Pay per Click Google AdWords

If AdWords aged at the same pace as a human it would currently be utilizing a learner's permit and preparing for an upcoming driver's exam. Furthermore, this "teenager" would have been sporting the same semi-outdated style since the second grade. Fortunately at just over 15 years old, the primary paid search platform is slated to undergo its first complete design…

Customer feedback gives marketers and business owners the insights to improve their product or service. It also gives PPC strategists the opportunity to improve the performance of their biddable media campaigns. To this end, seller and product ratings are a great way to help you improve your conversion rate and boost your quality scores. This blog post will look…

The headline may seem like click bait, but rest assured, I fully believe this statement. I’m writing this post because for years, AdWords’ marketing has simplified the management process and claimed that businesses of any size can participate. Though this messaging has tailed off as of late, small businesses are still at a severe disadvantage when trying to run AdWords…

The goal of the Google Display Network (GDN) is simple. It is to bring your message or product to exactly the right customers no matter where they are online. AdWords' contextual targeting tools match your ads to relevant web pages, like targeting travel-related websites if you sell airline tickets. Here…

Many sidebar ad thoughts have been bouncing around the PPC Industry as of late. Our own Kayla Kurtz wrote about her sidebar ads conspiracy while Matt Umbro spoke to what the announcement means for advertisers. Now that Google has had the new layout of no side ads and 4 top ads (in highly competitive auctions) set up for a…

The best, and sometimes worst, thing about paid search is that while everything changes…it all stays the same. I’m specifically talking about the ever-dynamic world that is Google AdWords. There are always small tweaks and adjustments, and usually, the wide-sweeping changes are few and far between. The latest and greatest of these changes has been the removal of sidebar ads.…

AdWords is clearly moving towards higher automation, even if a fully automatic long-lasting optimization is still to come. It is possible to create accounts which automatically react to competitors’ activities and maintain performance for long times without manual activities. Since I created my first campaign (more than 12 years ago) I have always been striving toward better automation. Here are…

A successful digital marketing program is based upon a solid understanding of how individual channels interact with each other. Therefore, paid search must be looked at holistically as well. Simply measuring performance in a silo-based solely on direct performance undercuts the full value of PPC. Failure to understand paid search’s contribution to the entire digital marketing program could result in…

Over the last few months, I've written articles on how to best visualize who your true top competitors are by finding rank above share to estimate who is showing above your ad or pushing you out of auctions. When digging into Auction Insights in the AdWords interface (Details > Auction Insights) you are able to utilize segments, with time…