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Search Engine Watch January 4, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
How to Structure an AdWords Account -- A Practical Guide A walk-through of some of the core components in setting up your Google AdWords account, plus tips on particular AdWords features that can help improve your program's performance. |
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 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 March 17, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Better Targeting = Better Leads -- Demographics for SMBs Demographic targeting can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Applying some small business common sense to the topic can bring you some great rewards, once you understand who wants to buy what you're trying to sell. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Google AdWords Quality Score -- That's Old-School for SEO By optimizing your Web site for organic search, and building out a bunch of pages for each keyword that you're honestly interested in targeting, you'll likely end up improving your Quality Scores as well. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
Microsoft Shows Off AdCenter A new release of adCenter is expected in the next 2 months, with many of the new features resulting from testing and customer feedback collected through adLabs. |
Search Engine Watch July 23, 2009 Jason Tabeling |
Geo-Targeting Isn't Just for Local Businesses Anymore Most search advertisers use geo-targeted campaigns only if they have a local business, or are running a local promotion or event. While those are great uses for geo-targeting, it can also offer some significant advantages in your other PPC campaigns. |
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 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 June 10, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Facebook PPC: Finally, True Demographic Targeting! Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all come up short on demographic targeting, but Facebook PPC ads make it easy for advertisers to market to their target audience. Here's how. |
Search Engine Watch November 16, 2010 Thi Thumasathit |
Broad Match: Desperately Seeking Cinderella Solely utilizing broad match can return the equivalent of a long line of ugly stepsisters -- and channel the real Cinderellas to other marketers-in-waiting. Here's how broad match can improve your search campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch August 18, 2004 Shari Thurow |
Creating Compelling Search Engine Ads and Landing Pages Effective search engine advertising goes far beyond simply bidding on keywords. With both ads and landing pages, you have scant seconds to capture the imagination and clicks of a searcher. |
Search Engine Watch April 15, 2011 Jeremy Hull |
Geotargeting: A Great Local Search Option Breaking out separate geotargeted campaigns is a great tactic that will quickly improve the performance of any national Google AdWords account. Here are four steps to help you get started. |
Search Engine Watch February 8, 2011 Kyle Costello |
3 Key Differences Between adCenter & AdWords Whether you're new to adCenter or just looking to more effectively manage your search campaigns following the Search Alliance, keep these three key differences in mind when managing paid search campaigns in the new, consolidated marketplace. |
Search Engine Watch December 14, 2010 Thi Thumasathit |
Ad Group Structure: A How-to Guide for SEMs Building a solid foundation of the right ad group structure is vital to search engine marketing success. Here's how SEMs can greatly improve the success of their search marketing campaigns. |
InternetNews May 4, 2006 David Miller |
Thanks to Microsoft, This Ad's For You Targeting ads to match users' needs and wants has long been a benefit of online advertising, but now Microsoft says that it's taking that concept a step further with its just-out-of-beta adCenter. |
Search Engine Watch July 28, 2010 Kevin Gibbons |
7 Golden Rules for Paid Search Copy Using these seven tips will help get your PPC ads some real attention and get the right kind of clicks. |
Search Engine Watch March 22, 2006 Greg Jarboe |
Targeting Search Ads By Demographics & Behavior The days of targeting searchers via keywords alone are coming to an end. Now search engines are offering the ability to target searchers by age, gender and other demographics. |
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 July 8, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Facebook PPC: Finally, True Demographic Targeting! (Part 2) How to optimize for the best possible ROI in your Facebook PPC campaign. |
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 February 14, 2007 John Tawadros |
Data Mining: The Heart of Analysis What do you do when the needle won't move anymore - when you can't invest another dollar in your paid search program without diminishing your returns? The answer lies in the data. |
Search Engine Watch November 1, 2010 Ryan Woolley |
Secrets to Paid Search Success Revealed, Part 2 Want to save thousands of dollars on your paid search advertising campaigns? Use these tips on running exact, phrase, and broad match. |
Search Engine Watch September 1, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Going the Distance -- Integration of Your Marketing Efforts Integration is key to online marketing success. A killer idea for e-mail can work wonders when mirrored in a search campaign. There's a lot of opportunity for you to leverage one idea for many different media and many forms of ROI. |
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 December 20, 2010 Alex Cohen |
