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Search Engine Watch October 15, 2010 John Lee |
It's True: Optimizing PPC Campaigns for Quality Score is Still Important Some simple tips for optimizing your campaigns to improve quality score. |
Search Engine Watch November 6, 2008 David Szetela |
The Account Quality Score: Money Pit for the Uninformed In Google AdWords, an ad's Quality Score calculation is based on how well the account's campaigns have performed over time. |
Search Engine Watch January 5, 2009 Ron Jones |
Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 1 Increasing your quality score for paid search campaigns will help you save money on your bid and increase your rank position. |
Search Engine Watch April 15, 2011 Joseph Kerschbaum |
Inside the adCenter Quality Score -- Or Should We Call It Competitive Score? Exploring the attributes of the adCenter Quality Score, how these scores affect your performance, and how you can optimize your account for better rankings. |
Search Engine Watch September 3, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
PPC Integration: Integrating PPC with SEO, Part 2 Marketing silos aren't inherently bad, as long as there is communication. Sharing research and results between PPC and SEO teams will help improve both channels. |
Search Engine Watch November 25, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Keyword Research for Search Engine Optimization All your SEO efforts will be in vain if you haven't spent enough time focused on which keywords you want to target. |
Search Engine Watch December 15, 2008 Ron Jones |
Keyword Discovery 101, Part 2 Our keyword discovery quest continues, with a focus on analyzing and refining your initial keyword list. We'll also look at some of the keyword tools on the Internet, some of which might help you with this process. |
Search Engine Watch January 12, 2009 Ron Jones |
Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 2 Getting a good quality score requires that you create relevance and continuity from beginning to end of the search experience. Then you need to test, test, test. |
Search Engine Watch April 19, 2011 Melissa Mackey |
5 Often-Overlooked PPC Tips for Beginners If you're a PPC newbie, here are some basic strategies to get the best results from your PPC campaigns right away. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Six Things You Might Be Doing Wrong (And How to Fix Them)! When you look at what is and isn't working for a small business Web site, you'll find that the most frequent issues fall within six categories. Some are flaws in site architecture, while others are the result of poor planning or marketing discipline. All are fixable, if you know what to look for. |
Search Engine Watch August 18, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How to Review Keyword Ideas Presented by the Opportunities Tab in AdWords Best practices for reviewing the keyword suggestions contained within this often overlooked tool within AdWords. |
Search Engine Watch March 23, 2009 Ron Jones |
Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 2 Don't be afraid to try something different to see if it will make an improvement. PPC management is all about dialing it in and then making small methodical course corrections to squeeze out a little more performance when you can. |
Search Engine Watch July 15, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Google Simplifies & Loosens Requirements for AdWords Google is making changes to its AdWords program intended to provide advertisers with more control over campaigns while potentially improving relevance for users. |
Search Engine Watch October 27, 2008 David Szetela |
Those Mysterious Quality Scores: Fundamentally Simple If you're aware of quality scores at all, you may have a vague notion that the search engines "grade" the "goodness" of your PPC campaigns |
Search Engine Watch December 23, 2008 Carrie Hill |
The Small Business Guide to Choosing Keyword Phrases Here are some best practices for choosing good keywords to utilize when optimizing your small business Web site. |
Entrepreneur June 2006 Catherine Seda |
Keyword to the Wise Pay-per-click advertising can bring a stampede of shoppers to your site, but make sure your keyword performance is profitable. |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Catherine Seda |
In the Click Want all the right people to notice your business? Gone are the days when adding keywords in meta tags to your site produced rankings. You need to make the most of today's hottest marketing method--search engine optimization. |
Search Engine Watch May 28, 2010 John Lee |
Google AdWords Placement Targeting: Tools for Success Tools and strategies for placement targeting that will lead you to greater PPC success. |
Search Engine Watch August 9, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 2 How personalization, localization, and update frequency have changed search engine optimization; what the new key metrics are in Google Webmaster Tools; and why user experience will continue to grow in importance. |
Search Engine Watch May 3, 2011 Jason Tabeling |
Understanding AdWords Average Position: Optimize Your PPC Performance A key piece to your bottom line performance is understanding how average position works and impacts your campaigns. Test and optimize this data in context of your total search campaign to see your total results improve. |
InternetNews June 13, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Search Omakase Search engines want to serve you the ads that you want, and they've got a plan to do it. Finally. |
Search Engine Watch December 9, 2008 Carrie Hill |
PPC & SEO -- Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together Put peanut butter and chocolate together and you get something that transcends each of the individual ingredients. The same effect can be had when you combine paid search advertising with search engine optimization efforts. |
Search Engine Watch February 16, 2011 Gareth Owen |
SEO and PPC: A Love-Hate Relationship Three big trends are changing how we attribute value in SEO. We are increasingly turning to tactics that were previously considered to be the realm of paid search professionals to meet client expectations. |
Search Engine Watch November 20, 2008 David Szetela |
More from the Mailbag: Quality Score Mysteries and Great PPC Learning Resources David digs into the reader mailbag to discuss Google's quality score issues, and some good beginner resources for learning PPC advertising. |
Search Engine Watch September 30, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Tin Foil Hat? I Have Mine On When Google advises against URL rewriting in their Webmaster Central blog, is there an ulterior motive? |
