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How to Avoid PPC Campaign Strikeouts

Just as even the best homerun hitters in baseball strikeout on occasion, you too could be three pitches away from being the victim of a PPC campaign strikeout.…

By Melissa Mackey · 17 May 2011

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Slim Down Your CPCs With 3 Compound Metrics

Paid search is a lot like nutrition: there's an excess of data, but a big shortage in optimization. Here's how to reduce…

By Alex Cohen · 10 May 2011

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adCenter Finally Changing Spend Budgeting, Possibly More

Many adCenter users have long disliked the need to set both monthly and daily spends for their PPC spends, and now it…

By Frank Watson · 05 May 2011

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Understanding AdWords Average Position: Optimize Your PPC Performance

A key piece to your bottom line performance is understanding how average position works and impacts your campaigns. Test and optimize this…

By Jason Tabeling · 03 May 2011

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Bidder Beware: What You Need to Know When Updating Google AdWords Bid Types

Max CPC, Enhanced CPC, Automatic Bidding, Conversion Optimizer -- each AdWords bidding option carries a distinct set of pros and cons. Here's…

By John Lee · 02 May 2011

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Paid Search Fire Drills: Common Oversights, Harsh Consequences

Make your life a little easier by avoiding these three paid search emergencies associated with keyword insertion, use of broad match, and…

By Ryan Woolley · 22 Apr 2011

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Inside the adCenter Quality Score — Or Should We Call It Competitive Score?

Exploring the attributes of the adCenter Quality Score, how these scores affect your performance, and how you can optimize your account for…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 15 Apr 2011

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Geotargeting: A Great Local Search Option

Breaking out separate geotargeted campaigns is a great tactic that will quickly improve the performance of any national Google AdWords account. Here…

By Jeremy Hull · 15 Apr 2011

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How Social Media Affects Paid Search

As AdWords and +1 evolves, Google will monetize not just what you do, but who you are. We've only seen the tip…

By Alex Cohen · 12 Apr 2011

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Goodbye, AdWords Position Preference… We Hardly Knew Ye

If you were still using the AdWords Position Preference feature, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate your current AdWords strategies.

By Jeff Ferguson · 08 Apr 2011

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Making That Leap From Search to Display

Display is growing more quickly than search, but search is still growing and is a larger segment than display. Search and display…

By Roger Barnette · 08 Apr 2011

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5 Ways to Push Through the Proverbial PPC Wall

Ideas for how you can press on and find new and exciting ways to maximize your PPC performance when you feel there…

By John Lee · 01 Apr 2011

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Easier Negative Keyword Management in AdWords

Google introduced a useful addition to AdWords that potentially makes managing negative keywords across multiple campaigns a lot easier. Here's how to…

By Duncan Parry · 30 Mar 2011

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A 12-Step Program to Improve Your CTR

Before a PPC ad can generate a conversion, it needs to generate a click. If you want to improve your CTR, these…

By Melissa Mackey · 23 Mar 2011

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New Features Coming to adCenter — Including Quality Scores

There are some great changes coming to the adCenter platform. These new features will streamline the management of adCenter accounts and make…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 18 Mar 2011

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3 Tips to Use Paid Search for a Complex Sale

Successfully targeting learners vs. buyers requires different approaches. These tips will help you reach your prospects when they're ready to learn.

By Alex Cohen · 15 Mar 2011

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7 Ways to Counter Rising CPCs

Low-tech solutions to stave off hyperinflation within the paid search economy.

By Paul Burani · 10 Mar 2011

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Keyword Phrase Value: Click-Throughs vs. Conversions

Even with a worse search experience and less targeted ads, the consumer mindset is so much closer to conversion that long tail…

By Jason Tabeling · 08 Mar 2011

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Yahoo-Bing Search Alliance: 3 Key Findings All Search Marketers Must Know

Is it a good time to buy in the combined Yahoo-Bing marketplace? A paid search study examines how paid search ads are…

By Matt Lawson · 02 Mar 2011

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AdWords Campaign Experiments: Details and Pitfalls

Campaign Experiments is a great enhancement that can really take your PPC campaigns to the next level, but it also poses many…

By Melissa Mackey · 22 Feb 2011

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Automate Your AdWords Management with Automated Rules, Part 2

A walkthrough of the numerous requirements/criteria that you can use when setting up automated rules. Also, a review of the rules you…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 18 Feb 2011

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PPC vs. SEO: Paid Search as Your Organic Competitor

The balance between paid and organic results in the SERPs in shifting. Paid listings may increasingly get more clicks at the expense…

By Alex Cohen · 15 Feb 2011

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Rekindle the Romance With Your PPC Campaigns

Like relationships, paid search campaigns are complex, dynamic, unpredictable, full of ups and downs, and require a lot of work. Show your…

By Jeremy Hull · 14 Feb 2011

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Measuring Free Clicks in AdWords

Advertisers: Take advantage of free click ads to extend your share of voice on the page, improve the consumer experience, and determine…

By Jason Tabeling · 08 Feb 2011

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3 Key Differences Between adCenter & AdWords

Whether you're new to adCenter or just looking to more effectively manage your search campaigns following the Search Alliance, keep these three…

By Kyle Costello · 08 Feb 2011

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