View-through conversions have been around for nearly four years in AdWords. In paid search land, that’s close to an eternity. But it still seems to me that people don’t really know what to do about them. We’ve talked about them...
Content / Display Network
The One Hour Placement Report
There is an enormous amount of information in a placement report – some may even say an overwhelming amount of information. I’ve known some overzealous individuals who have spent full days on a single placement report, emerging on the other...
Does Remarketing Work, Or Is It Just Annoying?
Remarketing is, hands down, one of the most powerful tools available to us in PPC. So it can be a little surprising when we get asked “Does Remarketing really work, or is it just annoying your potential customers?” That doesn’t...
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How To Run Remarketing Like A Boss
Think about remarketing like a recipe: it’s a best practice, but you don’t have to follow it to the letter; you can shape it to your tastes. You like your chicken spicy? Put some cayenne in it. If your funnel...
Benchmark Your Display Campaigns with Google’s New Tool
Determining the overall success of a Display campaign can be difficult. While we can tell whether or not it’s been a success for us in the limited context of our own accounts, we’re often left stumbling in the dark when it...
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Frequency Capping with Confidence on the Display Network
Google offers a really great report on the Dimensions tab that shows you how your display ads perform depending on how many times a user has seen them. We’ve talked about the report before (along with how great it is),...
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Spring Clean Your Display Campaigns
Many accounts are focused on Search, because it normally performs better than Display. This is especially true for eCommerce and most direct response accounts. That sometimes leads to Display Network campaigns being a hot mess.
Case Study: Boosting Display Campaign Traffic Quality
Last week PPC Hero’s own Eric Couch detailed how to make display campaigns with higher quality traffic using category exclusions. On the back of his post I thought I’d set up a case study in one of my accounts and...
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Need Better Display Traffic? Use Site Category Exclusions!
There’s a hidden side to the Display Network that we don’t often talk about. Contextual Keywords, Topics, Placements, and Interest Categories are all common Display Network tricks these days. However, you probably aren’t aware of your other option when it comes...
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What You Need to Know About Enhanced Display Campaigns
If you still need to make the jump to Enhanced Campaigns, then you’ve got a few surprises in store. Specifically, there are some new wrinkles in the way that we now bid on Display campaigns. You’re already keenly aware of...
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11 Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your Google Display Campaigns
For the final part of our January series – Things to test in your account in 2013 – I’m going to be diving into the wonderful world of the Google Display Network, or GDN for those of us who love...
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Just How Annoying Are Your Ads?
There’s a fine line to walk when it comes to targeting. Being too aggressive can be very off putting, but you want to make sure that you capture all possible interest out there. Google has a feature that will allow...
