I can’t help but feel that almost every PPC advertiser manages their paid search based on instinct more than logic. This is problematic for two reasons: 1. Instinct can be highly derived from a “survival mode” or “stop the bleeding” mentality, and 2. A natural instinct of humans is to take the reasons from what…
Today at exactly 12pm Pacific, Google officially announced its plan to roll out major changes to the Adwords campaign functionality. Calling the “upgrade” Enhanced Campaigns, Google has said this is the “first step to help you more simply and smartly manage” Adwords campaigns as it pertains to the different devices, locations, day scheduling, and conversions…
The state of Adwords Advertiser Accounts have changed over the years where it was once very common to find an account without negative keywords and now it is rather uncommon. In time, advertisers have either become savvier to Adwords best practices or they have hired agencies to implement strategies. But how far have they really…
How many keywords should I have? This is the question advertisers should consider more. Instead many ask: Where can I find more keywords? More is better, right? Hell, it’s the American Way. “If I have more keywords, I can cover more bases when customers do a search for my products. The more I have, the…
Dear Quality Score Victim, I have to admit: I’ve been dying to write an updated piece about Quality Score (QS) since 2 years ago. The game has changed forever and I’ve spent more time gritting my teeth and cursing at my monitor (logged into Adwords) than ever before. The reason is because we were told…
If you’re wondering why we haven’t put out much this month, its cause we’re having to exercise quality score demonstrations for advertisers who don’t know how to get around the algorithmic changes Google put out last quarter. Next month, we promise the Quality Scores Unlocked!!! Keep your eyes pealed for the post. PS: Happy St…
Google Caffeine and Google Merchant Center is Stirring Up the Pot for Advertisers. When it comes to Google Search, it becomes increasingly obvious that it’s evolving faster than ever. Advertisers who make a living from either natural search or paid search (or both) are now being forced into evolving with it. If you haven’t done…