PPC News Roundup for August 13, 2010
Have you been using the updated keyword tool in AdWords? I haven’t, but that’s about to change. Truthfully, I enjoy the simplicity of the previous version and always found myself clicking the “previous interface” link rather than giving the new tool a legitimate shot at winning me over. This week Google announced the new keyword [...]
Cybersquatting and Paid Search: What Brands Need to Know
By Frederick Felman, CMO, MarkMonitor According to The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), search advertising has grown 286% in the last five years and will increase from $14.6 billion to $16.6 billion in 2010. The future for search engine advertising is bright. However, it’s the very vibrancy of search that leads to abuses and [...]
PPC News Roundup for August 6, 2010
When it comes to promoting an event, the Internet can be of great help. Whether you need to generate buzz or post local announcements, PPC should be a primary weapon in your arsenal. Kevin Burns over at WPromote has an excellent article on starting event buzzes using PPC campaigns. PPC has the power to reach [...]
Google Experiment Settings Part 2 – the results are in!
The end of June, I wrote about the new experiment settings in Google AdWords allowing you to test different elements in your account to see if the changes really do improve performance. For instance, you can choose to lower your bids by 30% and then see if you can still maintain the same level clicks [...]
PPC News Roundup for July 23, 2010
PPC is highly competitive and the inflated keyword costs make it that much more difficult to compete. As a small business owner, if you are certain to be outranked in the search engines for popular phrases relating to your services, it’s first important to acknowledge that you may get trampled unless you start looking in [...]
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