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Search Engine Watch October 13, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
Using Conversion Funnels to Improve Your Conversion Rate, Part 1 How you can apply data from Search Funnel reports in AdWords to improve your conversion rate and overall PPC performance. |
Search Engine Watch September 29, 2008 David Szetela |
Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions Knowing how and when to make decisions about your PPC campaign's keyword and ad performance can make or break your campaign. Just remember that almost every action you take to improve your PPC ad campaign should be based on conversion data. |
Search Engine Watch January 28, 2009 Eric Enge |
Track Those Alternate Conversions It's natural to think about revenue-generating events such as sales, leads generated, or ads clicked on when we think about conversions. But there are many other types of valuable conversions. |
Search Engine Watch June 9, 2010 Alex Cohen |
The Google Tax: The High Price of Free Search Marketing Tools The limits of Google's conversion based products, and why you just may not want to give Google the keys to your business. |
Search Engine Watch July 7, 2010 Alex Cohen |
3 Techniques to Avoid the High Cost of Free Search Marketing Tools Don't let people, process, or platforms stand between you and better paid search results. |
Search Engine Watch August 23, 2010 Jeremy Hull |
What's the Value of a Paid Search Impression? Tie conversion metrics to paid search impressions with this incredibly useful tool for determining the true value of your paid search campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2009 David Szetela |
Google Conversion Optimizer: The Best-Kept Secret in PPC? Google quietly added Conversion Optimizer to every advertiser's AdWords account a few months ago. In a nutshell, it regulates keyword-level bids, promising to deliver as many conversions as possible, at or below a cost-per-conversion you specify. |
Search Engine Watch September 12, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Reporting: Going Beyond Rankings Enterprise-level SEO provides consistently outstanding ROI over the life of the project. One of the best ways to substantiate this is through ongoing reporting. But if you're just tracking organic positions and nothing else, you're doing a disservice to your clients. |
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2011 Marc Poirier |
Google Analytics Brings Conversion, Revenue Attribution to the Masses Google has taken a long awaited step in the direction of clarifying and standardizing the attribution problem by announcing Multi-Channel Funnels. This is arguably the most important Google Analytics improvement in years. |
Search Engine Watch January 9, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics Over the past year, I've been in numerous meetings with advertisers, agencies, and online media vendors, and I'm often amazed at the confusion surrounding how local search campaign analytics are reported, and sometimes twisted, to create a desired story. |
Search Engine Watch April 22, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
Paid Search Fire Drills: Common Oversights, Harsh Consequences Make your life a little easier by avoiding these three paid search emergencies associated with keyword insertion, use of broad match, and attribution. |
Search Engine Watch June 29, 2010 Eric Enge |
A Call for Call Tracking There are several compelling reasons to drive customers to their phones. Here's how to use it to drive your business via PPC and SEO, and some helpful tracking tools. |
Search Engine Watch April 19, 2011 Melissa Mackey |
5 Often-Overlooked PPC Tips for Beginners If you're a PPC newbie, here are some basic strategies to get the best results from your PPC campaigns right away. |
Search Engine Watch June 23, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Taking the Fear Out of Web Analytics for Your Small Business Do you have Web analytics installed on your small business Web site? If not, you should. How will you know how your Web site is performing if you aren't measuring the right data? |
Search Engine Watch August 20, 2009 Jason Tabeling |
Measuring Success -- How Deep Do You Go? How do you define success of your search advertising campaigns? Measuring against profit instead of revenue, and going down to the keyword level, can change the way your PPC campaigns are set up and run. |
Search Engine Watch September 15, 2008 David Szetela |
Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability Setting ad group bid prices at the beginning of a campaign is one of the more challenging tasks for many PPC advertisers. The answers are a snap once you know the fundamentals. |
Search Engine Watch October 13, 2008 David Szetela |
Reading the Tea Leaves: Interpreting Keyword Reports Once enough data has accumulated, it's important to run reports and take action based on the data. But what do all those numbers mean, and how should we make adjustments to improve PPC campaign performance? |
Entrepreneur June 2006 Catherine Seda |
Keyword to the Wise Pay-per-click advertising can bring a stampede of shoppers to your site, but make sure your keyword performance is profitable. |
Search Engine Watch November 10, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How General Keywords Can Influence Brand-Related PPC Purchases Which search queries are leading users to make a purchase? The search funnel reports within AdWords can provide deeper insights into your account's performance. |
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Boost PPC Performance With Google Conversion Optimizer Find out the best ways to use Google's Conversion Optimizer to boost your paid search performance. |
Search Engine Watch May 2, 2011 John Lee |
Bidder Beware: What You Need to Know When Updating Google AdWords Bid Types Max CPC, Enhanced CPC, Automatic Bidding, Conversion Optimizer - each AdWords bidding option carries a distinct set of pros and cons. Here's what you can expect when updating your AdWords bidding options. |
