Category: Search Engine Roundtable

In September, Google added home services ads to the AdWords offerings. Since then, the design has changed for the ad format over the past several months.

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Every now and then, I see someone complain that Google is evil because they are only showing one organic result for their query in the search results. The organic result is surrounded by four AdWords ads on top and three ads on the bottom…

Google AdWords is testing a new feature named “campaign groups.” Campaign groups let you set and track goals across multiple campaigns to track their impact on a shared or “common goal.”

Ariana Wolf first shared this finding on Twitter and shared thes…

Josh Leibner posted on Twitter that the Google AdWords call only ads is now automatically pulling in the business name into the headlines of the ads. I tested this myself and it seems to be legit…

Earlier this week I reported that the Google keyword planner tool has restricted access to the tool to only those with active paying campaigns above a specific threshold. I was waiting for Google to say why and their answer is what I expected…
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I know we covered about three weeks ago that AdWords device bid adjustments from Google was starting to roll out. But the announcement about it rolling out and when it actually starts to roll out and hit advertiser’s dashboards are two different thing…

Google AdWords has this opportunities tab that shows advertisers suggestions on how to improve their campaigns. Google is beta testing a new feature there named “account health score for search.” This was first spotted by Chris Whyatt at the Receptio…