A 10 Day Plan to Overhaul Your PPC Campaigns, Part 2 There have been many changes to paid search this year. Here are some tips on how to get started with targeting display ads above the fold, migrating to modified broad match, and testing click-to-call. |
Search Engine Watch February 23, 2011 John Lynch |
Mapping Search Strategy to the Buy Cycle A breakdown of the four major stages of a buy cycle, and opportunities in which search marketing, SEO, and PPC can be incorporated. |
Search Engine Watch February 22, 2011 Melissa Mackey |
AdWords Campaign Experiments: Details and Pitfalls Campaign Experiments is a great enhancement that can really take your PPC campaigns to the next level, but it also poses many challenges and can be quite confusing. |
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 September 2, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
PPC August Roundup: 3 New Features Every PPC Manager Should Try Now Catch up on the latest: Google Reports, Google Campaign Experiments, and Facebook's "Broad Match Targeting." |
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. |
Entrepreneur May 2007 Catherine Seda |
Not So Fast . . . Don't just throw more money at pay-per-click - make it work for you. |
Search Engine Watch June 9, 2010 Alex Cohen |
The Google Tax: The High Price of Free Search Marketing Tools The limits of Google's conversion based products, and why you just may not want to give Google the keys to your business. |
Search Engine Watch April 1, 2011 John Lee |
5 Ways to Push Through the Proverbial PPC Wall Ideas for how you can press on and find new and exciting ways to maximize your PPC performance when you feel there is nowhere else to go. |
Search Engine Watch March 26, 2009 David Szetela |
PPC Content Advertising: The Latest Tips and Best Practices Great progress has been made over the last year in the capabilities of the search engines' contextual advertising offerings. Many advertisers could be tapping into a source of clicks where there's less competition and lower click prices. |
Search Engine Watch July 12, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 1 Some of the most common challenges of reporting on SEO performance, plus solutions. First of a three-part series. |
Search Engine Watch November 10, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How General Keywords Can Influence Brand-Related PPC Purchases Which search queries are leading users to make a purchase? The search funnel reports within AdWords can provide deeper insights into your account's performance. |
Search Engine Watch October 19, 2010 Thi Thumasathit |
Wag the Dog: The Tail of Bid Management Search marketers need to focus on maximizing relevance and conversion before bid management. Relying exclusively on bid management solutions to drive the success of a search campaign is letting the tail wag the dog. |
InternetNews March 26, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Google Adds Three Insights for Search Features Google upgrades search trend tool with features designed to help search engine marketing. |
Search Engine Watch October 27, 2010 Alex Cohen |
3 Holiday PPC Tips for Black Friday (And Beyond) Fine-tuning your text ad to answer the questions of shoppers is what will set you apart this holiday season. These tips will help you increase your relevance, improve click-through rate, and answer the most profitable holiday questions. |
Search Engine Watch November 3, 2010 Kevin Gibbons |
Why You Should Change Your SEM Tactics for the Holidays How to be sure your paid search campaigns are working as hard as possible during this busy time of year. |
Search Engine Watch December 17, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Google AdWords Placement Targeting Campaign Tips A step-by-step guide for advertisers on how to set up placement targeted campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch March 8, 2011 Jason Tabeling |
Keyword Phrase Value: Click-Throughs vs. Conversions Even with a worse search experience and less targeted ads, the consumer mindset is so much closer to conversion that long tail terms are worth the effort. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch August 22, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
6 Tips for Aligning Your National, Local SEM Efforts The volume of local searches continues growing, which means national-level search advertisers must develop strategic plans for incorporating local search into their national search programs. The benefit: lower cost leads with higher conversation rates. |
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 April 22, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
Paid Search Fire Drills: Common Oversights, Harsh Consequences Make your life a little easier by avoiding these three paid search emergencies associated with keyword insertion, use of broad match, and attribution. |
Search Engine Watch July 28, 2009 Herndon Hasty |
Of PPC and PBJ: Combining PPC and SEO Effectively, Part 1 When search engine optimization and pay-per-click search ads work together, both can improve -- if it's done well. SEO's thick and salty "peanut butter" should form a strong base for PPC's "grape jelly" to form an unstoppable search/sandwich force, right? |
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 June 23, 2004 Dana Todd |
Use Caution when Going Broad with Overture and Google Running a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign on Google and Overture can get complicated, especially now that both networks offer different types of keyword matching options when placing bids. Here's how to avoid trouble and maximize your campaign's effectiveness. |