At first glance, the financial data in Google’s latest quarterly financial summary look positive for the king of online advertising. “Google had a great quarter with revenue up 22% year on year, at $16.0 billion”, said Patrick Pichette, CFO of Google. “We are moving forward with great product momentum and are excited to continue providing amazing user experiences, with a view … [Read more...] about New Google Revenue Report: Does Slipping Mobile Outweigh Overall Growth?
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Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Not too long ago, Google announced the launching of My Business, this week they announced that you can link My Business to your AdWords account. … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
Google Introduces Bulk Changes in Shopping Campaigns
Hey you. Yeah, you! It’d behoove you to upgrade your PLA campaigns to Google Shopping campaigns. Why? Because Google is retiring the legacy PLA format in under eight weeks. According to Google, the early returns are in on the Shopping campaigns: “Advertisers who’ve upgraded like Farfetch, US Mattress, LiBoutique and ValuePetSupplies are seeing great success thanks to the … [Read more...] about Google Introduces Bulk Changes in Shopping Campaigns
5 Ways To Use Google Analytics for CRO That You Haven’t Thought Of – New Whitepaper!
You've got great ads and a great click-through-rate, but you're just not seeing the conversions you want. It's a good time to check out your site and come up with some conversion rate optimization (CRO) ideas. There are a variety of tools available, including some free options to get you started. Google Analytics is a great free tool and is often overlooked or underutilized in … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Use Google Analytics for CRO That You Haven’t Thought Of – New Whitepaper!
Google Launches AdWords Editor Version 10.5
The AdWords Editor is a tool that all Paid Search advertisers are familiar with. The editor allows users to: Work on an account offline Easily make bulk changes in an account Export and import files in order to make account changes Copy or move items from ad group to ad group (or campaign to campaign) And much more The Editor is probably the most utilized tool … [Read more...] about Google Launches AdWords Editor Version 10.5
Google AdWords Interface Replaces “Delete” with “Remove”
Today Google announced on their Google+ account that in approximately two weeks, the “deleted” status will be renamed “remove”. As far as we can tell, this update is primarily semantical, though the word “remove” does more properly capture the status of a defunct campaign, ad group, or keyword, because the performance history for that entity is still available. Most … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Interface Replaces “Delete” with “Remove”
Morning Clicks: Google, Bing Make Big Updates, Bing Teams Up With Twitter, Acquisio
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Google was busy with updates this week as you can now segment Brand terms in Analytics, segment performance by distance from a location, and reach the … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google, Bing Make Big Updates, Bing Teams Up With Twitter, Acquisio
Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
It’s been a busy week for the developers over at Google AdWords and Analytics, as they’ve rolled out a bevy of new functionality items over the past few days. Automating Branded Segmenting in Analytics Recognizing the ubiquity of the commonplace best practice to segment Brand traffic out from the rest, Google Analytics can now automatically do this for you. Analytics is able … [Read more...] about Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
Get Ready for Google Shopping
Google Shopping campaigns offer an intuitive way to advertise your products. Shopping has been out of beta for a few months now and I’ve had great success on the platform. If you haven’t heard, Shopping campaigns will completely replace PLAs in August. As a result, it is important that you are both prepared to transition as well as manage the new campaigns. Many of the … [Read more...] about Get Ready for Google Shopping
Google: Stop Losing the Forest for the…Quality Score
In an effort to provide clarity regarding the components and significance of quality score, Google Chief Economist, Hal Varian released a white paper, Settling the (Quality) Score (PDF), in tandem with a video explaining the AdWords auction parsing process. While there’s a treasure trove of information in both resources, Google seems primarily interested in driving home … [Read more...] about Google: Stop Losing the Forest for the…Quality Score
Go Beyond The Basics! Guide to Google Adwords – Intermediate Edition
By now, you’ve been in PPC for a while and have a basic understanding of how AdWords and PPC works. Now, you’re getting into questions about some technical details like campaign types and settings, ad extensions, and how to start optimizing your account. In this white paper you will learn: How to select appropriate campaign type Understanding campaign settings and … [Read more...] about Go Beyond The Basics! Guide to Google Adwords – Intermediate Edition
Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Welcome to this month’s series week on PPC Hero! We’ll be focusing on all things eCommerce, letting you know how to fine-tune your campaigns and where opportunity lies. So sit back and learn strategies for boosting your sales and ROI. Google is retiring PLAs (Product Listing Ads) in August and accounts running them will be upgraded to Google Shopping campaigns. Google … [Read more...] about Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping