Search Engine Journal posted some screenshots indicating that Google is testing their results layout. The post, Sponsored Ads Get Closer to Organic Result in SERPs, shows screenshots of the paid results pushed a little to the left. Interested in more...
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How Business.com Can Help You Reach Your Lead Goals
With all the talk about Google, Yahoo and MSN all the time, the little guys tend to get left out. By little guys, I mean second tier search engines like business.com, 7search.com, ask.com etc. I’m currently using Business.com for one...
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Our Greatest Hits for July 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from July. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy!...
5 PPC Tasks to Start Your Month off Right!
As I’m sure you are aware, it’s a new month! Now is the time to kick off your PPC campaigns with a bang. There are a few tasks that you can accomplish quickly in the next day or two that...
PPC News Roundup for Friday 7/31/2009
Confused by the overwhelming amount of information on the Yahoo/Microsoft agreement? Danny Sullivan over at Search Engine Land breaks it down with The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal, In Simple Terms. It’s a fairly long post, but some good information nonetheless. Matt...
10 Questions You Should Ask a Potential New PPC Management Firm
You’ve either been trying to manage your company’s PPC account on your own, or you have hired a general marketing person to manage the PPC account internally. Regardless, you know that more could be done to get more bank for...
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Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
The news hit this morning: Yahoo and Microsoft have officially announced an extensive partnership. We’re not certain what exactly this will mean for your pay-per click campaigns just yet (on a day-to-day basis). However, we would like to provide some...
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How Foundation PPC Ad Texts Can Help Mitigate Quality Score Shock
Lately I’ve been discussing how global changes to your PPC account can affect your overall performance. In a nutshell, making big changes all at once can have big consequences (good and bad). Today, we’ll explore a strategy that will help...
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PPC News Roundup for Friday 7/24/2009
The Yahoo Search Marketing blog wants you to get ready for the back-to-school season. One tip on getting prepared is to focus your keywords on your searchers, not the buyers. What??? Yes, they say that the kids are the ones...
Beware of Low Bids and Low Budgets When Setting Up Your Google AdWords Account
A few weeks back one of my clients performed a search for one of his keywords and it didn’t come up in Google search. So of course I review the keyword in the AdWords interface by checking on the ad...
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Get More Leads by Restructuring and Optimizing Your Google Content Network Campaigns
Lately, I’ve been writing a series of articles on the Google Content Network. Previously, we have discussed Content Network bidding strategies; how to and why you should separate the Search and Content network distribution; how to use your performance data...
PPC News Roundup for Friday 7/17/2009
Wonder how much you should bid on that new keyword? Over at the Yahoo search marketing blog they’ll tell you which numbers actually matter when determining your keyword bid. They go into cost-per-lead, return on advertising spend and profit. Brad...