Launching a multilingual pay-per-click campaign is a good way to quickly have a presence in a country. Many companies do not have the resources and budgets to build multiple versions of their website based on language, but through the wonders...
Your Managed Placements: Why They Don’t Work
Last week we talked about the Google content network and automatic placements. I completely ignored the fact that managed placements exist because they didn’t fit in with my description of the ways in which targeting automatic placements is just like...
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PPC News Roundup for 2/19/2010
Local search might be a great way to boost your clients’ campaigns. Actually who am I kidding it’s a great way to boost everyone’s campaign, so make some time to localize your campaigns! Here are some great tips on PPCBlog...
Positioning Your Business For Success In Local Search
Consumers today not only want to know what’s around them, they want to be able to call with one click, access directions, and know what other people think of it. Due to the fact that 50% of consumers head to...
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Best Practices for YSM Network Distribution
If you are like most pay-per-click managers, your YSM account is probably a cloned export of your Google AdWords account (excluding the content network campaigns of course). Assuming your AdWords account has a strong structure, duplication across search engines is...
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Living On The Edge: The Google Content Network
Google’s content network: it’s sort of like jumping over fourteen school buses on a flaming motorcycle. If you’re not careful and well-prepared, it can be a huge disaster. But if you can pull it off- it’s totally awesome. Impress your...
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Happy Valentine’s Day from PPC Hero!
It’s that time of year again and PPC Hero is pulling out all the stops for Miss Clicks…she seems impressed! Best of luck today- and every day of the year- making an impact on the people that matter to you!
PPC News Roundup for 2/12/2010
The importance of strong keyword grouping and organization extends past the Google AdWords interface. How you organize your keywords plays a large role on how to build messaging platforms on your landing pages. Check out this post from Ion Interactive...
Understanding JavaScript and How it Can Affect Your Analytics Tracking
Google Analytics is instrumental in the way we track the success of our PPC campaigns (especially since it’s free), but as robust as it is, there are certain visitors that just can’t be tracked. There are at least 6 types...
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When to Pause or Delete Ads & Keywords To Save Your Quality Scores
Have you ever truly thought about what your overall account Quality Score looks like and how it has affected your PPC account over the years? The more I manage long term clients the more I realize everything I do today...
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Dissecting Yahoo’s Network Distribution Settings
Yahoo’s newly launched (and perhaps overdue) network distribution settings give advertisers greater control over their search campaigns. You now have the option to display ads in only Yahoo! Search, only Yahoo! Search Partners or across the entire Yahoo! Search Network....
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4 Tips For Getting Out Of Your PPC Rut
Anyone who has been working on a PPC account for a while- whether it be your own or a client’s- probably reaches a point of inspiration deficiency. A new PPC account can be like a new toy (if you’re not...
