When someone is searching for a product or service, feedback and reviews from others can be invaluable in helping them determine what to choose. There are usually a ton of options, and savvy consumers want to ensure they are making the best decision. Advertisers have long used feedback and ratings from consumers to enhance their message, and set their product or company apart … [Read more...] about A Peek Behind the Curtain: Consumer Ratings Added to Google Ads
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Google Is Getting Strict With Unique Product Identifiers
Google has made several releases and updates to Google Shopping over the last few weeks. In February, Shopping campaigns were made available to all Product Listing Ads and this last week, AdWords API was opened up for Shopping campaigns as well. With all this new availability for Shopping campaigns, we should also begin to see an increase in quality enforcement from Google, … [Read more...] about Google Is Getting Strict With Unique Product Identifiers
Learn More About The Competition With New Features in Google’s Auction Insights
When it comes to competitor analysis, there is no such thing as too much information. During our monthly training day this month, we had a discussion about competitor analysis and how (most) clients show an interest in what their competitors are doing. One tool that is used to measure performance against competitors is Auction insights reports in AdWords. While this report is … [Read more...] about Learn More About The Competition With New Features in Google’s Auction Insights
Google Announces Attribution Modeling in AdWords
Google has just released the Search Funnels Attribution Modeling Tool in AdWords. This tool allows you to identify campaigns, ad groups, or keywords that are assisting conversions or are a part of the conversion process. While this tool has been available in Analytics for quite some time, it's a new feature in AdWords. Where To Find It You can find this by navigating to Tools … [Read more...] about Google Announces Attribution Modeling in AdWords
Are You Wasting Spend on Google Shopping?
Google Shopping is the next generation of PLAs. Offering a more retail centric advertising model, advertisers can easily segment their product feeds by categories and labels. This is all well and good but what do you do when performance is lacking? Do these new campaign types require new tactics or can you treat them like your other AdWords campaigns? The Account The account … [Read more...] about Are You Wasting Spend on Google Shopping?
Google Changes Naming Conventions for Conversion Tracking
Changes are coming to conversion tracking in AdWords. Throughout this month, AdWords will begin rolling out updates to the conversion naming convention, as well as the way they are counted. If you are managing a Google account, you may have gotten an email alerting you of the upcoming enhancements. These changes are to help you better track different types of conversions and … [Read more...] about Google Changes Naming Conventions for Conversion Tracking
Google AdWords Is Getting A (Tiny) Makeover
For some, the news that AdWords is getting a redesign might not come as a surprise. Several accounts have been switched over to the new design for weeks or even months. For others, whose accounts have not yet made the switch, you're now in on the secret: Google has officially announced that their gradual redesign is finally going to reach all of Google AdWords. Though the … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Is Getting A (Tiny) Makeover
Google to Receive More Insight from Muted Ads
Targeting a relevant audience is essential for PPC ads. Whether in the Search or Display Network, considerable time and attention is taken to ensure you are reaching an appropriate audience. A while back, Google introduced a new method to help determine uninterested viewers. In July 2012, Google ushered in a new tool to mute certain ads on the Display Network, using a small [x] … [Read more...] about Google to Receive More Insight from Muted Ads
Save Time With Google’s New Undo Button
Have you ever made a change to your AdWords account, only to later regret it? Despite rigorous analysis and employing your best judgment, sometimes things don’t go quite the way you planned. Maybe you enabled a paused keyword or ad group that ended up adversely affecting the account, or you made a bid change that didn’t have the desired outcome. Well, you might not be able to … [Read more...] about Save Time With Google’s New Undo Button
Happy Birthday Google Shopping!
A Happy 11th Birthday from all of us here at PPC Hero! And many more amazing years to come. Check out these recent PPC Hero blog posts about Google Shopping and product listing ads to take your ecommerce campaigns to the next level: 7 Tips for Getting Your PLA Campaign Holiday Ready The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads How New Shopping Campaigns are Giving PLAs a Jolt! … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Google Shopping!
6 Exciting Changes Coming To Google & PPC In 2014
Thanks to the fun of Enhanced Campaigns, 2013 was an extremely interesting year for PPC. Google made a ton of changes that we all had to learn to adapt to. Looking ahead to 2014 don't expect anything as radical again, but there will be some major areas of change for us to focus on: Ads Will Be More Obvious Have you seen the orange Google "Ad" images yet? If not, you'll … [Read more...] about 6 Exciting Changes Coming To Google & PPC In 2014
Google AdWords Experiences Temporary Tracking Problems
A heads up to all e-Commerce accounts out there that your November AdWords data might not be accurate. Google sent an email out earlier this afternoon to say that conversion values were not tracking correctly during the period of Nov 20th at 6:30 PM PST to Nov 21st at 8:00 PM PST. Who is affected? Anyone using "conversion value" as a key metric for reports, or automated … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Experiences Temporary Tracking Problems
