Coaxing smarter paid search bidding decisions out of sparse conversion data

Columnist Mark Ballard explains how we can use statistics to supplement our conversion data and intuition when deciding on keyword-level bids in AdWords.

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5 ingredients for writing the perfect expanded text ad

Want to succeed with expanded text ads? Columnist Frederick Vallaeys reports on findings from an Optmyzr study of 1.2 million ads to see what characteristics the best-performing ads had in common.

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Search ads in 1H generated $16.3 billion or 50 percent of total digital revenue

Mobile was the driver of overall growth, with mobile search ad revenue approaching desktop levels.

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Hot off the presses: Make heat maps for device performance

See how your account performs every hour with another handy AdWords script from columnist Daniel Gilbert of Brainlabs.

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Pull live inventory data from your product database and place it in your search ad copy

Retailers, want to make your text ads stand out? Columnist Jason Puckett explains how you can use big data to improve search ad copy without risking your quality score.

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Criteo launches Predictive Search to automate Google Shopping campaign optimizations

The new product uses machine learning to automate all aspects of Shopping Campaign optimization, including bidding, retargeting lists and product matching.

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The eerie future of AdWords targeting

As Google continues to purchase new companies and their technologies, columnist Todd Saunders imagines how the search giant might integrate advertising into these technologies — for good or evil.

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