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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 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 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 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 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 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 February 18, 2011 Joseph Kerschbaum |
Automate Your AdWords Management with Automated Rules, Part 2 A walkthrough of the numerous requirements/criteria that you can use when setting up automated rules. Also, a review of the rules you can use at other levels of your account: ad group, keyword, and ad variation. |
Search Engine Watch August 20, 2010 Marc Poirier |
Google AdWords Enhanced CPC vs. Conversion Optimizer Who should use which feature and why? Early reactions on which tool is better for search marketers. |
Search Engine Watch September 15, 2008 David Szetela |
Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability Setting ad group bid prices at the beginning of a campaign is one of the more challenging tasks for many PPC advertisers. The answers are a snap once you know the fundamentals. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 July 7, 2010 Alex Cohen |
3 Techniques to Avoid the High Cost of Free Search Marketing Tools Don't let people, process, or platforms stand between you and better paid search results. |
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 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 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 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 June 29, 2010 Eric Enge |
A Call for Call Tracking There are several compelling reasons to drive customers to their phones. Here's how to use it to drive your business via PPC and SEO, and some helpful tracking tools. |
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 October 6, 2008 David Szetela |
Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions, Part 2 Should you delete or pause under-performing keywords - or simply adjust their bid prices? The answer will vary by advertiser, but one thing is constant: decisions about keyword and ad performance should mainly depend on conversion performance. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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. |
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 April 20, 2004 Laura Thieme |
Managing Search Marketing Campaigns While search engine paid placement campaigns can be immensely profitable, effective bid management can be time-consuming and can quickly become a drawn out game of chess, or tug of war, depending on your rules of engagement. |
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 November 3, 2010 Ryan Woolley |
Secrets to Paid Search Success Revealed, Part 4 Measurement and tracking is at the heart of any paid search campaign. Here's how to figure out where to focus your time and money. |
CRM July 1, 2007 Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: A Company's Marketing Department Cannot Effectively Track and Manage Campaigns Across Multiple Search Engines. Tech Solution: Search engine marketing tools. |
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 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 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 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 July 16, 2008 Eric Enge |
When Being First Isn't Worth It A new report from AdGooroo shows that, generally speaking, for short keywords it's not profitable to bid your way into the high positions. These types of keywords actually lose money in the first and second positions, but longer keywords can do well near the top. |
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 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 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 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 February 24, 2005 Heather Lloyd-Martin |
Forecasting Paid Search Traffic Despite the hype, being #1 in paid search results may not provide your company the desired bang for your marketing buck. Intelligently optimizing a paid search budget involves far more than setting random bid prices and guessing at returns. |
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 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 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. |