There is a new feature that is somewhat-hidden within the new Google AdWords interface that I want to bring to your attention. Now, you can essentially run a search query report at the ad group level without actually running a full-blown search query report to find additional keywords or negative keywords. Just a refresher for some, negative keywords are keywords you can add … [Read more...] about A New Way to Find & Add Negative Keywords in Adwords
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What You Need to Know about Google AdWords’ New Conversion Tracking Metrics
One of the newly visible metrics within the updated Google AdWords interface pertains to conversion tracking. Today, we will explore the difference between the "Conversions (many-per-click)" data and the "Conversions (1-per-click)" data. If you have migrated to the new AdWords interface, you have probably noticed these additional conversion tracking columns within your stats. … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know about Google AdWords’ New Conversion Tracking Metrics
First Glance: How Pay-Per-Click Marketers Should React to Bing
I’m not here to tell you Bing is the greatest thing ever, and I’m not here to tell you that, No, Bing is not a “Google Killer.” Lots of others have already weighed in on the topic and, as a search marketer, that’s not my worry. As a search marketer, I’m only worried about campaign impact. And, as far as I can tell, campaign impact can only happen if people are searching (or is … [Read more...] about First Glance: How Pay-Per-Click Marketers Should React to Bing
Our Greatest Hits for May 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero's four 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 pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Too busy, overwhelmed, or (gasp) unmotivated to continually manage & improve your PPC accounts to ensure their … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for May 2009
An Easy Way to Increase Your Click-Through Rates, Quality of Traffic and Conversions
What I've always loved about Google AdWords is the extensive amount of information they give you. And something I realized I can do to help improve my overall click-through rate via the content network and doesn't include writing new ads, testing ads, changing keywords or running any search query reports. (Although those are very good ways to increase your click-through … [Read more...] about An Easy Way to Increase Your Click-Through Rates, Quality of Traffic and Conversions
Blog News Roundup for Friday, May 29, 2009
Do you like to party hard on the holidays? If so you don't want to miss this excuse for a party from the YSM Blog. Amongst some of the more well known holidays are a myriad of different celebrations that advertisers may use to focus their search campaigns. Personally, I'm looking forward to Ugly Dog Day at the end of June, but I don't think I have a search campaign that can … [Read more...] about Blog News Roundup for Friday, May 29, 2009
5 Tips that Can Make Your Life Easier When Using Yahoo Search Marketing
There are more than five things you should know about Yahoo's search marketing platform that can make your life easier. However, I have pulled together a short list that will help you manage your account more efficiently and optimize your account wisely. Unfortunately, a number of these items are a result of shortcomings within Yahoo's platform. Let's face it: their interface … [Read more...] about 5 Tips that Can Make Your Life Easier When Using Yahoo Search Marketing
May the Force Be With You! Happy Anniversary to Star Wars!
OH MAN do we love Star Wars! Today marks the anniversary of the release of Stars Wars: A New Hope. Some of us here are HUGE Star Wars fans. For example, there are members of the PPC Hero Team, who shall remain nameless, who waited in line for 2 days to see Episode One. That's dedication! A couple of our PPC Hero gang are dressed up as their favorite characters: Miss Clicks as … [Read more...] about May the Force Be With You! Happy Anniversary to Star Wars!
Using Ad Text to Find the Right Clicks
The easiest way to evaluate an ad quality is through click-through rate. After all, it is a simple metric, and it would seem to measure what we’re seeking to accomplish through awareness. But a successful campaign is made or broken not by how many eyes get to your site, but by how many of them become leads, customers, or registered users. To that end, here are a few ways that … [Read more...] about Using Ad Text to Find the Right Clicks
What To Look for if Your Volume Tanks on the Google Content Network
Lately, we've been writing quite a bit about the Google Content Network. This is simply because there is so much to talk about! Today, I would like to touch on another topic within this theme: two reasons why your Content Network performance may suddenly tank. First, let's do a quick review of what we've discussed thus far: The initial article on this topic discussed what to … [Read more...] about What To Look for if Your Volume Tanks on the Google Content Network
Good Bye To Google’s “Other Unique Queries” – We Won’t Miss You
PPC advertisers have been waiting a long time for this. Just officially announced yesterday, Google AdWords is removing the 'other unique queries' label in the search query performance report. We wrote about this new feature in the search query report back in April but did not find an official announcement from Google until yesterday. The Google search query performance report … [Read more...] about Good Bye To Google’s “Other Unique Queries” – We Won’t Miss You
Microsoft Unleashes a Round of Spring Updates for adCenter
Early this morning, the adCenter blog published 5 posts detailing all of the changes they've pushed live as part of their Spring 2009 Upgrade. Microsoft continues to drive their advertising platform forward, and unlike Google who releases a new feature every other day, the folks at adCenter prefer a mega-upgrade instead. Guess that adds to the excitement. While there's … [Read more...] about Microsoft Unleashes a Round of Spring Updates for adCenter
