All Hail Quality Score – King Of The AdWords KPIs!
(Property of HBO) The high-level relationship between Cost-Per-Click and Quality Score is well known: the higher your Quality Score, the lower your cost per click. Earlier this year, I published some research data showing how, as average Quality Scores…
New Review Extensions In Google AdWords: What You Need To Know
Just yesterday, Google announced the beta release of AdWords Review Extensions, which allow advertisers to include blurbs of third-party reviews in their search ads. The extension could prove especially useful to local businesses and to advertisers who don’t have access to seller rating…
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Thought Google Analytics was all about SEO? Think again.
Within his recent LinkLove presentation, Will Critchlow talked about this idea of becoming a ‘full stack marketer’ and it’s an idea that resonates here at Distilled and the kind of direction we are working towards as a company. When it Continue reading »
5 Considerations for Successful International PPC Campaigns
Using paid search to drive international growth can be very effective – when its done well. Here are 5 PPC tips for the international search marketer.
Post from Gemma Birch on State of Search
5 Considerations for Successful International PPC Campaigns
8 Ways to Increase your Search %CTR Today!
If you want to make a start at increasing your CTR – here’s 8 basic steps to glory
Post from Haukur Kristjánsson on State of Search
8 Ways to Increase your Search %CTR Today!
New Updates To Bing Ads Intelligence, Excel Add-In For Keyword Research And Analysis
Microsoft has released an update to Bing Ads Intelligence, the free Excel add-in for keyword research and keyword performance analysis on the Yahoo! Bing Network. From the new ribbon at the top of the page (shown above), the Keyword Suggestions tool provides keyword and bid research in one place….
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AdWords Advertisers Can Now Control Sitelink Details In Enhanced Campaigns
When Google introduced sitelink details in February as a new feature in enhanced campaigns, the sitelink details were pulled from other ads in the campaign. Now, Google has announced that advertisers will be able to control the copy in sitelink details. New description fields have been added to…
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Best Practices For Google Enhanced PPC Campaigns
If you do any pay-per-click marketing, you are no doubt aware that on July 22, 2013 Google is transitioning all AdWords accounts from “legacy” to “enhanced” campaigns. Google gives account owners the option to make the switch over sooner, but after July 22 Google will make the switch for you. If…
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Enhanced Campaigns Countdown: Latest CPC Trends & Mobile Bid Test Results From Adobe
With the July 22nd mandatory migration to Google AdWords enhanced campaigns looming, we will be checking in with marketers over the next several weeks to get their perspective on the transition process, hear what they’ve learned so far and what advice they have to share. Today, Sid Shah,…
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Where Did All My Conversions Go?
When I first started working in Paid Search, I thought enabling conversion tracking was pretty simple: just place a code, test, and you are ready to rock and roll. I’ve learned in my past 3 years at SEER that sometimes that sentiment can prove to be true, but often conversion tracking isn’t that easy especially […]
Hey, PPC Managers: Stop Being So Lazy!
When I do PPC webinars, I always like to open with a quick poll. In a recent webinar, I asked attendees to fess up to how much time they spend working on their AdWords account every week. The results were very promising: Almost 9 out of 10 (87%) of res…
Big AdWords Auction Insights Update: Now Get Competitive Data On Campaigns, Ad Groups, Keywords
In the biggest update since the Auction Insights Report last year, Google AdWords advertisers now have the ability to run reports on more than just a single keyword to learn how their ad performance compares to the competition. The Auction Insights Rep…
Should You Create Ad Group Sitelinks in Enhanced Campaigns?
One of the nicest things about AdWords Enhanced Campaigns is that you can now control sitelinks at the campaign or the ad group level. From a feature standpoint, this sounds great. However, when you start considering the execution phase of creating sitelinks for every single ad group, the task can…
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AdWords Image Extensions: Early Reactions & In-The-Wild Examples
The PPC world is abuzz over the news that Google opened its beta for image extensions, which allow AdWords advertisers to include images with their text ads. In these very early days, PPC managers that have had campaigns in the beta are in experimental…
Mastering PPC: Budgeting Basics
The process of setting up campaign budgets can easily be overlooked when setting up a PPC account or new campaign, but there are a few things you may want to consider which could impact performance. Google and Bing do a great job explaining their budget settings. At a high level, Google and Bing allow you […]
Day 1 of #SAScon 2013 – Top Tips and Takeaways
Three bloggers (Jackie Hole, Barry Adams and Claire Thomspon) from the State of Search team have spent the day at SAScon putting together all the key takeaways in one long post.
Post from Jackie Hole on State of Search
Day 1 of #SAScon 2013 – Top Tips and Takeaways
Bing Ads Will Copycat Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns With New Bid Adjustments
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Microsoft is adjusting the Bing Ads platform to play nicely with AdWords enhanced campaigns. The company said they would be making changes back in early April, and now they are providing specifics. Bing Ads has supported incremental bidding by…
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More Sitelink Performance Detail Coming To Bing Ads Reporting
To provide more insight into sitelink performance, Bing Ads reporting will soon include Click Type segmentation. The new Click Type check box will be pre-selected in the Ad Extension by Ad and Ad Extension by Keywords reports. Currently Ad Extenion rep…
Fifty Shades Of Full Value
I recently saw an incredible presentation by Google Analytics guru/evangelist Avinash Kaushik on “understanding the full value of mobile.” The concept – at least on its face – is simple: to understand the value of a mobile click, you have to look beyond immediate conversions and give…
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AdWords Bulk Uploads Now Available For Ads And Ad Groups
Google is following up last month’s launch of keyword bulk upload from the Web UI with bulk uploads for ads and ad groups. By clicking the “Editable” box before downloading a report from AdWords, you’ll be able to make changes to ad creatives, pause ad groups or change…
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