Google Analytics Now Separates Brand And Non-Brand PPC Traffic
Brand and non-brand paid search terms typically perform very differently and most paid search teams analyze these sets of keywords separately. To make this task easier, Google has added a handy feature to Analytics that automatically segments brand and…
Remarketing Lists For Search Ads Can Now Use Conversion-Based Automated Bid Strategies In AdWords
Now when you enable AdWords conversion-based automated bid strategies in your Remarketing Lists For Search Ads campaigns, the predicted conversion performance of those remarketing lists will influence the bidding. Google announced on its Google+ page t…
Google AdWords Bids May Be Influenced By Your Remarketing Campaigns Now
Google announced on Google+ that Google may now use your remarketing lists as a quality factor for your AdWords ads, which may impact your AdWords Ad bids and CPCs…
Now You Can Apply AdWords Conversion Settings To Goals Imported From Analytics
The ability to import goals from Google Analytics into AdWords just got even more useful. Now you can tailor them to your paid search objectives by adjusting the conversion settings on each imported Analytics goal and transaction within AdWords. Flexib…
Google Revamps The AdWords Auction Insights Video After Years
Yesterday, Google announced they’ve updated their AdWords auction explanatory video after almost five years. Both videos, the original and the new one, are by Hal Varian…
Why AdWords Dynamic Search Ads Work Better Than You Think
I have a confession: I used to hate Dynamic Search Ads. I’m sure some of you still do. For my part, I had used them unsuccessfully in a couple of accounts and decided they were no good. It wasn’t until a few months ago, when I saw this awesome presentation from Matt Umbro at SMX…
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Google Releases New AdWords Auction And Ad Rank Video For The First Time Since Revising The Key Formula
Along with a overview on Quality Score factors, this week, Google released an updated video on the AdWords auction and Ad Rank, the scoring system used in each auction that determines the order in which ads appear. Chief Economist at Google, Hal Varian…
Google Analytics Goals Supports The New Google AdWords Conversion Settings
Google announced last night on Google+ that Google Analytics now supports three new goals…
The Impact Of Google Display Network Magazine Ads
In May, Google officially launched a new format for text ads on the Google Display Network (GDN) called magazine ads. Have you taken the chance yet to analyse what has happened to your text ads traffic since? Here’s what they look like: I’ve looked into a few accounts to spot what key…
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eBay’s “Paid Search Is Ineffective” Study Gains Buzz And Skeptics, Again
By claiming that paid search is largely ineffective, eBay has attracted a lot of attention and buzz with media outlets repeating the findings.
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Google Issues Best Practices For Shopping Campaigns Ahead Of This Summer’s Big Transition
With Shopping Campaigns becoming the default campaign type for running Product Listing Ads on Google by the end of August, the search giant has issued a best practices whitepaper to help marketers make the transition. The main points the paper dives in…
Google Shopping Products Feeds Update
Google announced that they’ve updated the Google Shopping Products feed specification. This update gives merchants and advertisers more refinements and options when specifying their product data in their feed…
Remarketing Tips Born Of Years Of Experience
Retargeting is an awesome way to reengage traffic that hasn’t converted. Over the years, it’s evolved, and the tools have become more robust. With this development, we’ve uncovered some effective remarketing strategies. In this article, I’ll cover some ideas related to…
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Google AdWords Summit : Live Stream Available
Tomorrow and Friday, Google is hosting full day AdWords Summits in London. Coco from the Google AdWords team announced it on Google AdWords Help explaining that not only can you come in person…
Does Google’s “Search Ads Lift Brand Awareness” Study Mean What It Says?
Google is touting a new study this week that concludes “Search Ads Lift Brand Awareness.” What the study should be titled, though, is “The Top Search Ad Lifts Brand Awareness”. This was a meta-study in which several studies were conducted by Google and Ipsos MediaCT across a…
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SEO Plus PPC Equals SERP Real Estate, Content Glue & ROI
Most marketers would agree that to be competitive, we do not operate in an either/or environment. It’s not a choice between either SEO or social, or SEO and PPC. It’s a requirement that we understand how these channels work together to impact one another, and a website’s ability to stay afloat in…
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Google Study: Search Ads Improve Top-Of-Mind Awareness
Google announced a new study they are behind with Ipsos MediaCT where they show how search ads not just improve conversions but also improve brand awareness…
Up Close @ SMX Advanced: Amazing Paid Search Tactics
Paid search continues to get exceedingly complicated, but the expert panel, the last session of this year’s SMX Advanced, blew the audience away with understandable and valuable tips. Amazing Paid Search Tactics & Tools featured four expert speakers, and it was the first time I’ve ever heard…
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Google Previews New AdWords Policy Center, Will Go Live September
A new Policy Center will be coming to AdWords this September. Google says that policies will be streamlined and that there will be more transparency into why policies exist and what advertisers should do to comply. A preview of the updated Policy Cente…
Personalized Certificates & Public Profiles Pages For Google Partners
Google announced that Google Partners now have two new ways to share their AdWords certification with prospects or clients.
(1) You can now get a personalized HTML certificate that you can showcase.
(2) You can now also use your sharable public profi…