Tag Archives: google adwords
PPC Michael Wiegand // 11 Apr, 2014
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If you’re a paid search professional and you’ve been within a stone’s throw of a computer in the last 48 hours, you’ve probably heard: they’re coming for your search query data. Search Engine Land broke the story, Google themselves confirmed it: “Today, we are extending our efforts to keep search secure by removing the query… Read More
PPC Timothy Johnson // 7 Jun, 2013
Building Successful Low Budget PPC: Ad Extensions
In charge of building your first PPC account? Don’t have a lot of time or money to spend within AdWords? Well you came to the right place. We’re in week five of our six-part blog series in which Portent PPC Strategists Chad Kearns and Tim Johnson lay down the knowledge on best practices for achieving PPC success. Follow along… Read More
PPC Timothy Johnson // 31 May, 2013
Building Successful Low Budget PPC: Crafting Engaging Ads
In charge of building your first PPC account? Don’t have a lot of time or money to spend within AdWords? Well you came to the right place. We’re in week four of our six-part blog series in which Portent PPC Strategists Chad Kearns and Tim Johnson lay down the knowledge on best practices for achieving PPC success. Follow along… Read More
Ryan Moothart // 19 Apr, 2013
Why Re-Organizing Your AdWords Account Can Fail in the Beginning
If you have ever re-organized an inherited AdWords account to get in line with best practices by moving keywords into new campaigns and creating new ad copy, you may have noticed how you don’t immediately get the results you were expecting. In fact, you may have concluded that all of the work just made your… Read More
Elizabeth Marsten // 14 Mar, 2013
eBay Proves They Can Live Without AdWords
Duh. eBay commissioned a 26 page study through their research lab with one of their researchers and some reputable sources (a Univ. of Chicago Assistant Professor & UC Berkeley Associate Professor), citing some reputable resources (like Google Chief Economist Hal Varian), doing some pretty in depth research and even formulating their own algebraic equation to… Read More
PPC Elizabeth Marsten // 8 Mar, 2013
Confessions of a PPC Control Freak on Enhanced Campaigns
We’ve discussed it, talked about it, webinar-ed, convened around the water cooler, blogged and tweeted. Opinions are hot, high, frequent and mixed. One thing is for sure, it’s not going away. Each time it seems as if the proverbial dust has settled, more about EC is announced. Each week a Google webinar reveals a few… Read More
Featured Michael Wiegand // 15 Oct, 2012
Steal This Product Listing Ads Dashboard Before Wednesday
If you’ve followed my blog musings in the last year or so at Portent, you’ll know that I’m a bit of a dashboard nut. My Perfect Google Analytics Dashboard post took off in ways I never imagined. (Thanks guys!) But here’s the thing: I was lying to you all – or misleading you, anyway. There… Read More
PPC Elizabeth Marsten // 19 Jul, 2012
Using Visitor Flow and Site Search in GA to Prove You Need PPC Landing Pages
How do you know when you should use a lander over a category or product page in PPC? Well, yes, you test. But let’s say you’ve tested between the two, but are stuck in a circle and would really like to test a category lander just for PPC and need some “evidence” to convince a… Read More
Featured Elizabeth Marsten // 21 Jun, 2012
What a Paid Search Marketer Needs to Know About Google Shopping
Froogle, Google Product Search, Google Shopping- whatever you call it, it’s integrated with AdWords – now more than ever. And if you think Google is going to stop there…yeah, right. This just got a bit more competitive is all. Oh yeah, and less free. If you’ve been following along with the recent announcement that Google… Read More