by mtraphagen | Oct 29, 2009 | Google, Paid Search
If you’ve got some experience managing cost-per-click (Google’s term for pay-per-click) advertising using Google AdWords, you surely by now realize the high importance of optimizing for Quality Score. Either that, or you enjoy throwing away your or your...
by mtraphagen | Oct 1, 2009 | Paid Search
From a search on Google for the keyword “ball cancer” (in the Sponsored Results column): Next time I’m looking to buy cancer balls, I’ll know where to go for the best deal! How does this happen? How could Google be showing me an ad for...
by mtraphagen | Sep 2, 2009 | Paid Search
If you’ve been using Google’s AdWords and/or Analytics products for any length of time, you must be aware that the numbers don’t always add up. In fact, they don’t add up at a sometimes alarming frequency. That is to say, the reported numbers...
by mtraphagen | Sep 1, 2009 | Paid Search
(Reading hint: If you’re already familiar with the value of negative keywords in PPC advertising, skip to my last paragraph for my new suggestion.)Your mother and your favorite motivational coach will both tell you: negativity is a bad thing. However, when it...
by mtraphagen | Aug 13, 2009 | Paid Search
We noticed yesterday a subtle change in the layout of Google search: the column of paid ads has been shifted into a fixed space, more to the left than they were before. Whereas previously the ads were aligned with the right edge of a fixed-width page, they now float...
by mtraphagen | Jul 10, 2009 | Paid Search
Tested two ads for a client recently. One offered a stay at a resort for $19.95. The other offered it for free. $19.95 was the convincing winner. Go figure.Lesson learned: Don’t assume that giving something away will attract more people than selling it at a good...
