A Universal Quality Score? Quality score has always been an elusive creature for many people in the search marketing industry. What is it? How is it calculated? How does it affect my account? These are just a few of the questions that deserve more clarity. I believe this additional clarity becomes particularly important with multiple versions of quality score in play. Google … [Read more...] about Comparing Quality Score Across AdWords & AdCenter
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News Update: AdWords Editor Version 9.0 Released
Yesterday, Google announced the release of Adwords Editor Version 9.0, and I’m happy to report some nice improvements to the Editor’s functionality that will definitely help you more efficiently manage your accounts. In addition to improving some existing functionality, the new update also allows you to manage new ad features, like Ad Sitelinks and high-end mobile … [Read more...] about News Update: AdWords Editor Version 9.0 Released
Cinco de Mayo – Olé!
PPC Hero has been going through some rigorous training to dance the Mexican Hat Dance for all of you! The Mexican Hat Dance tells the story of a couple courting each other, and they end up together in the end (Miss Clicks should be so proud!). You can read more about the dance's history, instructions and see a video here. Feliz Cinco de Mayo from all of us at PPC Hero! … [Read more...] about Cinco de Mayo – Olé!
Our Greatest Hits for April 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 April. 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: Your wish has been granted PPC Managers! Jessica C. gives you 5 reasons not to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for April 2011
May the Fourth be with You
PPC Hero and SEO Boy are ready for a Star Wars party! I can hear PPC Hero's introduction now: "I am C-3PPC Hero, Google-human relations. And this is my counterpart, SEO-D2." Have fun celebrating, Star Wars fans! … [Read more...] about May the Fourth be with You
Letter from the CEO – It’s alive! It’s alive!
It's been two months since increasing our investment in our blogs, and we're already seeing big dividends! Page views and visits are up 10% each on PPC Hero and SEO Boy. Bounce rates on both have decreased 2% and average time on site is up 8% and 4%, respectively. Big, big congrats to our team at Hanapin for doing such an outstanding job, and kudos to Bethany Bey and Abby Henry … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – It’s alive! It’s alive!
News Update: Remarketing—H is for Home Run!
Google’s own Aitan Weinberg, product manager for AdWords remarketing, has released a post on the Inside AdWords blog announcing that a year after rolling out the feature, remarketing has hit it out of the park! For those of you who are unfamiliar with remarketing, check out this article Jessica wrote for PPC Hero on how to find remarketing success. The abridged purpose of … [Read more...] about News Update: Remarketing—H is for Home Run!
Secrets to Paid Search Success
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Ken Robbins is the President and Founder of Response Mine Interactive, an online marketing company dedicated to the idea that data and testing should drive marketing decisions and media optimization. —————- Search is like no other marketing channel. People are literally telling you what they want. In fact, all of … [Read more...] about Secrets to Paid Search Success
Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Regular Expression (Regex) Character Guide
Alas, the fourth and final installment of the Analytics test series: the regular expression portion. While the Google Analytics test might seem daunting, with a little studying, it really isn’t bad at all. Yesterday, Jessica covered event tracking. Previously Erin covered e-commerce tracking and Steve the different types of Google Analytics cookies and how they are each used … [Read more...] about Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Regular Expression (Regex) Character Guide
Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Event Tracking & Virtual Pageviews
This is the third in our series of collaborative PPC Hero/SEO Boy series which aims to coves the most important aspects of the IQ Test and prepare you to earn a high score. Steve started us off with Cookies in Google Analytics and Erin continued with Google Analytics Ecommerce Tracking. Why should we care about event tracking? Because. Event tracking can give you lots of … [Read more...] about Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Event Tracking & Virtual Pageviews
News Update: Google’s Instant Preview Comes to the Ad World
Google’s own Inside AdWords blog announced yesterday afternoon that the ever-expanding world of their Instant Preview feature has finally made it’s way to advertising. Their news release explains that the Instant Preview feature for ads works in the same way it does for organic results. A small magnifying glass now appears next to the headline of each ad that populates for a … [Read more...] about News Update: Google’s Instant Preview Comes to the Ad World
Our Guide to Google Analytics IQ Testing: E-commerce Tracking
This is the second installment of a collaborative series between PPC Hero and SEO Boy to help readers prepare for the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ) Test. This series covers the most important aspects of the IQ Test and will prepare you to earn a high score. While the Google Analytics test might seem daunting, I am here to say it isn’t nearly as difficult as … [Read more...] about Our Guide to Google Analytics IQ Testing: E-commerce Tracking