Hanapin - the publisher of PPC Hero - has two open positions, and we're looking for the best and the brightest to join our world-class team! For the Director of Sales, the ideal candidate has 2+ years sales experience and a track record of customer and revenue growth. Background in B2B and any industry related to paid search is a plus! For the Marketing Specialist, the ideal … [Read more...] about Hanapin Marketing is hiring! – positions open in sales or marketing
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Our Greatest Hits for May 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 May. 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: Dave makes his PPC Hero debut and scores big with his analysis of Quality Score Across … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for May 2011
Google AdWords: Testing Job Ad Extensions?
It looks like Google AdWords is up to their usual testing tricks, yet again! This time, users are reporting a change in ad extensions showing in the UK’s Google search engine. This change seems to add a line of text for ads with a staffing agenda (see the following screenshot). This additional line of text appears to be showing the number of job placements … [Read more...] about Google AdWords: Testing Job Ad Extensions?
Google Banned Keywords | hCG Being Added
One of our clients here at Hanapin is in the hCG diet space, which is a very exciting, fast paced, and competitive vertical in the PPC world. From an agency standpoint, it’s a great account to work on because accounts with a high level of spend generally come with a team of Google folks to work with on the account. That was the case with our client and this Google team was … [Read more...] about Google Banned Keywords | hCG Being Added
Google Announces Google Wallet
Yesterday, Google formally announced the pending launch of Google Wallet, an Android app that will allow you to use your phone as a multi-faceted payment card. Google Wallet will store all of your existing plastic cards (debit and credit) on your phone. At its launch, however, you’ll only be able to use Citi Mastercards and Google’s Prepaid Card, and you’ll probably want to … [Read more...] about Google Announces Google Wallet
Domain URL Now Makes Some Ads Have the Longest Headlines Ever
To be clear, I selected this title not for brevity, but to highlight that now some of your ads may actually be that long, in the first line. No, not exactly that long, but after this blog you’ll come to understand. So, to start, Google recently has announced that for select top position ads, the domain URL of the display URL will appear next to the headline of your ad, … [Read more...] about Domain URL Now Makes Some Ads Have the Longest Headlines Ever
Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
A couple of days ago, Jessica’s latest episode of Ticker Tuesday focused on an issue that’s of pretty substantial interest to search marketers of late: adCenter quality score. Since Yahoo and MSN became one, many paid search advertisers have noticed substantial differences in their performance that are difficult to account for. Given the amount of time we’ve had to adjust our … [Read more...] about Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
Google & Privacy – Adwords Wiggles into Your Private Life
The next time you read emails in your Gmail account, take a look at the advertisements on the side bar. Do they have anything to do with what you are talking about in your email? Chance are, they do. Gmail continues to be a free service because they allow advertisements to show while you read your email. For Paid Search Marketers, Gmail is yet another outlet for a client’s … [Read more...] about Google & Privacy – Adwords Wiggles into Your Private Life
Be a Geek, No Matter What!
Happy Geek Pride Day, from all of us PPC Hero geeks! The first Geek Pride Festival was organized by Tim McEachern and was held in Albany New York. A manifesto was created to celebrate this event, and some of its contents are below. Make sure you're exercising your rights & responsibilities like PPC Hero is today!. Rights: The right to not leave your house The right to … [Read more...] about Be a Geek, No Matter What!
Case Study: The Effects of Modified Broad Match Keywords
In July of last year, Google announced the global roll out of modified broad match keywords that had a greater reach than phrase match and more control than broad match. PPC advertisers welcomed this new match type as a way to better target qualified traffic. I slowly began integrating modified broad match keywords into my accounts, but hadn't taken the time to fully evaluate … [Read more...] about Case Study: The Effects of Modified Broad Match Keywords
Google AdWords Announces Updates to Location Targeting
Google announced today that they would be making a few changes to the location targeting feature in AdWords starting July 8, 2011. Location targeting for account campaigns grew into 17 new countries back in February and since those additions, Google has been seeking out ways to continue the expansion of this feature in ways that make it “more accurate, easier to use and more … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Announces Updates to Location Targeting
Ticker Tuesday: Understanding adCenter’s Quality Score
Microsoft adCenter's Quality Score assigned as numerical score and a representation to your PPC keywords, helping you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your PPC account. In this episode of Ticker Tuesday, we discuss how adCenter's Quality Score works, and how it differs from Google AdWords's Quality Score...all in 60 … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Understanding adCenter’s Quality Score
