As you wander through your AdWords account, you may come across an interesting option you haven’t noticed before in the drop-down menu that allows you to add/remove tabs from the interface’s main navigational screen. What’s that last option? It’s the topics tab! And if display advertising has a significant role in your PPC advertising strategy, you’re probably going to want to … [Read more...] about Hello, AdWords Topic Targeting!
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News Update: Hasta La Vista…Search?
Today’s News Update covers an article by Erez Barak of Search Engine Watch: Social Has Crossed the Marketing Budget Chasm; Will It Drown Search? So, why the cheese-ball 80’s cinema reference? Because according to Barak, there have been a few reports and surveys recently released that show small businesses leaning toward an emphasis on social media marketing instead of the … [Read more...] about News Update: Hasta La Vista…Search?
Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Many relationship therapists will tell you that the key to a successful long-term relationship is keeping things new, exciting, and fresh. The same is true for our online relationships – if you want to keep your Facebook fans happy, you’ll need to add new content regularly. While you can’t join a French cooking class with your fans, you can still show them you care by treating … [Read more...] about Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Developing a Pay-Per-Click Strategy
We spend a lot of time writing about the do’s, don’ts, and how to’s of PPC but I thought it would be a good opportunity to write about the bigger picture. All marketing plans have to start somewhere and it certainly isn’t without research and loads of planning. This article is aimed at helping you to understand and devise a strategy for your pay per click accounts. Without … [Read more...] about Developing a Pay-Per-Click Strategy
WTQ?! 12 Weird Search Queries, and What They Say About Your Audience
Of all the routine tasks we do for PPC, updating our negative keyword lists is my favorite. Why? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the CPC comparisons, nor analyzing an account’s keyword health. It’s not even the satisfaction I get from telling Google that, actually, I’m the better judge of relevancy (thank you very much!). No. The true reason I love working with negatives is … [Read more...] about WTQ?! 12 Weird Search Queries, and What They Say About Your Audience
News Update: Google Instant–Win, Lose or Draw?
When Google asked users to buy-in to Google Instant, the general consensus was that PPC and SEO efforts would not be affected (though some felt SEO might indeed be dead). Matt McGee of Search Engine Land wrote his initial thoughts the same day as the Instant announcement, and he placed his bet with Instant. He emphasized that Google made it clear there were rules in place to … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Instant–Win, Lose or Draw?
Search Marketing Madness Champion
After a month of tough competition, PPC Prospector has been named our 2011 Search Marketing Madness tournament champion! They will receive the new Kindle 3G to keep up on all the latest SEM news. We want to thank all of our readers for casting their votes each round in support of their favorite blogs. All 64 nominated blogs provide a great source of search engine marketing … [Read more...] about Search Marketing Madness Champion
Our Greatest Hits for March 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s and SEO Boy’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from March. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC and SEO management tips. Enjoy! PPC HERO GREATEST HITS: Jessica C. leads the pack this month with her informative article on Adwords … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for March 2011
News Update: Google to Retire Position Preference Feature
Google announced yesterday afternoon that they will be retiring their position preference bidding feature in AdWords early next month. While this seems like a reasonable timeframe to phase out a key component, you should be aware that as of today you can no longer enable position preference for your campaigns in AdWords, and if you turn off position preference in any of your … [Read more...] about News Update: Google to Retire Position Preference Feature
8 Steps To Creating AdWords Automated Rules
This month I am writing on a topic recommended by you! We’ve had a lot of submissions come in asking about how to use automated rules along with requests to provide examples and this post should give you what you want. When the new tool became available in mid February, I wrote a guest post on WordStream that provided a quick guide to Adwords automated rules. Over the past … [Read more...] about 8 Steps To Creating AdWords Automated Rules
News Update: It May Be Google’s World, but Yandex is MORE than Living In It!
Today’s news update is in reference to an article written by Andy Atkins-Krüger called, “Yandex: Not Copying But Searching For Google’s Underbelly.” In his article, Andy discusses a recent conversation he had with Ilya Segalovich, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Yandex. The main purpose of Andy’s post is to uncover the similarities and differences between Yandex and … [Read more...] about News Update: It May Be Google’s World, but Yandex is MORE than Living In It!
Search Marketing Madness: Championship Game
Tonight UConn and Butler face off to determine the 2011 NCAA Champion (go Bulldogs!), but today it's PPC Prospector vs. Copy Blogger competing to be declared the 2011 Search Marketing Champion. This one's for all the marbles, or a free Wi-fi Kindle. So cast your votes now in the survey below. Voting will be open until the end of day Thursday and the winner of PPC Hero's first … [Read more...] about Search Marketing Madness: Championship Game