Click fraud involves deceptive practices that affect campaign integrity and efficiency of digital marketing campaigns. It presents a significant challenge to online advertisers. Click fraud occurs when an individual, script, or program maliciously clicks on an online advertisement without any genuine interest in the offer behind the click. This deceptive practice … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Click Fraud – How to Detect Click Fraud.
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YouTube Placement Targeting: Low Risk, High Reward YouTube Ads
Do you want to introduce your client to YouTube ads but thought it was too high risk? Have you thought about diversifying your marketing channels and want to know how to launch on YouTube with minimal risk? You're not alone. More and more advertisers have either spotted the potential of YouTube or want to add to their existing profitable channels. Unfortunately a … [Read more...] about YouTube Placement Targeting: Low Risk, High Reward YouTube Ads
Commercial Underpinning—The Secret Weapon to Ad Performance
Many things have changed in paid media. With the introduction and wild success of automated bidding in Google Ads, dynamic creative formats taking over, and new aggregated campaign formats like Performance Max, it can often feel like by standing you’re struggling to keep up. Even falling behind at times. On the specialist side, there’s never a shortage of additional new … [Read more...] about Commercial Underpinning—The Secret Weapon to Ad Performance
How to Craft Compelling Google Ads for eCommerce
Many of those involved in PPC tend to be the data geeks. That means we often focus more on impression share ratios, target ROAS, and search queries than the creative side of advertising. With Google doing more and more of the heavy data lifting, marketers need to understand that the two things AI and machine learning struggles to replicate are creativity, and a deep … [Read more...] about How to Craft Compelling Google Ads for eCommerce
Share Of Voice: Why Is It Important?
PPC is an industry awash with metrics, many of which are less important than others. One which you cannot afford to ignore is Share of Voice. Beyond "visibility of your campaigns compared to your competitors" what actually is Share of Voice? And why is it important? By the end of this post, you'll be in possession of a comprehensive conceptual understanding, plus you'll be … [Read more...] about Share Of Voice: Why Is It Important?
A History of Google AdWords and Google Ads: Revolutionizing Digital Advertising & Marketing Since 2000
What started in 2000 as Google AdWords with just 350 advertisers has burgeoned into a comprehensive digital advertising platform, indispensable to digital marketing strategies worldwide. Now re-branded as Google Ads, it stands as a colossus, shaping the way businesses reach their target audience online. If you're your looking for a guide on how to use Google Adwords to … [Read more...] about A History of Google AdWords and Google Ads: Revolutionizing Digital Advertising & Marketing Since 2000
Competitor Monitoring: 7 ways to keep watch on the competition
George Prodanov is the Head of Paid Media at Love Energy Savings - the UK's leading utilities marketplace. Competitor monitoring is a key ingredient of marketing. An understanding of how your rivals go about customer acquisition and retention can inform your own marketing strategy, as well as help you navigate the business landscape more effectively. Digital marketing … [Read more...] about Competitor Monitoring: 7 ways to keep watch on the competition
Hero Conf is back – join us in San Diego this November
As you may have heard, both Hero Conf and PPC Hero have been acquired by Rough Agenda - the company behind the world’s largest SEO event brightonSEO. We’re excited to take over an event with such a stellar reputation, and that I’ve admired since attending the first London Hero Conf many year ago. And we’re not hanging around. We’re hosting a two-day edition of Hero Conf on … [Read more...] about Hero Conf is back – join us in San Diego this November
Google Ads’ Vehicle Listing Ads (VLA) now live in the UK, Germany & France
Thanks to Christopher Bell, Head of PPC at Kelkoo, for bringing this one to our attention. Vehicle Listing Ads (VLA) on Google Ads are now live and open for Beta-listing in the UK, DE and FR with NL, IT and ES following in Q2. Previously it'd only been available in open beta in the US, Canada and Australia. What is Vehicle Listing Ads on Google Ads? Google's Vehicle … [Read more...] about Google Ads’ Vehicle Listing Ads (VLA) now live in the UK, Germany & France
Google change the meaning of “Top Ads”
What is Top Ads in world of Google? well it's changed. Today Ginny Martin, Ads Product Liaison at Google shared a subtle but potential significant change of definition of Top Ads. If your deep in the detail of paid search campaigns on Google this is the kind of tweak that's easy to miss.Now Google's documentation reads; Top ads are adjacent to the top organic search results. … [Read more...] about Google change the meaning of “Top Ads”
Mastering Lead Generation in Paid Search Advertising
Are you ready to take your paid search game to the next level? As an experienced paid search marketer, you understand the importance of lead generation. You will know it can drive tangible results for businesses. But how do you optimize your paid media efforts to maximize lead generation? In this blog post, we'll dive into practical insights and expert tips. Mastering lead … [Read more...] about Mastering Lead Generation in Paid Search Advertising
How to Maximize Website Conversion Rates Through Mobile Optimization Strategy
If you’re struggling for conversions, it’s tempting to throw money at the problem in search of a quick fix. Resist that temptation, though – because the key to a better conversion rate isn’t always to be found by pumping money into your ad campaigns, or a flashy new marketing drive. Nope – the solution’s much more simple. Mobile optimization! Starting with your … [Read more...] about How to Maximize Website Conversion Rates Through Mobile Optimization Strategy