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AdWords.

Campaign strategy and platform updates from the AdWords era of paid search. 1,535 articles
Mobile

Google Sells Enhanced Campaign Benefits … But Are SMBs Buying?

Against a backdrop of mixed reactions to the new program, Google's Kesh Patel characterizes the AdWords enhanced campaigns as continued evolution into…

By Michael Boland · 22 Mar 2013

PPC

Quality Score Insights From Microsoft’s Ping Jen

What is the difference between Bing Ads vs. Google AdWords quality score? Jen explains, and also offers his advice about recent vs.…

By John Gagnon · 21 Mar 2013

PPC

Paid Search Beyond Google: Social Media, Bing & Retargeting Ads

With the popularity of AdWords, advertisers can struggle to find other channels that are manageable and effective. These SES New York sessions…

By Lisa Raehsler · 20 Mar 2013

PPC

eBay vs. PPC: Yes, Paid Ads Still Work

An eBay study on the effectiveness of paid search advertising claims that brand keyword ads provide no short-term benefits and negative return…

By Danny Goodwin · 18 Mar 2013

PPC

How to Estimate the Break-Even Point of Paid Search

Is there a correlation between a price of a product or service and its CPC? Do keywords associated with high-priced products cost…

By Uri Bar Joseph · 18 Mar 2013

PPC

How to Avoid Bid Overlap in Google Shopping Product Listing Ads Ad Groups

One easy mistake to make when managing your Google Shopping Product Listing Ads (PLA) campaign is to allow too much overlap between…

By Mary Weinstein · 15 Mar 2013

Analytics

Why Competitive Benchmarking is Integral to Paid Search Success

Benchmarking means analyzing the performance of your competitors’ and industry’s paid search efforts to monitor, adjust, and improve the relative performance of…

By Gregg Hamilton · 14 Mar 2013

PPC

Locate and Analyze Search Term Data in AdWords Faster & Easier

One of the core tactics of PPC campaign optimization is search term analysis. Learn how to locate your raw search term data…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 12 Mar 2013

Social

Creating a Social Engagement Plan in 4 Steps

A walk-through of the steps that form a simple social engagement plan – listening, engaging, measuring, and learning. You’ll want to think…

By Noran El Shinnawy · 11 Mar 2013

Analytics

Mining Social Data to Create a Content Strategy

You can apply a smorgasbord of social data – from Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, and tools – in your strategic work to…

By Simon Penson · 11 Mar 2013