AdWords
May 12, 2011 No Comments
Last week Google announced a new feature to Google Analytics that allows webmasters to measure the page load time. This move directly ties in with Google’s announcement last year about site speed affecting search rankings. A low site speed can also negatively affect an AdWords quality score. The new addition to Google Analytics shows pages [...]
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May 6, 2011 No Comments
Google recently announced the release on AdWords Editor 9.0. As always, they are leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. There are a multiple changes within the new release, below are a few of the highlights. Ad Sitelink Support – I am a big proponent of Ad Sitelinks. However, up until this point we were [...]
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April 24, 2011 3 Comments
I was talking with a potential client the other day about pay-per-click (PPC). After, several discussions on budget, demand and typical PPC topics, he asked me a question that I have heard hundreds of times. “What kind of traffic increase should I expect to see based on that budget?” That’s the wrong question. My response [...]
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April 11, 2011 No Comments
For those of you that have been following my updates for awhile, you know that I often preach the value of pay-per-click marketing. The return on ad spend (ROAS) is amazing when paid search is managed and optimized well. I will save the tips and tricks for managing a well-optimized for a later post. This [...]
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April 8, 2011 1 Comment
Google recently introduced a new feature to a search engine results page (SERP) called +1. The new button is a combination of social and search. +1 allows users to give a stamp of approval to specific links. Later, friends within their social circle will see the recommendation when they are scanning SERPs. At this point, [...]
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