There are numerous places to start when first analyzing a landing page or website. One of those places is Google Analytics. Analytics allows you to pull useful reports that provide a further analysis of current performance and where to optimize to improve that performance. Today, we’ll focus on six analytics metrics that will contribute to your conversion rate … [Read more...] about 6 Google Analytics Metrics You Should Be Using For CRO
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Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
This question has come up a lot lately with PPC accounts that are expanding into Facebook Ads. “Why are my Facebook conversions higher than Google Analytics?” The problem is we are trying to compare Facebook conversions similar to how we track AdWords and Bing traffic, but it’s not the same. When it comes to comparing conversions, it’s not that Facebook is necessarily over … [Read more...] about Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
[New Whitepaper!] 5 Things You Should Be Doing In Your Google AdWords Account Right Now
Google AdWords is one of the most effective types of advertising. The majority of advertising consists of sellers seeking buyers, hoping to influence their decisions. Keep in mind, Google AdWords is a dynamic advertising platform and needs continuous monitoring and optimization. When you advertise on AdWords, you never want to use the set-it and forget-it approach as we have … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] 5 Things You Should Be Doing In Your Google AdWords Account Right Now
[New Infographic!] What America’s Fastest Growing Companies Spend in Google AdWords
The PPC industry is always growing, expanding and changing. And this year, it was no different. We thought it would be interesting to take a look at Inc Magazine's list of the 5000 fastest growing companies in America and see how they spend their PPC dollars. So we partnered with SEM Rush to create the infographic below, which details how these Inc 5000 companies use the … [Read more...] about [New Infographic!] What America’s Fastest Growing Companies Spend in Google AdWords
Google’s Search Rater Guide Shares How Google Ranks Websites
On November 12th of this year, Google published a 160-page comprehensive guide used to train search raters at Google. This guide is by far the most complete list of instructions that Google has ever openly published outlining how websites are rated. Before we dive in, it is important to explain the purpose of this document. Google uses actual human beings, not an algorithm … [Read more...] about Google’s Search Rater Guide Shares How Google Ranks Websites
4 Reasons Why You Need To Analyze Your Google Analytics Social Users Flow
I’m amazed at how many PPC account managers don’t know what happens after someone clicks an ad. Don’t get me wrong, I know there are scenarios when the goal is to drive as much cheap traffic to the website as possible. However, if you’re managing an account where conversions are the goal then understanding what happens post-click is vital to your PPC performance. To better … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons Why You Need To Analyze Your Google Analytics Social Users Flow
Implement Smart Goals Via Google Analytics
Every PPC hero worth their salt knows that attribution and tracking represents the backbone of optimization. In the absence of accurate data, paid search advertisers are practically left flying blind. While a large portion of businesses are already tracking conversions, Smarts Goals powered by Google Analytics helps identify high quality traffic and optimizes for those visits … [Read more...] about Implement Smart Goals Via Google Analytics
Google Releases New Interactive Ads For Mobile
Just months after Google released its Mobile App Marketing Insights Guide, Google is releasing two new types of mobile app advertisements. Why? The Insights Guide revealed that one in every four downloaded apps never gets used. In order to increase the number of apps that actually get used after a download, Google is trying increase the level of user intent before the user … [Read more...] about Google Releases New Interactive Ads For Mobile
Bidding Methods For Platforms Outside Of Google
If you are a consistent reader of PPC Hero, then you've read up on in-depth bidding strategies for the Search Network in Google and Bing. But what are the best strategies to utilize on other platforms? How should we be bidding on the traffic being received from our ever growing Facebook budget? How about managing the money in Pinterest? Or what are best practices for bidding on … [Read more...] about Bidding Methods For Platforms Outside Of Google
Google Releases New Tools In Time For the Holiday Season
The holiday season is upon us and Google has some early gifts for retailers - new shopping campaign optimization features in AdWords. Despite Black Friday and Cyber Monday driving large amounts of traffic, Google says, “mobile will make every day a shopping day.” Retailers will need to be able to adjust budgets and campaigns quickly, so AdWords has released new tools that will … [Read more...] about Google Releases New Tools In Time For the Holiday Season
New Google Shopping Insights Tool – Treasure Or Time Waster?
For those of you who missed last month’s announcement, Google has released a new gadget called the Google Shopping Insights Tool. And while I strive to embrace the tools and products with which our advertising platforms provide us, my opinion on the latest release was too strong to keep quiet. I feel it is my obligation, as a citizen of the PPC world, to provide you with my own … [Read more...] about New Google Shopping Insights Tool – Treasure Or Time Waster?
Google Analytics Cohort Report Video Explanation
Google Analytics recently added a cohort analysis report as a feature. This report is very easy to set up, and useful when you are looking at user behavior over time. The true value of the report comes from segmenting the data. In the video example below, the segments of data are "All Sessions," "Email," "Paid Search," and "Users who completed a transaction." We can use this … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Cohort Report Video Explanation
