I have a few questions to pose to you: How often do you hit your PPC budget before the end of the month? If so, how far in advance have you hit your budget: a day, perhaps two, maybe three? If this has happened to your campaigns before, wouldn't this happen to other campaigns as well? Perhaps even your competitors' campaigns? These questions lead me to meditate on a new … [Read more...] about How To Dominate The Last 2 Days of the Month
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AdWords Top Ad Placement Formula Is Set for a Facelift
Upon logging into my AdWords accounts this morning, I was greeted with an alert: "Coming Soon: Improvement to the Top Ad Placement Formula." Quickly thereafter I found the official FAQ and AdWords Blog announcement to fill in the gaps. The current formula involves Quality Score and your actual CPC. Google feels that this leaves you, the advertiser, without much control over … [Read more...] about AdWords Top Ad Placement Formula Is Set for a Facelift
PPC News Roundup for August 8, 2007
An article by Brad Geddes talks about how to minimize click fraud by blocking low quality traffic. In the article you will learn how to block your ads from showing in certain countries, how to block competitors from clicking on your ads, see which content network sites are sending you traffic, how to keep yourself from showing for keyword searches, how to block content network … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 8, 2007
New Ad Creation Features from Yahoo!
Today we noticed that the 'Create New Ad' section of Yahoo has a different look and added content! In the title and description fields they've entered some example text that advertisers should follow. They've also added 'Ad Writing Best Practices' off to the right of the screen. They mention six tips on how to write good ad text. Another is a 'Preview Live Ads' feature. … [Read more...] about New Ad Creation Features from Yahoo!
PPC News Roundup for June 27, 2007
A post on Seroundtable talks about a company whose offering services to damage your competitors search engine rankings and protect your own…is this for real?! We know that search is a complex beast, but we keep learning just how complex it is. Let your fingers do the walking: Yellowpages.com revamps its site and this could help your local search … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for June 27, 2007
How to Set Up Your Shopzilla.com Account
Last Friday I posted 7 reasons why retailers should advertise on Shopzilla.com. Today I'd like to go into a little more in detail and show you how to set up your shopzilla.com account. As previously mentioned in my last blog, Shopzilla.com owns Bizrate.com. So you only have to set up your account once in Shopzilla.com in order to have your products posted on both shopping … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Your Shopzilla.com Account
7 Reasons Why Retailers Should Advertise with Shopzilla.com
There’s so much talk in the PPC world about Google, Yahoo!, MSN etc. But what about Shopzilla, Bizrate and Price Grabber? These are just three shopping comparison sites among the many out there. Advertising on one of these sites, preferably Shopzilla.com as you will see below, technically is pay-per-click, because you are paying per click. I’ve given seven reasons … [Read more...] about 7 Reasons Why Retailers Should Advertise with Shopzilla.com
Impression Share, Takin’ it to the Streets
Google initially introduced their impression share reporting to AdWords advertisers back in April. To be perfectly honest, there was little buzz within the industry, and this advertiser (yes, me) didn't pay much attention. After speaking with our AdWords rep, the team here at PPC Hero discovered that the impression share report was receiving some additional data: lost … [Read more...] about Impression Share, Takin’ it to the Streets
Are Your PPC Ads Disappearing in Google?
An interesting question/issue has been posted over at WebmasterWorld: On the 16th of May, I noticed that most of the websites that were in the first page rankings in Google USA, had been dropped to second and third page positions. Websites that have replaced them are mostly irrelevant listings from large corporate companies and over-bidded newbies. Is this a glitch in the … [Read more...] about Are Your PPC Ads Disappearing in Google?
What to Learn from Your Competition
"You don't have to go to the dark side and cut your competitor's phone lines or go into a bathroom and write, "For a good time, call [insert competitor's CEO's name here]." But if you believe you're Luke Skywalker and that your rival makes Darth Vader seem like a stand-up guy, then grab your light saber and get ready to destroy the Death Star." (Geoff Williams, Get in the Ring, … [Read more...] about What to Learn from Your Competition
PPC News Roundup for April 13, 2007
This article from Search Insider details Google’s value. Whether you like it or not, the truth is that Google’s efforts to find new and innovative ways to monetize the world’s information is just something we all need to get used to. It's a good idea to keep on your competitors. Heidi Cohen over at Clickz Expertsdiscusses some details on monitoring your … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for April 13, 2007
Position Preference – When in Doubt, Bid High
Position preference is an advanced feature in Google AdWords that gives users more control over the positioning of their ads. Why do advertisers need or want to use this feature? * Direct-response advertisers can target their most cost-effective ad position. * This means that if you know you get the best results by running your ads at the bottom of the first page, you can … [Read more...] about Position Preference – When in Doubt, Bid High