Google Ads launched ad suggestions last year. By default, you are enabled into this program. What this program does is: Create ads for you Gives you 14 days to approve or reject the ad If there is no rejection, then the ad is automatically added live in your account You can easily turn off this […]
As we look across accounts; one of the biggest issues we see time and time again is how ad groups are organized. It’s called an Ad Group for a reason; the ad is what the searcher sees. A keyword’s job is just to match to a query to decide if an ad can show or […]
An important aspect of PPC is having your client (which might be your boss or an internal division) understand what is happening in the account from a data perspective and then adding context to the numbers so that someone can easily grasp what is happening. To accomplish this we need: An easy way to visualize […]
Landing Page Experience is 39% of your Quality Scores. It’s essential that they are average or above average to maintain good Quality Scores. There’s a lot of misconceptions around what makes up Landing Page Experience as bounce-back rates, dwell times, and long clicks aren’t common PPC terms, yet working on these items can help to […]
Attribution determines how conversion and revenue data is divvied up among clicks when it takes a user multiple visits to convert. According to Nielsen, on average, customers make 6 website visits in the conversion process. That means that if you are not using an attribution model, you are making some of your decisions on incomplete […]
We could talk about Google AdWords Quality Score for hours (even days). But no one has that much time. So we’ve put together the ‘exactly what you need to know’ guide to Quality Score. There’s no hype, frills, or lots of meaningless charts and data. We get to the point – what you need to […]
When we think about optimizing PPC accounts; we’re focused on making sure the right ad is being shown to the right person at the right time. We do this through targeting and organization. To ensure these items are working properly, we need to monitor results. Once we’re happy, then our focus is on getting more. […]
Thank You for Our Search Award We’re happy to announce that for the 2nd consecutive year; we’ve been awarded the Best PPC Management Suite Award by the US Search awards. While we get to collect the award; this is an award that should also be presented to our customers as they push us to keep […]
We recently introduced a feature that lets you graph keyword and ad group Quality Scores, along with their subfactors. Since then, we’ve been analyzing common Quality Score patterns and the reasons behind them. In this article, we’ll explore the good, the bad, and the downright puzzling. The flatline The flatline never changes. In some cases, […]
Search Query data is very useful information – it’s what the user actually typed into a search engine. It’s often used in two ways: Find converting keywords not in your account and add them to an account Find non-converting keywords and make them negatives in your account While those are the two most common reasons […]