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Google AdWords Search Stories

March 28, 2011 No Comments

In 2010, starting with the Super Bowl commercial Parisian Love , Google revealed a series of “Search Stories” . This resulted in many self-created and fun videos. As good as these videos were, there was one major item left out of Google’s efforts. They left out the value of AdWords. That’s now changed with some [...]

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Smushed Baby and Home Away

February 2, 2011 1 Comment

Around this time last year, I was dominating organic search results with a few Super Bowl commercial keywords. (Ask me about that later). I noticed Home Away is back on the horse again with a Super Bowl Ad. This time they are smushing babies, with a test baby, to show the problems with small hotel [...]

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Google 2010 in Review Video

December 28, 2010 No Comments

Based on billions of worldwide searches in 2010, below is a 2010 year in review from Google.

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Product Ads – PPC Video of the Week

November 29, 2010 No Comments

Google recently announced Product Listing Ads. Product ads combine AdWords with the Google Merchant Center. Product Ads do not require any keywords or ad text to setup. They are automatically created based on the user search query matching up with products in the Merchant Account. See video below for a synopsis of Google Product Ads.

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Google Display Campaign Optimizer – PPC Video of the Week

October 14, 2010 No Comments

The Display Campaign Optimizer is a recent tool by Google that optimizes ad placement based on a targeted CPA. The goal is to deliver as many conversions as possible at the lowest cost possible. The Display Campaign Optimizer takes into account landing page and ad quality, similar to the quality score formula. Because it’s on [...]

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