What’s new and cool at Google from SMX East 2016

At this year’s SMX East, Googlers Jerry Dischler and Babak Pahlavan shared recent updates and what’s coming to AdWords and Google Analytics. Columnist Mark Traphagen was on hand to cover the highlights.

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Updating your SEM toolbox with new, shiny tools –- SMX East 2016

Ask any PPC professional the secret of their success, and they’ll often point to tools that help them do their jobs better. Columnist Pauline Jakober recaps a session at SMX East where the best of these tools were discussed.

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How to implement mobile-specific ad copy for AdWords expanded text ads

If implementing mobile-specific ad creative is vital to your AdWords success, columnist Jason Puckett shows you two ways to do it.

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What you didn’t know about recent Quality Score changes

Columnist Frederick Vallaeys discusses the impact of some recent AdWords changes on Quality Score and provides an updated version of a free script that calculates account-level Quality Score.

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Plan device-specific user experience strategies with Google AdWords’ bid modifier

Google recently announced some changes to the way bid adjustments works in AdWords. Columnist Thomas Stern explains how this might affect your device-specific bidding strategies.

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What’s the Google AdWords Health Score and how is it different from existing tools?

AdWords recently released a Health Score feature that ‘grades’ your account, but is it just a rip-off of an existing free performance grader? Columnist Larry Kim compares.

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The junior data scientist’s guide to AdWords search campaign structure: how to mine hidden gems for huge wins

In this helpful how-to, columnist Todd Saunders explains how to structure your AdWords account so as to glean useful insights about your target audience.

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Bidding on the competition: Is it really worth it?

Bidding on your competitors’ brand terms could yield positive results, but columnist Jacob Baadsgaard warns that it might cause problems in the long run.

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The biggest Google ad updates are also the quietest

Advertisers have seen many big updates from Google over the past year, but columnist Andy Taylor makes the case that the most impactful updates may well have been the least publicized.

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