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 PPC advertisements. However, he noticed that one of his competitors did have the name of the trademarked company in their display URL. I contacted … [Read more...] about Why Trademarked Names Are Allowed in Google Display URL
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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 around – PLANNING. He thoroughly explains how to review historical data to determine when your PPC account experiences performance spikes (be they … [Read more...] about How Do You Anticipate PPC Traffic Changes if You Have No Account History?
PPC News Roundup for December 12th, 2008
The holiday season is quickly approaching. As I am still in Grad School (done in May, whew!), I have the pleasure of taking a two week break to visit my family and vacation. I hope the rest of you enjoy the holidays as well. Here's the roundup for this week. Scott Brinker over at the Post-Click Marketing blog has written a very interesting article on search marketing … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 12th, 2008
Google Confirms Conversion Rates Have No Effect on Quality Score
According to the Google Adwords Agency Blog, your account conversion rate does not affect your account Quality score. While some of you may already know this, apparently there are many others that don't. And some of these people are actually implementing conversion codes on their site to track easy conversions just to try and increase their Quality Score. Some advertisers … [Read more...] about Google Confirms Conversion Rates Have No Effect on Quality Score
A Beginners Checklist for Writing Benefit-Focused Ad Texts
Continuing our series on PPC basics, we now find ourselves at a monumental juncture in our PPC adventures. That might be an over exaggeration, but ad texts can really drive home clicks and conversions for your campaigns. In order to write the best ads possible, you need to write benefit-focused ad texts. Simply put, ads that are benefit-focused do exactly what the name implies … [Read more...] about A Beginners Checklist for Writing Benefit-Focused Ad Texts
Learn the Basics for Building a Killer Keyword List
Yesterday, we discussed the pros and cons of the heavy hitter search engines. Today, as part of our PPC basics blog series, I'll be covering the fundamentals to building a killer PPC keyword list. The goal of this article is to give new PPC managers some insight into building their initial keyword list. I am sure that every PPC manager has their own technique/process for … [Read more...] about Learn the Basics for Building a Killer Keyword List
PPC News Roundup for October 2, 2008
This offering from PPC Advice gives their outlook on the staggering economy and its impact on the online marketing industry. It's a positive one, and for all of our sakes, we can hope it pans out like they predict. You may be debating whether or not to set up a Google Analytics account for your clients. This YOUmoz post details the process, and gives some introductory … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 2, 2008
Recap of Google’s Holiday Shopping Guide 2008 Webinar
Recently I listened to the Google Unwrapped holiday webinar called, Make the Most of the Holiday Season. It's important for me to get a head start for the holiday season in order to generate the most sales possible, and it's becoming a priority for other internet retailers as well. In this webinar recap I'll go over some of the 2007 holiday shopping trends, followed by … [Read more...] about Recap of Google’s Holiday Shopping Guide 2008 Webinar
Playing Fair With Competitor Keywords in Google AdWords
This is a guest post by Michael Wiegand. Michael is a Pay Per Click Analyst (and Social Media dabbler) with Portent Interactive, a Full Service Internet Marketing Agency in Seattle, WA. When he's not making bid changes and writing ad text, Michael writes for the PiBlog. In this realm of pay-per-click advertising two things are inevitable (think death and taxes): first, you … [Read more...] about Playing Fair With Competitor Keywords in Google AdWords
PPC News Roundup for September 3, 2008
Using multiple campaigns to break up your PPC efforts is generally a smart principal that we adhere to. Nikki Kuhlman over at JumpFly reminds us why this is a good idea to consider in your pay-per-click strategies. You may already be well aware of this technique, but a refresher never hurts! The folks over at semvironment have noticed an interesting phenomenon with Yahoo … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for September 3, 2008
Manage Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns with Less Frustration!
Just in case you missed the "Managing Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns," webinar featuring David Szetela, (pronounced za-tell-uh), I have provided a quick recap of David’s tips and guidelines here. What consists of a big and complicated PPC account you ask? You have 10,000+ keywords, dozens to thousands of ad groups, you’re managing your account on multiple search engines, you … [Read more...] about Manage Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns with Less Frustration!
It’s Alive! Beware of the Search Beast Named “Yahoogle”
Ok, so I'm about 4 days late breaking this news, but I just have to share my 2 cents. Last Thursday, Google announced that they had reached a deal to share their AdSense for Search and AdSense for Content with Yahoo!. Holy crap, the Yahoogle beast is alive. The number 1 and number 2 search giants are now officially in cahoots with each other. Times they are … [Read more...] about It’s Alive! Beware of the Search Beast Named “Yahoogle”
