Google has recently released new PPC targeting options: demographic targeting. With this option you can specify the age and gender you would like to target with your PPC ads. Currently, this option is available to a limited number of AdWords advertisers. Like that of MSN, age and gender targeting in AdWords allows advertisers to select a specific gender and age group for each … [Read more...] about Adwords Age & Gender Targeting Now in Beta
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Take Advantage of Search Cycles with Ad Scheduling
Almost everything in the universe is cyclical. The planets, the seasons, migration of birds. And search engine marketing is no different. There are many examples of the cyclical nature of search: for most non-retail advertisers, the end of the year (Nov-Dec) is the low tide for traffic; the Saturday before Christmas is the busiest internet shopping day of the year each year; … [Read more...] about Take Advantage of Search Cycles with Ad Scheduling
Our Greatest Hits for January!
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from January. Whether you’re a new subscriber or a current subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Learning how to predict when your PPC traffic will drop is a great way to be proactive … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for January!
PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Now you can get simple Google analytics help through WebmasterWorld forums! Search Engine Roundtable posts that an analytics advisor has volunteered to help people out with the Google analytics questions from time to time. Apparently he knows analytics inside and out, and also knows how to listen to users. Andy Komack from KoMarketing Associates has a great post discussing 5 … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Learn the Basics of Testing Ad Copy: A PPC Primer
One of the best features of pay-per-click advertising is the ability to test. There are numerous tools and options in AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing and adCenter that allow PPC advertisers to test nearly every piece of their account. But, admittedly, this barrage of bells and whistles could make the average-Joe-PPC-beginner go crazy - or worse yet, abandon PPC altogether! I … [Read more...] about Learn the Basics of Testing Ad Copy: A PPC Primer
PPC News Roundup for January 23, 2008
Seeing higher minimum CPC's lately? That might be because Google Adwords has re-evaluated their Quality Score on Keywords according to PPC Lab. Although it doesn't explicitly say why, google frequently re-evaluates their keyword quality score algo and some underperforming keywords may suffer. Interested in knowing how the 2007 holiday online shopping went? Read Search … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 23, 2008
How to Use Analytics and Reports to Get to Know Your Customers Better
We've been walking in searchers' shoes all week, and today is mile 3 of our journey to think and search like our customers! Search marketers have a wide array of tools at their disposal, many of which are powerful assets in understanding search behavior. More specifically, the PPC search engines all offer invaluable reporting features detailing ad and keyword performance, but … [Read more...] about How to Use Analytics and Reports to Get to Know Your Customers Better
How to Predict When Your Traffic Will Drop and Ways to Prevent It
As part 2 of our 'Walk a Mile in a Searcher's Shoes' Series, today is mile 2! Now that the major holidays are over, I look back at what I could have done differently to maximize traffic and revenue for my clients through PPC. It’s actually very obvious, if I were to have just looked at the past year performance of my PPC account, I would have known which keywords increased in … [Read more...] about How to Predict When Your Traffic Will Drop and Ways to Prevent It
How to Write Ad Texts that Promise and Landing Pages that Deliver
Every day this week, PPC Hero is going to walk a mile in a searcher's shoes. Today is mile number one! Managing an effective search engine marketing campaign, and more specifically a PPC campaign, requires that you be a jack-of-many-trades. You have to know how to write concisely and effectively, being comfortable with statistical data is a must and you've got to know how to … [Read more...] about How to Write Ad Texts that Promise and Landing Pages that Deliver
5 Tips That Will Make Bulk Uploading into MSN AdCenter Headache Free
The ability to bulk edit your pay-per-click accounts varies between search engines. As usual, Google has the best system. Their AdWords Editor is fast, efficient and easy-to-use. However, Yahoo and MSN AdCenter also have bulk editing options, but theirs aren't as elegant as Google's. I was recently using MSN's bulk upload feature and found a few quirks in the system. I thought … [Read more...] about 5 Tips That Will Make Bulk Uploading into MSN AdCenter Headache Free
PPC News Roundup for January 16, 2008
Over at optimizeandprophesize.com, Jonathon Mendez has a list of the top 10 multivariate & A/B testing results from 2007. Most of the A/B split testing goes into detail on landing pages and conversion data. Some tests include a single product converting better over a choice of three, long scroll text and different calls to action on your landing page, which could also be … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 16, 2008
The Top 3 SEM “Year in Review” Lists for 2007
Every year, bloggers from all corners of the SEM industry create "Best of" lists to review news-bites, articles and varied quips on the year's performance. All of us at PPC Hero wanted to dive head-first into this year-end ritual. As part of our week-long look at 2007, we decided to examine these lists from other blogs and compile the 3 best for our readers! ClickZ: 2007 PPC … [Read more...] about The Top 3 SEM “Year in Review” Lists for 2007
