Google To Start Bumping Ad Copy For Extensions In Mobile Search Ads

When Google added ad extensions and formats to the Ad Rank formula last fall, the company essentially put a neon sign flashing “Ad Extensions Increase Click Through Rates” in that store window you walk by every day. Now, in another sign of the rise of ad extensions, Google has announced…

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Newest AdWords Editor Supports App Install Ad Campaigns

The latest AdWords Editor is now available for download. Version 10.6 supports Google’s mobile app install ad campaigns announced earlier this year. Advertisers can create app install ads and manage campaigns in Editor, but will need to create any new app install campaigns in the AdWords. A…

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Tackling AdWords’ New Default Close Variants Matching Behavior

Contributor Benjamin Vigneron explores the new default behavior and finds an efficient negative keyword strategy is more important than ever.

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Google Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com

Today, Google announced it is extending its popular product listing ads (PLAs) to retail and e-commerce sites across the Google Search Network. The ads are served via a new Google product called AdSense for Shopping, which offers retail and ecommerce s…

Optmyzr Launches Google Shopping Campaigns Setup Tool

There are many benefits of the new Shopping Campaigns structure that Google ushered in on September 1st, however, the setup process can be cumbersome and iterative, particularly if you have the same type of campaign structure across multiple campaigns….

YouTube Keyword Tool Sunsets: Replaced By AdWords Display Planner Tool

The YouTube keyword tool has been shuttered for good. The company announced it would sunset on September 1st in favor of the Display Planner’s AdWords for video keyword suggestions. Users must have an AdWords account to access the Display Planner. Google began alerting users that the tool…

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Survey Reveals Google RLSA Performance Benchmarks & The Promise Of Cross-Channel Retargeting

Contributor Matt Ackley shares insights gleaned from a survey of 224 marketers about their retargeting practices and performance.

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AdWords Callout Ad Extensions Roll Out, Offer More Text In Search Ads

  Today, Google announced the roll out of callouts, a new ad extension in AdWords that allows advertisers to show off unique offers and benefits of their sites, products and services with an additional line of text in their ads. Advertisers can use callouts to promote free shipping,…

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Another Carousel Replacement Being Tested?

New Google Local Points of Interest CarouselIt looks like Google is testing yet another carousel replacement. This time it’s with the different “Points of Interest” searches in specific geos. This one looks different then the previous “new” carousel replacement that we had seen. So for those of you keeping score at home there are currently 3 carousels/replacements out there: 1) The […]

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Google Allows Store-Exclusive “Nearby” Product Listing Ads On Desktop

The ability to advertise locally-available products on Google via local product listing ads on mobile and desktop devices has been available since last fall. However, only on mobile devices could retailers promote items that were just available in-stor…

DoubleClick Search Announces New Google Shopping Campaigns Tools For Retailers

Today Doubleclick Search launched three new reporting and optimization tools for for retailers using the DoubleClick Search Commerce Suite. Designed for Google’s Shopping Campaigns, which take effect on August 31, new Adaptive Shopping campaigns structures product groups based on similar…

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A Hack to Track Local Carousel Traffic

Proving the fruit of your labor can sometimes be tricky for anyone working to increase local visibility for a client. If the business is in the local pack, that’s one thing. But if a business appears in the local carousel, things get less clear because they’re ranked horizontally instead of vertically. And even if you […]

The Google Shopping Campaigns Countdown Is On: Transition Surprises And Tips From The Experts

Tick tock, we’re in the final countdown before the big transition from traditional product listing ad (PLA) campaigns to Shopping Campaigns in Google AdWords at the end of the month. Considering PLAs now can account for 40 percent or more of a merchant’s paid search traffic, getting the…

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