In the past few weeks, Google has released a few fun updates about how it will match and measure traffic in your AdWords accounts. Awhile back, we saw a transition to “exact matching” to close variants that included abbreviations, singular or plurals, and misspellings. With the new version, the exact match scandal boils down to two fundamental shifts. 1) Function … [Read more...] about Your First Look At The Impact Of Google’s Exact Match Update
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Google’s Update To Close Variants: 3 Ways To Combat Even Less Exact Match
In the latest update of Google’s exact match variants rule, the engine is taking even more liberties as to what triggers an exact match keyword. Google states that words will only be added or varied if it does not change the meaning of the keyword. Now, obviously, whether the meaning changes or not, it does not fix the fact that exact match keywords as we know them are … [Read more...] about Google’s Update To Close Variants: 3 Ways To Combat Even Less Exact Match
Building An Automated PPC Spend Tracker In Google Sheets
With yesterday’s webinar on efficient data analysis through Google Sheets, as well as Tuesday’s post pitting Excel features in their very own March Madness tournament, this week on PPC Hero we’ve highlighted one of the most important pieces of the digital marketer’s toolbox: spreadsheets! Today, we’ll continue the trend by showcasing an application of Google Sheets, utilizing … [Read more...] about Building An Automated PPC Spend Tracker In Google Sheets
Work Smarter! Analyze Data More Efficiently with Google Sheets
You know Excel like the back of your hand, but have you SEEN how you can do PPC in Google Sheets? With this awesome tool, you can take your PPC efficiency and accuracy to the next level. Sit back, relax and Learn how your team can benefit from using Google Sheets with shareable reports, dashboards, and more. In this webinar recording, Hanapin Senior Account Analyst Rachael … [Read more...] about Work Smarter! Analyze Data More Efficiently with Google Sheets
Google To Let Advertisers Use Search Data For YouTube Ad Targeting
As the YouTube viewer increasingly shifts to mobile, Google is actively searching for ways to build solutions that will allow advertisers to reach customers across screens in more effective ways. Last month, Google finally announced that they would be allowing users to use search data for YouTube targeting. Up until now, advertisers have only been able to narrow targeting … [Read more...] about Google To Let Advertisers Use Search Data For YouTube Ad Targeting
Google Data Studio: Revisited
Last year Google launched Data Studio in beta. We did a write up of our initial thoughts of the platform. While the idea behind it was good, there were some bugs that popped up here and there, especially when it came to adding data sources. You were also limited to only five reports with the free version. If you have more than a couple accounts to work with, this isn’t ideal. … [Read more...] about Google Data Studio: Revisited
Expanding Your PPC Coverage Beyond Google And Bing
Here at Hanapin, we have clients in seemingly every vertical with budgets ranging from penny-pinching to limitless. Despite their many differences, nearly all of these accounts have one thing in common: Google AdWords is their most important network. For these accounts, Google receives the lion's share of budget and optimization resources. Beyond Google, however, Bing is … [Read more...] about Expanding Your PPC Coverage Beyond Google And Bing
Work Smarter, Not Harder – Using Google Sheets for PPC
Between reporting, analysis, dashboards, and action item lists, we use Excel a lot for PPC. Recently, our team has begun to rely on Google Sheets for items like reporting, dashboards, and even to-do lists and status docs. We’ll go through how to get your data into Google Sheets and how to manipulate it once it’s there. Supermetrics Want an easy way to get all your PPC data … [Read more...] about Work Smarter, Not Harder – Using Google Sheets for PPC
60% Better CTR With Google DSK Campaigns And Other Real World Results
Years ago Google introduced a product that paired low-funnel high-intent sites with contextual keywords. This GDN product was retired, only to be re-released this year in the form of beta, DSK Campaigns. What is Google offering in this campaign type? DSK stands for Display Select Keywords, meaning you only target the most promising keywords and when you take the Content … [Read more...] about 60% Better CTR With Google DSK Campaigns And Other Real World Results
Google Announces Ecommerce Partnerships For Shopping
Last year, Google introduced several new features to improve Shopping campaigns during the busy holiday season. These included RLSA for PLAs/Local Inventory ads and other Product Group and bidding features to ease advertisers’ Q4 qualms. This year, managing Shopping campaigns in AdWords will be even simpler with integration between the Google Merchant Center and three leading … [Read more...] about Google Announces Ecommerce Partnerships For Shopping
How Online Educators Should Be Using The Google Display Network
To use display to its full potential, you need to know your client’s business, audience, and goals. You can use this type of marketing for remarketing, targeting websites, or targeting your online education audience. In this whitepaper, Production Associate Diane Matacale will list two different ways where display could help your lead generated clients obtain the leads they … [Read more...] about How Online Educators Should Be Using The Google Display Network
Using Google Analytics To Power AdWords Campaigns
All too often we tend to think of Google Analytics and Google AdWords separately, when in reality, we need to be using them together. The amount of information that can be gathered from both platforms could lead to “analysis paralysis” but, when used correctly, you can optimize your campaigns to perform that much better. Lately, I have been writing about Display advertising. … [Read more...] about Using Google Analytics To Power AdWords Campaigns
