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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 June 25, 2010 John Lee |
One Ad vs. Many: Understanding Placement Targeted Ads on Google's Content Network Using placement targeting gives your ad a huge advantage for increasing click-through rate and conversions. Here's how you can ensure your placement targeted ads have a fighting chance to perform. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 12, 2010 John Lee |
PPC Managers Rejoice: AdWords and adCenter Desktop Tools Get a Facelift An overview of some new features now available in Google AdWords Editor and adCenter Desktop, including mobile targeting, display, and remarketing, and increased visibility and functionality. |
Search Engine Watch May 19, 2008 David Szetela |
Placement-Targeted Campaigns: Taming the Beast Having trouble with Google AdWords placement-targeted campaigns? Learn the secrets of getting those stalled campaigns off the ground, churning out conversions like the best search campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch April 27, 2010 Jeremy Hull |
Paid Search Management: Campaign Organization, Part 1 Budgeting is one of the most important factors in your paid search campaigns. Here's how to drive maximum results. Part one of two. |
Search Engine Watch August 20, 2010 John Lee |
Make Google AdWords Bidding Features Work for You What works best for your PPC campaign? A look at AdWords' latest feature, Enhanced CPC, plus a recap of manual CPC bidding, automated bidding, and Conversion Optimizer. |
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 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 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 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. |
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 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 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 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. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch May 21, 2010 Alex Cohen |
Why Google Wants to Eliminate Bidding In Exchange for Your Profits How Google is removing CPC and bidding from paid search and the implications of these changes. |
Search Engine Watch June 11, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
Can Bing Really Bring It for PPC Advertisers? Advertisers want to know if Bing can really provide a new experience for searchers, or if it's just Live.com with a cooler name. |
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 8, 2011 Jeff Ferguson |
Goodbye, AdWords Position Preference... We Hardly Knew Ye If you were still using the AdWords Position Preference feature, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate your current AdWords strategies. |
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. |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
TACODA Fanning at AOL AOL snaps up a rising star in behavioral targeting. Plenty is at stake. Advertisers are naturally willing to pay more for effective ad campaigns that reach eager recipients. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 May 2, 2011 John Lee |
Bidder Beware: What You Need to Know When Updating Google AdWords Bid Types Max CPC, Enhanced CPC, Automatic Bidding, Conversion Optimizer - each AdWords bidding option carries a distinct set of pros and cons. Here's what you can expect when updating your AdWords bidding options. |
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 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 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 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 20, 2010 Nathan Linnell |
How to Create a Social Media Ad Buy on a Budget With smart research and resourceful planning, you can build a social media ad buy that's set up to succeed. These five simple steps can help set you up for success. |
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 |
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 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 November 24, 2010 Alex Cohen |
A 10 Day Plan to Overhaul Your PPC Campaigns, Part 1 Following this schedule will put you well on your way to the most profitable holiday season (and post-season) yet. First up: implementing sitelinks, adding product extensions, and setting up remarketing. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch January 5, 2011 John Lee |
What You Can Expect From the World of PPC in 2011 Display advertising, actionable attribution, and Facebook PPC are just a few of the things we can look forward to in paid search advertising this year. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2009 David Szetela |
Google Conversion Optimizer: The Best-Kept Secret in PPC? Google quietly added Conversion Optimizer to every advertiser's AdWords account a few months ago. In a nutshell, it regulates keyword-level bids, promising to deliver as many conversions as possible, at or below a cost-per-conversion you specify. |
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 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 December 21, 2010 Alex Cohen |
A 10 Day Plan to Overhaul Your PPC Campaigns, Part 3 A guide to some of this year's new ad formats. Here are some tips on targeting image ads on Google Image Search, adding seller ratings, launching Product Listing Ads, and including Video Extensions. |