Bing Ads Launches “Bid Landscape”, A Keyword Level Bid Simulator Tool
Bing Ads is rolling out the new Bid Landscape tool to give advertisers a better sense of what changes they’re likely to see from changing keyword bids. AdWords users will immediately be comfortable using the tool because it so closely resembles the Bid Simulator in that platform — down…
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Bing Ads Starts Allowing Keyword Variations Once Flagged As Duplicate
Just about anyone who has imported a campaign from Google AdWords or uploaded a new keyword set into Bing Ads has experienced the “duplicate keyword” error that occurs when two keywords in an ad group have subtle differences like hyphens or accents. That’s because Bing Ads removes…
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Bing Ads Now Shows Zero-Click Search Queries, Offers 20 To 40X More Data Than Before
Formerly dubbed the Search Query Report, Bing Ads has updated what’s now called the Search Term Report, which houses the data on the terms users actually typed before clicking on an ad. Included in the new release are results on zero-click search queries. These terms had been excluded from…
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Drive PPC Revenues By Addressing The Bing Dilemma
In February, comScore released their monthly analysis of the US search marketplace, reporting Google with a 67.6% share of the search market and Bing, which powers Yahoo! search, a 28.7% share. Though these findings continue to confirm Google’s dominance in the search landscape, it’s important to…
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New Bing Ads Editor Version Now Available
Today Bing Ads announced the latest version of Bing Ads Editor is available and ready for download. We’ve covered some up the updates already, including the improved sync results window, Bing Ads Editor Update Gives The Lowly “Sync Update” Window Real Functionality (be sure to check out the…
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New Bing Ads Editor Release Coming Soon, To Include Update To Campaign Conflicts Review
Along with news that a new release of Bing Ads Editor is imminent, today the Bing Ads team announced an upcoming update to the conflict resolution workflow designed to simplify the campaign conflict review process. Campaign conflicts can arise when mul…
Bing Ads Expands Mobile Sitelinks Coverage In US, Will Roll Out To EU Markets
Bing Ads announced today that it will complete roll out of sitelink extensions on mobile devices in the US in coming weeks. In a post on the Bing Ads blog, Microsoft’s Eliot Li said they currently have enabled over 60 percent of the mobile traffic on the Yahoo Bing Network (YBN) to run…
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Bing Ads Updates Reporting Capabilities, Chiefly Conversion Performance Insights
Today, Bing Ads announced the roll out of several new updates to the reporting capabilities. For advertisers with conversion tracking enabled, this will likely be the most welcome change announced today. At long last, Bing Ads has introduced the full s…
A Study In Quantity: Sometimes Less Is More
There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to quantity. As a certain group of hilarious phone-peddling kids would tell you, more is better. Image Source This makes sense. More of something (well, something good anyway) is better than less of that thing. However, as a certain insurance-mongering lizard tells me on my […]
SEER’s Ultimate 2014 PPC Wish List
While we certainly don’t hope for another radical change from 2014, like 2013′s Enhanced campaign migration, the SEER team has shared their PPC wishes for the new year. From updates to Google and Bing to social platforms, we have compiled SEER’s wish list of what we are looking for from PPC in 2014. Once you […]
Mastering PPC: How Did You Come Up With My Budget?
What a coincidence that we both have the same New Year’s resolution for 2014: to crush it with PPC advertising. To do that, we determined a budget to pay for our PPC efforts. Management may ask – how did you decide on the budget amount? Luckily, Google and Bing have tools that provide cost estimates. […]
Don’t Dismiss Broad Match: It’s Come A Long Way
A red car is a red car. Unless it’s a maroon sedan. Or a crimson convertible. Or a burgundy truck. Or, for that matter, a red car. Search marketers know that bidding for exact search terms — a [red car], for instance — yields a high degree of precision, reaching searchers who are…
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It’s True! Bing Ads Allows Use Of Exclamation Mark In Ad Titles
After reading the news yesterday that Bing Ads has made a change to its Editorial Guidelines prohibiting third-party sellers from appearing as an original brand, I noticed this notation in the change log from November: We have removed the restriction o…
Bing Ads Introduces Refined Broad Match Keyword Targeting
In an effort to help advertisers attract more click volume from the Yahoo Bing Network, Bing Ads has rolled out Broad Match keyword targeting. The company says that with refinements and ongoing updates the “Bing Ads platform is able to deliver Broad Match conversion metrics that are 85% of…
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Microsoft Provides More Clarity On Bing Ads Microsoft Account Sign-In
Last week, users began seeing prompts to set up Microsoft account log-ins for their Bing Ads accounts. Some users expressed consternation about the changes and log-in errors they were experiencing when trying to postpone the new process. Today, to miti…
Roll-Out Of Bing Ads’ Microsoft Account Requirement Ruffles Feathers
Last week, Microsoft issued a second announcement that it would be transitioning Bing Ads account logins to Microsoft accounts — currently used to access Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE, or Outlook.com services. Today, some users who clicked “Remind me…
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The Double Serving Myth: When One Company Monopolizes PPC Ad Results
Here are two scenarios that are currently keeping many PPC advertisers up at night — maybe you’re one of them: A parent company buys up a significant portion of the competitors in a sector, and with the backing of large budgets, advertises each site on AdWords and Bing Ads, shutting…
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Bing Ads Accredited? Get Updated Badges And Certificates
You may have noticed, Microsoft rolled out new branding for Bing and Bing Ads over the past month. Now, that new look has carried over to the Bing Ads Accredited Professional program. Updated certificates and badges are available for use on your websit…
New PPC Login Required: Bing Ads Moves To Microsoft Account Logins Starting Today
Bing Ads users may start seeing a new screen at login asking them to sign in with a Microsoft account, in much the same way AdWords users are required to have a Google account. Once you make the switch, you’ll need to use your Microsoft account name and password to access Bing Ads and Bing…
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Bing Ads Analysis Tools Go Live: Dimensions Tab, Performance Comparison Graph
Bing Ads launched two very handy tools today that make account analysis from within the web interface a reality. The Dimensions Tab provides a shortcut to performing campaign analysis and includes access the fantastic Distribution graph. If you’re not using the distribution graph already, do…
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