost)
PPC News Roundup for May 1, 2007
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 AdWords team announced that the ability to block specific IP addresses will be released in the next month. This list … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for May 1, 2007
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 overall market? This blog post covers some of the possible scenarios. Google's expanded broad match offers an easy way to improve … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 24, 2007
Setting Up an International Yahoo! PPC Campaign
The advent of Yahoo!'s new Panama interface has been a great improvement over its predecessor. However, one piece Yahoo! chose not to include was access to their international network via a single account (much like Google does). As such, we advertisers must then seek out these foreign Yahoo! search engines and progress from there. A few days ago, after considerable research … [Read more...] about Setting Up an International Yahoo! PPC Campaign
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%! Despite each company claiming not to be in competition with each other, PayPal raises the stakes against Google Checkout once … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 20, 2007
MSN adCenter Beta Quandary
A few weeks back, one of my MSN accounts was accepted into the new adCenter content network beta test. This particular client does exceptionally well with Content Match in Google, so my basic assumption was that I would see at least some improvement in MSN. Despite the addition of their content network, I have not seen any progress in this account. The changes that MSN has … [Read more...] about MSN adCenter Beta Quandary
5 Steps to Exceeding Your Clients Expectations
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 from under-performing to over-performing. See if my plan of action could possibly help you. It was successful for me. * The goal: to reach 15,284 clicks with a CPC of … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Exceeding Your Clients Expectations
