Happy Friday everyone! We’re having a heat wave here in Indiana, with the temps supposed to get up to 14 degrees today. I call it a heat wave based on the sub-zero temperatures we encountered yesterdays. Grab your cup of...
Lessons Learned From SMN’s “Paid Seach for Big Sites, Big Brands” Webinar
Earlier this week, I sat in on Search Marketing Now‘s webinar, “Paid Search for Big Sites, Big Brands”, by Chris Sherman, Executive Editor at Search Engine Land. The gist of the webinar was giving out tips and tricks on how...
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Why Trademarked Names Are Allowed in Google Display URL
A PPC Hero subscriber brought this to my attention the other day. He said that the name of his client’s company was trademarked, and they filed this trademark with Google so no competitors could display their trademarked term in any...
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Yahoo Shuts Down Their Content Network in Europe
Today we received an announcement from Yahoo UK that they will be discontinuing their Content Match product in Europe. If you are running ads within a European-targeted Yahoo account, your campaigns will be effected. Just for clarity sakes, I will...
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Your AdWords Advertisements May Not Be Displaying When You Think They Are
As your Google AdWords campaign matures, you will be able to determine which days of the week, and what time of day, generates the best results, and you can manage your campaign settings accordingly. By utilizing Ad Scheduling within AdWords...
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Just in Case You Haven’t Heard Lately, PPC Account Structure is Still Important
Here at PPC Hero headquarters, we’re in the throes of training a new employee. At the tippity-top of the training agenda, right next to Search Engines 101, is a lesson on PPC account structure. Around here, account structure optimization is...
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PPC News Roundup for January 9th, 2009
Happy new year everyone! I had a nice, long vacation in Portland, drinking delicious seasonal beers and hanging out with the family. I hope the holidays treated you all gloriously as well. Being the new year, here’s my first PPC...
Check Out Our Collection of PPC Hero Images!
What’s more fun than reading blogs? Reading blogs with pictures of course! In the past two years of PPC Hero’s life we’ve created several illustrations that we “try” to relate to our content so we can visually please our readers...
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What Did Yahoo Search Marketing Change in Their Updated Terms and Conditions?
Yesterday, Yahoo Search Marketing sent out modified advertiser Terms and Conditions. We have previously discovered some surprising information when Yahoo updated their agreements, so I wanted to find out exactly what had changed. This time around, Yahoo hasn’t made significant...
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How Do You Anticipate PPC Traffic Changes if You Have No Account History?
Today, I am jealous. Why is that you ask? Brad Geddes wrote a great article at Search Engine Land today – one that I should’ve written. (Just kidding!) Seriously though, Brad’s article touches on one of the best PPC tools...
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PPC News Roundup for January 2, 2009
Need to save some money on PPC this year? Website Magazine has 5 solid tips for doing just that. These helpful solutions range from reviewing your match type strategy, negative keyword use, account structure, ad scheduling and even taking a...
6 Ways Diagnose a Problem Within Your PPC Account
It happens to the best of us, you make some changes within an account and realize two days later your clicks or leads have dropped significantly and you’re not sure exactly why. In this post I’ll show you a few...
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