Google has just announced the release of Search Impression Share data at the keyword level! Our search for tools that allow for the most detailed analysis has reached another mile marker. This will allow us to change our approach to impression share metrics (and the leveraging thereof) Quick glance at what this means, exactly: We are looking at our individual keyword … [Read more...] about New Keyword-Level Impression Share Data: Hot Tips For Boosting Performance
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Boost Your AdWords CTR with Sitelink Descriptions
Sitelinks have been a staple of best practices since they were introduced. Sitelinks help searchers find topical information beyond the specified landing page of your ad. Last February, enhanced campaigns brought a little spice to sitelinks by including descriptions. Additional lines of text were added from your other ad copy to flesh out the sitelinks. These provided extra … [Read more...] about Boost Your AdWords CTR with Sitelink Descriptions
Revisiting Display Targeting One Year Later
For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. For this month's series post I knew I wanted to talk about the Display Network, so … [Read more...] about Revisiting Display Targeting One Year Later
25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. -- This month we're looking at the exciting world of changes. More specifically … [Read more...] about 25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
Comparison-Shopping Engines: A deep dive into comparison-shopping engines & strategies, Part 1
Comparison-Shopping Engines: An Overview It is series time! One topic that we haven’t really talked much about in our blog are comparison-shopping engine sites. I have worked with multiple online retailers that have seen great success with this type of online advertising. So I want to take this series as an opportunity to dive deeper into the mystery of … [Read more...] about Comparison-Shopping Engines: A deep dive into comparison-shopping engines & strategies, Part 1
INFOGRAPHIC: Catching Up With the Mobile PPC Market
Catching Up With Mobile The State of the Mobile PPC Market and Why You Should Be Involved In the infographic above, we at Hanapin Marketing take a look at the mobile PPC landscape, not just in terms of cost-per-click but how those mobile clicks actually perform, right down to the individual platforms that advertisers most frequently use. The big "a-ha moments" come into sharp … [Read more...] about INFOGRAPHIC: Catching Up With the Mobile PPC Market
What PPC Certifications Should Really Be Testing For
PPC Certifications have been a hot topic as of late. One of the most popular posts on PPC hero is about Google’s Fundamentals Exam. I also receive a lot of questions about the best certification programs during webinars and at conferences. (MarketMotive is the non-Google PPC Certification, ipassexam is a great one for preparing for Google Certifications and I liked the most … [Read more...] about What PPC Certifications Should Really Be Testing For
Case Study: Do People Actually Click Sitelinks?
A little while ago I wrote a post about how much I liked the new features that Enhanced Campaigns brought to Sitelinks. Today I'm going to dive into the newly available Sitelink statistics and see if we can learn something about the impact they have on your user behaviour. There are really two things we want to know: Do Sitelinks work and how well? Do people actually … [Read more...] about Case Study: Do People Actually Click Sitelinks?
Getting Intimate With Keyword-Level Bidding Strategies
The month of May has brought us not only showers and flowers, but it's also included the arrival of the Flexible Bidding Strategies as promised this spring! This is another example of Google giving us additional control of the work we do. As the waves in the ocean of Enhanced Campaigns begin to die down, Google has been taking step after step to allow us more say-so in how we … [Read more...] about Getting Intimate With Keyword-Level Bidding Strategies
Google Will Be Well-Served to Serve Once
Today's post comes from PPC Hero Ally Justin Sous. Justin is a paid search consultant specializing in PPC and local SEO. You can connect with him on Twitter @JustinSous, Google+, or contact him via his website. -- It’s no secret that more and more small businesses are showing up on the web to capitalize on advertising opportunities, including Pay Per Click. After all, with … [Read more...] about Google Will Be Well-Served to Serve Once
Use Many-Per-Click Conversions With CPA Bidding
Are you using the Conversion Optimizer in your Google AdWords account at the moment? It should be a really awesome tool that leads to much more efficient bid management, however it has always had one major drawback - only allowing me to set my target CPA on a one-per-click basis (one user can only ever cause one conversion). This is fine for lead generation accounts but kind of … [Read more...] about Use Many-Per-Click Conversions With CPA Bidding
Chasing the Long Tail: How Long Should Your Keywords Be?
A great long tail keyword is one of the prized possessions in PPC. If you've found an awesome keyword that no one else is using, you can make a lot of profit in running unopposed. But there's a question I've always wondered: just how long should you let your keywords get? To help you understand what I'm talking about, this is a common graphical representation of long tail … [Read more...] about Chasing the Long Tail: How Long Should Your Keywords Be?