Before I had ever heard of Pay-Per-Click or Paid Search, I was completely unaware of how it was determined which ads or search results would appear on a page. Now, over four years later, I have a solid understanding of how search results are populated, ads are shown, how display ads follow me around, and so much more. It’s the wonderful world of Digital Marketing led by Google, … [Read more...] about How Google Determines Which Ads To Serve
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AdWords is Dead, Long Live Google Ads: Google Simplifies its Marketing Brands
Google announced yesterday (June 27, 2018) that it is rebranding its advertising suite of products, consolidating some services and revising others. The reasoning behind the change, as Google's official announcement of the consolidated networks points out, is multi-fold: ...marketers have more opportunities to reach consumers across channels, screens and formats. Advertising … [Read more...] about AdWords is Dead, Long Live Google Ads: Google Simplifies its Marketing Brands
The End of 2 Ads per Ad Group: Optimized Rotation Means More Ad Variety & Volume
The industry continues to buzz about Google’s recent announcement to simplify ad rotation settings from four options to just two: "Optimize" and "Rotate Indefinitely". These changes are to take place later this month. You may think to yourself, "Sure, that's neat but I'll continue to rotate indefinitely. I have my A/B testing routine down pat. I've been doing it this way for … [Read more...] about The End of 2 Ads per Ad Group: Optimized Rotation Means More Ad Variety & Volume
What’s In A Name? Building Powerful Product Titles For Ecommerce
Over the years, CommerceHub has tested a variety of different product title alterations in hopes of finding the perfect title. Did we? Yes, and no. The fact of the matter is, it depends. There are numerous combinations of how a title can be structured and crafted based on the product and its attributes. What we’ve found is that how you structure your title will vary based … [Read more...] about What’s In A Name? Building Powerful Product Titles For Ecommerce
Google’s Not Selling Your Products Like It Used To
With the ongoing changes to Google Shopping, optimizing your product feed is more important than ever. Over the last several months, Google has been testing an aggregated shopping format for individual products sold by multiple retailers. This format most commonly involves devices and appliances. For example, if you search for a device generically or by brand, you may … [Read more...] about Google’s Not Selling Your Products Like It Used To
For The Best PPC Ads Change Your Focus
You have been in business for over a decade. Potential customers respect that kind of longevity and will want to use that knowledge to decide whether to click your ad. So you open up your AdWords account and create some ads based around your businesses longevity, how reliable your business is, and how your business can be trusted. You launch these ads and you wait… And … [Read more...] about For The Best PPC Ads Change Your Focus
A Step-By-Step Introduction to Amazon Product Ads
There is a land full of flowing rivers frothing with fresh, leaping trout where the deer and moose journey to water's edge to drink deeply of the fresh, clear water. This land is bordered by rising, rugged snowcapped mountains that keep those who would destroy it for pleasure from taking advantage of its beauty and life. *Note, this image was provided by the author and was … [Read more...] about A Step-By-Step Introduction to Amazon Product Ads
Morning Clicks: Dynamic Sitelinks, PLA Product Ratings, 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. Big news out of Bing. The interface is getting a new look. [Bing Ads] Google Analytics now offers reporting for display targeting in AdWords. [PPC … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Dynamic Sitelinks, PLA Product Ratings, and More
Google: Introducing Product Ratings to PLAs
Today Google introduced product ratings on Product Listing Ads. So what exactly does that mean? A 5-star rating system will be implemented, providing a graphical ranking system and review count of your product, on your PLA. Google released the following image of the new feature out in the wild: Google asserts that in their initial rounds of testing, the … [Read more...] about Google: Introducing Product Ratings to PLAs
How To Find eCommerce Success With Dynamic Search Ads
I’ve written about Dynamic Search Ads in the past. I told you about how you can set them up and gave some basic best practices for how to optimize them. When I wrote this article, I was only using them in one of my accounts that was basically a lead generation account. I was just using the “all pages” target while constantly adding negative keywords. This worked great, and I am … [Read more...] about How To Find eCommerce Success With Dynamic Search Ads
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
The Total Guide to Google Shopping Ads: Part 2, How to Set Up Your Shopping Campaign
You've asked for it, and here it is: The Total Guide To Shopping Ads. We took it upon ourselves to put everything we know about Shopping campaigns into one, six part guide. We'll be posting twice a week until all six parts are posted, so keep your eyes peeled! Part 1: Setting Up Your Data Feed Part 2: How to Set Up Your Shopping Campaign Part 3: How To Optimize Your PLA … [Read more...] about The Total Guide to Google Shopping Ads: Part 2, How to Set Up Your Shopping Campaign
