The holiday season is upon us, and the spike in online seasonal traffic is set to begin. The holidays definitely aren’t the time to set it and forget it; instead, we should capitalize on this time of year by beefing up our keyword lists. Erin ODonnell with Microsoft Advertising gives some helpful tactics for keyword list expansion in Holiday Preparation Series: Travel PPC … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for September 17, 2010
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PPC News Roundup for September 10, 2010
As Google continues on its journey to becoming Hal 9000 with the addition of Google Instant, the PPC world is a little concerned. As Geordie from PPC blog explains, Google Instant is streaming search queries as you type. But with millisecond long impressions, what will happen to my CTR? Google has accounted for this. They reworked the definition of an impression for Adwords. … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for September 10, 2010
6 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
I recently had an opportunity to take the Google Advertising Fundamentals Exam, what fun! Overall it was a good experience, but here are a few tips that I wish I had known before taking it: 1) Read all of the materials in the learning center for the exam. Even if you’ve been working with Adwords for a while, this could still be useful for the random trivia they throw at you. … [Read more...] about 6 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
PPC Hero Blog Series
We often explore complex search marketing issues with in-depth analysis & research. To really give a topic the attention that it requires, we will write an entire series of articles that focus on one hot PPC topic. This is where our blog series come in! We craft each blog series so that it is truly an authoritative document on the topic at hand. The Dynamic Series … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Blog Series
PPC News Roundup for 1/29/2010
Are you managing a business-to-business PPC client? Search Engine Land has a post this week on 6 common mistakes in B2B PPC advertising. Some of the mistakes listed include: using too many industry acronyms (not everyone knows what you’re talking about), not bidding on branding terms, and thinking Google is king. Users quickly judge your brand when they reach your PPC landing … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for 1/29/2010
Do Higher Positions in Google Mean You Convert More? Here’s How to Find Out!
Brad Geddes is one of my favorite bloggers, and he has a really interesting link to a YouTube video that talks about how you can get information at the keyword level in Google Analytics that shows what conversion rates you get at what position in the SERPS. You can view the video here: I have wondered at times for a particular account that recently lowered its budget if our … [Read more...] about Do Higher Positions in Google Mean You Convert More? Here’s How to Find Out!
5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
One thing here at PPCHero we make sure of is that all of our writers pass the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam before writing for the blog. We just added four new people to our team and we’re still growing. But now that they’re finished with their PPC training, it’s time they prepare for the Google Adwords Exam. The Google Adwords Qualified Professional status can … [Read more...] about 5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
Increased Bid Transparency with Google’s Bid Simulator
Ever wondered how a bid change is going to affect your AdWords account? Will it send my costs through the roof? Will it sacrifice clicks? What will happen to impressions? You're in luck! The days of bid uncertainty are behind us, sort of. Google has made it a little easier to estimate the potential impact of bid adjustments with the Bid Simulator. While this tool can't predict … [Read more...] about Increased Bid Transparency with Google’s Bid Simulator
PPC Blog News Roundup for Friday 6/12/2009
Who said PPC isn’t good for branding? A study from eMarketer found that Senior-level Marketing Executives don’t see PPC as a good branding initiative. This response from Post-Click Marketing proves that you throw away a lot of money if you don’t consider branding through PPC campaigns. Anyone seen the Opportunities tab in Google AdWords? The folks over at the AdWords … [Read more...] about PPC Blog News Roundup for Friday 6/12/2009
First Glance: How Pay-Per-Click Marketers Should React to Bing
I’m not here to tell you Bing is the greatest thing ever, and I’m not here to tell you that, No, Bing is not a “Google Killer.” Lots of others have already weighed in on the topic and, as a search marketer, that’s not my worry. As a search marketer, I’m only worried about campaign impact. And, as far as I can tell, campaign impact can only happen if people are searching (or is … [Read more...] about First Glance: How Pay-Per-Click Marketers Should React to Bing
PPC Blog News Roundup for May 22, 2009
This week, Google announced that they are updating their U.S. trademark policy. Under this new policy the restrictions will be loosened slightly so that more advertisers can display relevant brands within their PPC ads. This update applies only to Google.com within the U.S. and takes effect around June 15th. Gordon Choi has crafted a good introduction to the Google … [Read more...] about PPC Blog News Roundup for May 22, 2009
New Tool in AdWords That Tells You Which Keywords Are Inactive
I came across this new tool in my Google AdWords campaign last Friday. When you’re in an AdWords campaign, right next to your ‘opportunities for improvement’ link at the top of the page, there is a link to the right of that which says, ‘Diagnose Keywords – New!’ I asked my AdWords Rep if indeed this tool is new, and she said it is, and it’s gradually rolling out for select … [Read more...] about New Tool in AdWords That Tells You Which Keywords Are Inactive
