Welcome to PPC Hero’s Recommended Posts! Our mission is to educate and inform our readers on the ever-changing world of Pay-Per-Click management. The posts you see below are our "Greatest Hits" thus far. We love all of our posts equally, but we feel that these special ones are our most helpful, original and thought-provoking. This list will be updated as we continue to … [Read more...] about Recommended Posts
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PPC News Roundup for August 24, 2007
The content network in Google Adwords is still a mystery for a lot of PPC experts. Seoptimize has written a nice post on 5 common mistakes most people make when it comes to using Adwords content network. However I find it's easy to get confused by reading this post. The first 3 are actual mistakes one can make, the last 2 are definitely "Do's" regarding the use of the content … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 24, 2007
Landing Pages Should Be Made For Humans and Machines
There has been a lot of chatter recently regarding what kind of relationship your landing page has to your AdWords quality score. Without a doubt your landing page is one of most important (if not the most important) aspects of your PPC campaign. Each landing page is assigned a quality score which crucial to your overall score - however, there are a myriad of factors that … [Read more...] about Landing Pages Should Be Made For Humans and Machines
PPC News Roundup for August 17, 2007
Fitting a clear, concise message within the allotted 70 characters of a PPC advertisement is always challenge. However, the AdCenter blog has posted some very helpful information on ad composition. Be specific, direct and professional are just a tips they give, and I agree. They also discuss how you can exclude your ad from users by clearly stating who you want to click on your … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 17, 2007
Jeremy Mayes, from PPC Discussions has this to say
Jeremy Mayes is a well known blogger in the PPC industry. Today he shares with us his thoughts and opinions on hot topics in the PPC world. Q: Do you foresee any advancements occurring in the next year that will change the way people manage their PPC accounts? A: Yes, over the next 12 months I believe Google will add features that support rule based management of campaigns … [Read more...] about Jeremy Mayes, from PPC Discussions has this to say
How To Dominate The Last 2 Days of the Month
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
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
Hispanic Targeting with Spanish Speaking Ads – Is It For You?
According to a Google study, the US Hispanic Market ranks 15th in total internet population. It is said they are also better educated, heavier online users, more likely to have a broadband connection and more inclined to search and click on ads in English compared to other minority races. So I ask myself, is Hispanic targeting for me? Here's what I found out: There are … [Read more...] about Hispanic Targeting with Spanish Speaking Ads – Is It For You?
4 Most Important Settings to Check in Your Microsoft adCenter Account
This is the third and final post in my series on important settings to check when setting up accounts in the "big three" PPC search engines. After detailing Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing, it was time to dive into Microsoft's adCenter. There is a sickness infecting the search marketing community that keeps it from digging deeper into adCenter's house of wares. I … [Read more...] about 4 Most Important Settings to Check in Your Microsoft adCenter Account
How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
The survey results I posted on Monday ranked the importance of 12 AdWords Quality Score attributes. At the top of the survey rankings were click-through rate, ad text/keyword relevance, historical performance and landing page keyword relevance. Search relevancy is the core that binds the quality score together, and our survey reflects this idea. Also, these survey results are … [Read more...] about How to Improve Your AdWords Quality Score
PPC News Roundup for August 1, 2007
The AdWords blog announced the introduction of an automated campaign optimizer tool. According to the announcement, the tool is capable of scanning your account and pointing out problems from budgetary concerns, keyword issues (bid, match type, new keywords, etc.) and even potential ad texts. While I would still prefer to do this myself, or have a Google rep. help me out, the … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 1, 2007