Search Engine Watch December 9, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Is it Too Late for Holiday Search Traffic? Holiday phrases like "Christmas" show up in Google's universal search results, so there still may be an opportunity to show up. For other competitive keyword phrases, you'd be better off targeting New Year's, or even Valentine's Day. |
Search Engine Watch April 14, 2010 Alex Cohen |
Google Wants Your Profit Margin, Should You Give It To Them? Google is systematically trying to remove two barriers in paid search to maximize their profit. Here's how it impacts your business, and how you can respond. Part one of two. |
Search Engine Watch March 7, 2011 Adam Audette |
Maximizing Your CTR for SEO in Organic Results Be mindful of the way your organic listings appear in the search results. Listings designed to maximize CTR will have a ranking advantage. |
Search Engine Watch September 17, 2010 John Lee |
Unleash Your Full PPC Potential by Leveraging Google AdWords' Match Types Exact match, phrase match, and broad match working together: build a winning PPC team. |
Search Engine Watch March 4, 2002 Danny Sullivan |
Up Close With Google AdWords Forget the hype about what the new cost-per-click AdWords program means for Google, in terms of competing with Overture. What's in the program for advertisers, and how does the cost per click pricing fit in with the existing cost per impression ads? Let's take a look... |
Search Engine Watch September 16, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Diagnosing the Impact of Optimization on Your Quality Score These two Google tools can help you understand and track your quality score, as well as the effect of your paid search campaign optimizations. |
PC Magazine August 31, 2005 David Murphy |
Google's Ad Network Spreads the Wealth Here's how Google's AdSense program can make money for your website. Click fraud is a growing concern for advertisers. |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Why You Should Combine Your PPC & SEO Strategies Here's how advertisers can develop a search strategy that effectively coordinates paid and organic listings. |
Search Engine Watch February 4, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Review your PPC Keywords Search engines are always changing, and so are the ways people search for your products and services. So your keyword list should change as frequently. |
Search Engine Watch January 27, 2009 Mark Jackson |
SEO Web Site Review: Water Filter Corner This Web site recently launched and has several elements that need to be corrected to lay a sound foundation for future SEO success. |
Search Engine Watch July 19, 2010 Josh McCoy |
SEO, the SERPs, and Your First Impression First impressions aren't just for first dates anymore. Taking advantage of free tools, smart thinking, and your visitor's best interests can be key to converting visitors into customers. |
Search Engine Watch August 19, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Search Engine Optimization: Back To Basics There just isn't enough time in the day for you to do everything, so here are a few ideas for SEO basics that you can look at in a short amount of time, that can lead to improved organic search ranking. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google's Altered Ante A the new bid pricing strategy improves click-through rates and results in better leads, all three parties -- Google shareholders, AdWords customers, and AdSense publishers -- will be cheering the shift. |
Search Engine Watch September 29, 2008 David Szetela |
Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions Knowing how and when to make decisions about your PPC campaign's keyword and ad performance can make or break your campaign. Just remember that almost every action you take to improve your PPC ad campaign should be based on conversion data. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2007 Alex Porter |
Alternative Media: Search-Engine Marketing: Click, Click ... Are You There? Pharma marketers turn to pay-per-click advertising to boost their product's reach. |
Search Engine Watch September 25, 2006 Catherine Seda |
Compare & Contrast: Search Ad Program Strategies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo's pay-per-click (PPC) programs are similar, but each have unique features that require different campaign tactics to use effectively. How do you get the maximum advantage from each program? |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Are You Measuring SEO Success Correctly? Ranking reports are flawed because they depend on everyone seeing the same search results, which just doesn't happen anymore. SEO success should be measured by the lift in organic search engine traffic. And to do that, you need to make sure your analytics are set up correctly. |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Will Google Sneeze? Google's flagship product AdWords is about to go in for a radical makeover. Investors should pay attention. |
Search Engine Watch November 4, 2008 Mark Jackson |
SEO Site Review: Custom Creations, Unlimited The author performs his quarterly SEO site review, and this time the subject promises to implement his recommendations. Like many Web sites, it isn't in bad shape from a SEO perspective, but it is a great example of the importance of the little things. |
Search Engine Watch October 29, 2010 Ryan Woolley |
Secrets to Paid Search Success Revealed, Part 1 Ads designed to be more attractive to a searcher and more relevant to the search query can yield wildly profitable paid search campaigns. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2008 Scott Wilson |
All You Need to Know About SEO Today as never before, people are researching their health, their diseases, and their medications online. But although we see this shift of eyeballs to the Internet, drug marketing has been slow to follow. |
Search Engine Watch October 13, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Saturating Your Message in Search Marketing Tips to ensure your business controls as many spaces as possible on a search results page. |
Search Engine Watch December 7, 2003 Danny Sullivan |
What Happened To My Site On Google? The outcry from webmasters about Google's recent ranking algorithm change has been unprecedented. This article takes a Q&A-style approach to examine many of the issues and questions that have arisen from the change. |
Search Engine Watch August 4, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Targeting your Search Advertising for Success Running successful search advertising campaigns can be a tricky pursuit. Anyone can do it, but being careful and educated about what you're doing is important to seeing a return on your investment. |
Search Engine Watch September 16, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Making the Most of Search Engine Copywriting Small business owners must be aware of what their ad copy promises, and how they deliver on those promises. |