This week, Google announced the addition of several new tools available to advertisers using Google’s Display Network. Google stated in their release that these improvements will “give you better measurement, transparency and value for your display advertising campaigns.” To improve your ability to measure your ad’s success on the Display Network, you can now view your ad’s … [Read more...] about Google Enhances Display Network Metrics
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Microsoft adCenter: Here Come the Plurals!
According to a post from this afternoon, Microsoft adCenter is receiving an update this week that will allow the interface to automatically serve the plural form of your account keywords, whether you’re bidding on them or not! So what does this mean, exactly? Let’s say a user queries for ‘blue belts’ and you have the keyword ‘blue belt’ in one of your account ad groups. The ad … [Read more...] about Microsoft adCenter: Here Come the Plurals!
New Features For Google Search
For those of you that missed Google's announcements earlier today, feel free to take a peek at my notes. There are some exciting things going on in the Google-sphere! I'd love to chat about these new features and your opinions, so feel free to use the comment section as a discussion forum! Firstly, and probably most exciting in my opinion, search by voice and image. Later … [Read more...] about New Features For Google Search
If You Got It, Flaunt It: A Follow Up On Google’s New Product Local Ads
Google’s new product local ads (currently in beta) are designed for mobile, the perfect place for local advertisers to reach their consumers. Mobiles phones can detect location (if the user opts in), so Google can easily match up nearby retailers with consumers. Google also matches up geo-qualified queries (the same way they do with desktop queries) to best meet the searchers … [Read more...] about If You Got It, Flaunt It: A Follow Up On Google’s New Product Local Ads
PPC Pitfalls For Beginners, Part I
If you’re new to the game, paid search can seem like a daunting task at first. I remember my first few days at Hanapin feeling the same way, but I can tell you from experience that this is one of the biggest hurdles you will have to cross as a PPC manager. It’s the same way with any trade; the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it and the better you will become. … [Read more...] about PPC Pitfalls For Beginners, Part I
Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
A couple of days ago, Jessica’s latest episode of Ticker Tuesday focused on an issue that’s of pretty substantial interest to search marketers of late: adCenter quality score. Since Yahoo and MSN became one, many paid search advertisers have noticed substantial differences in their performance that are difficult to account for. Given the amount of time we’ve had to adjust our … [Read more...] about Impressions Strongarm Relevance in adCenter Quality Score
Google & Privacy – Adwords Wiggles into Your Private Life
The next time you read emails in your Gmail account, take a look at the advertisements on the side bar. Do they have anything to do with what you are talking about in your email? Chance are, they do. Gmail continues to be a free service because they allow advertisements to show while you read your email. For Paid Search Marketers, Gmail is yet another outlet for a client’s … [Read more...] about Google & Privacy – Adwords Wiggles into Your Private Life
Google Analytics Intelligence: An Invaluable Tool
Custom Alerts in AdWords are helpful. At the campaign or ad group level, you can create a custom alert. For instance, you can be notified when your average CPC for all or certain ad groups within a campaign shoots too high over goal. You can tell Google to check it weekly or daily and you can be notified via email. But, in my opinion, creating custom alerts in Google Analytics … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Intelligence: An Invaluable Tool
Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
As the founder of #ppcchat, PPC expert Matt Umbro (@Matt_Umbro) is already well-known on Twitter. That is one reason why we felt so lucky to have him as our guest for the second live #Heroview – real-time discussions with industry experts via Twitter. Our Heroview with Matt talked mainly about lead generation and lead metrics. Check out the transcript of the conversion … [Read more...] about Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
10 Mobile Landing Page Best Practices
Mobile advertising is the talk of the town and it has been for quite sometime. It makes sense right? According to a Google webinar, mobile queries in the U.S. have quadrupled over the past year. Also, according to a study done by Google, 79 percent of smartphone consumers use their phones to compare prices, find product info, and, in general, to shop. In fact, 70% of … [Read more...] about 10 Mobile Landing Page Best Practices
Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Michael Wiegand is a PPC Guru & Google Analytics Consultant at Portent Interactive, a full-service internet marketing company based in Seattle, WA. In this post, Michael explains why Profit per Impression is the perfect metric for ad testing. —————- Ad split-testing is one of the core disciplines of PPC. If we … [Read more...] about Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
Secrets to Paid Search Success
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Ken Robbins is the President and Founder of Response Mine Interactive, an online marketing company dedicated to the idea that data and testing should drive marketing decisions and media optimization. —————- Search is like no other marketing channel. People are literally telling you what they want. In fact, all of … [Read more...] about Secrets to Paid Search Success
