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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
March 16, 2009
Ron Jones |
Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 1 Are you starting a pay-per-click search advertising campaign and want to get everything set up for optimal efficiency? Or have you started a PPC campaign and realized that you're in over your head? Here's a step-by-step process for setting up PPC campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch
March 30, 2011
Duncan Parry |
Easier Negative Keyword Management in AdWords Google introduced a useful addition to AdWords that potentially makes managing negative keywords across multiple campaigns a lot easier. Here's how to get the most out of them. |
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
May 26, 2010
Joseph Kerschbaum |
How to Move an AdWords Campaign Without Breaking it If you need to make major changes to an AdWords account, such as moving ad groups between campaigns, or even moving campaigns between accounts, here are some tips to ease the process. |
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
May 7, 2008
Eric Enge |
The Top 3 Reasons PPC Lead Gen Campaigns Miss Volume Targets - Part 2 Understanding how to analyze keywords using a waterfall analysis can give you a great deal of insight into what's happening with your campaign, and bring a sharp focus to the nature of the opportunities available to you. |
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
June 16, 2008
David Szetela |
Google Mobile Advertising on the Content Network Creating a mobile ad campaign that displays banner ads on Google's mobile content network can be ideal for businesses that rely on phone calls to start or close a sale. |
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
September 22, 2008
David Szetela |
PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness When it comes to PPC bids, should you start low and build up? Or start high and come down? As with many things, the right strategy for your company depends on your situation and objectives. |
Search Engine Watch
June 22, 2010
Jeremy Hull |
Paid Search Management: Campaign Organization, Part 3 An in-depth look at two special considerations that will help you get the most out of your Microsoft adCenter account campaigns. |
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
September 15, 2010
Joseph Kerschbaum |
5 Things to Try to With Google AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) We review the different types of experiments that can be launched using ACE, and where the feature needs improvement. |
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. |
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
October 13, 2008
David Szetela |
Reading the Tea Leaves: Interpreting Keyword Reports Once enough data has accumulated, it's important to run reports and take action based on the data. But what do all those numbers mean, and how should we make adjustments to improve PPC campaign performance? |
Search Engine Watch
July 14, 2008
David Szetela |
Creating PPC Campaigns: the 'Live or Die' Settings Think you know the right way to set up a new PPC campaign? Paying close attention to the details many advertisers miss can position you for success and help you avoid common pitfalls. |
Search Engine Watch
January 21, 2011
Joseph Kerschbaum |
Automate Your AdWords Management with Automated Rules, Part 1 This new, extremely powerful AdWords feature can automate your campaign optimization, saving you time and improving your campaign's results. Here's how to get the most out of Automated Rules. |
Search Engine Watch
May 25, 2010
Jeremy Hull |
Paid Search Management: Campaign Organization, Part 2 Google AdWords offers a multitude of targeting options that savvy advertisers should take full advantage of, including network targeting, device targeting, and geo-targeting. |
Search Engine Watch
January 7, 2010
Jason Tabeling |
Five Paid Search Resolutions for 2010 Here are five things you should consider doing to improve your paid search campaigns this year, and why they're important. |
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
April 24, 2008
David Szetela |
The Google Content Ad Fraud Lawsuit: Just the Facts, Ma'am Google's being sued for tricking advertisers into advertising on its content network - but the truth may be more damning than the lawsuit claims. Or is there a fatal mistake in the lawsuit filing? |
Search Engine Watch
October 29, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
Popular PPC Pitfalls, and How to Prevent Them Three of the most common search advertising pitfalls can be avoided. Here's how. |
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 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
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
June 24, 2010
Jason Tabeling |
How to Avoid Lost Impression Share Due to Budget Knowing these tricks can ensure that you use the money you have to capture the maximum volume possible for your best performing keywords. |
Search Engine Watch
July 20, 2010
Jeremy Hull |
Paid Search Keyword Building the Smart Way! This six-step process for building a keyword list will help you craft effective ad groups and landing pages for PPC success. |
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
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
November 21, 2007
Kevin Newcomb |
Lyris Intros BidHero Campaign Management Tool The PPC management tool is part of Lyris HQ, an integrated online marketing management platform. |
Search Engine Watch
September 30, 2010
Melissa Mackey |
Using AdWords Segments To Increase PPC ROI A new and little-known feature called Segments can take your campaign performance to the next level. Here's how. |
Search Engine Watch
November 2, 2010
Ryan Woolley |
Secrets to Paid Search Success Revealed, Part 3 How to maximize paid search ROI with keyword bidding by defining your business rules, avoiding hyper-bidding, testing, and knowing your peak hours and days. |
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
February 14, 2011
Jeremy Hull |
Rekindle the Romance With Your PPC Campaigns Like relationships, paid search campaigns are complex, dynamic, unpredictable, full of ups and downs, and require a lot of work. Show your PPC campaigns a little extra love starting this Valentine's Day by following these tips. |
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
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
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. |
Entrepreneur
December 2006
Amanda C. Kooser |
What's the Word? Keeping track of search engine marketing. |
Search Engine Watch
July 21, 2008
David Szetela |
PPC Keyword Sets: Words to the Wise Keyword lists are the bedrock of a successful pay per click ad campaign. Learn how to get started assembling lists that pack the most powerful advertising punch. |
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
July 13, 2009
Ron Jones |
PPC Bid Management 101 There is a healthy debate out there on whether or not bid management tools are really effective. It comes down to the complexity of your campaigns and whether or not using a bid management tool will help you save time and money. |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 2010
Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 3 A deep dive into how businesses should use Webmaster tools search rankings, brand vs. non-brand traffic, and long tail keyword performance to gain actionable strategic insights that drive SEO beyond just understanding performance. |
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
May 12, 2008
David Szetela |
Google AdWords Editor a Great Tool for Content -- and for Yahoo/Microsoft! Time is money, and these two tips will free up many moneymaking hours for you. See how Google has created a tool that will increase ad revenue for itself, but for Yahoo and Microsoft as well. |
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
May 24, 2006
Chris Sherman |
The Value of Branded vs. Non-Branded Search Terms New research suggests that while branded search terms offer the highest conversion rates, non-branded terms can significantly impact the outcome of a paid search marketing campaign. |
Search Engine Watch
June 9, 2008
David Szetela |
Google Mobile Advertising: Start Now! Mobile advertising revenue is expected to dwarf current ad spend on search and content networks. Understanding the dynamics of mobile search advertising is an essential starting point to creating great mobile content ad campaigns. |