Search Engine Watch October 6, 2008 David Szetela |
Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions, Part 2 Should you delete or pause under-performing keywords - or simply adjust their bid prices? The answer will vary by advertiser, but one thing is constant: decisions about keyword and ad performance should mainly depend on conversion performance. |
Search Engine Watch May 27, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Search Campaigns Boost Phone Calls to Businesses As more users surf the web via their phones, making a phone call becomes a more likely solution to their conversion demands. This creates a larger importance for unique campaign phone number call tracking and click-to-call placements. |
Search Engine Watch January 28, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
How to Execute a Flawless Ad Copy Test in AdWords Ad copy strategies and the steps required to confidently execute the test within Google AdWords. |
Search Engine Watch June 23, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How to Compare Your PPC Performance to Your Competitors Strategies for building traffic and expanding your reach with your PPC campaigns. Opportunities await. |
Search Engine Watch August 20, 2010 John Lee |
Make Google AdWords Bidding Features Work for You What works best for your PPC campaign? A look at AdWords' latest feature, Enhanced CPC, plus a recap of manual CPC bidding, automated bidding, and Conversion Optimizer. |
Search Engine Watch September 22, 2008 David Szetela |
PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness When it comes to PPC bids, should you start low and build up? Or start high and come down? As with many things, the right strategy for your company depends on your situation and objectives. |
PC Magazine April 19, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Your Site's Stats Now that you have a Web site, it's time to learn how to analyze the traffic that your visitors generate. |
Search Engine Watch April 8, 2011 Jeff Ferguson |
Goodbye, AdWords Position Preference... We Hardly Knew Ye If you were still using the AdWords Position Preference feature, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate your current AdWords strategies. |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Are You Measuring SEO Success Correctly? Ranking reports are flawed because they depend on everyone seeing the same search results, which just doesn't happen anymore. SEO success should be measured by the lift in organic search engine traffic. And to do that, you need to make sure your analytics are set up correctly. |
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Google Analytics, Conversion Tracking & Single Segment Reporting Power There's awesome power in the simplicity of surfing Google Analytics, only studying a single conversion setting. The only limitation is your imagination. |
Search Engine Watch September 3, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
PPC Integration: Integrating PPC with SEO, Part 2 Marketing silos aren't inherently bad, as long as there is communication. Sharing research and results between PPC and SEO teams will help improve both channels. |
Search Engine Watch May 25, 2010 Garry Przyklenk |
Beginner's Guide to Multi-Source Attribution Modeling How to help leverage decisions based on multi-source attribution modeling in Google Analytics, Yahoo Web Analytics, and Omniture. |
Entrepreneur December 2006 Amanda C. Kooser |
What's the Word? Keeping track of search engine marketing. |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2010 Jason Tabeling |
Five Paid Search Resolutions for 2010 Here are five things you should consider doing to improve your paid search campaigns this year, and why they're important. |
Search Engine Watch January 4, 2011 Ryan Woolley |
How to Structure an AdWords Account -- A Practical Guide A walk-through of some of the core components in setting up your Google AdWords account, plus tips on particular AdWords features that can help improve your program's performance. |
Search Engine Watch May 7, 2008 Eric Enge |
The Top 3 Reasons PPC Lead Gen Campaigns Miss Volume Targets - Part 2 Understanding how to analyze keywords using a waterfall analysis can give you a great deal of insight into what's happening with your campaign, and bring a sharp focus to the nature of the opportunities available to you. |
Search Engine Watch March 23, 2009 Ron Jones |
Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 2 Don't be afraid to try something different to see if it will make an improvement. PPC management is all about dialing it in and then making small methodical course corrections to squeeze out a little more performance when you can. |
Search Engine Watch February 14, 2007 John Tawadros |
Data Mining: The Heart of Analysis What do you do when the needle won't move anymore - when you can't invest another dollar in your paid search program without diminishing your returns? The answer lies in the data. |
Search Engine Watch May 24, 2006 Chris Sherman |
The Value of Branded vs. Non-Branded Search Terms New research suggests that while branded search terms offer the highest conversion rates, non-branded terms can significantly impact the outcome of a paid search marketing campaign. |
Search Engine Watch September 10, 2010 Frank Watson |
Tracking Success, Part 2: AdWords and Social Media Tricks and tools to help you track conversions in AdWords and on social media sites, especially Facebook and Twitter. |
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2011 Roger Barnette |
Actionable Media Attribution and Analytics for Search Marketers A real world example of why attribution modeling and analytics is vital to the success of a marketing campaign. |
Search Engine Watch January 21, 2011 Rob Chant |
How to Configure Analytics for Your Small Business Website A step-by-step guide detailing everything you need to know for setting up bullet-proof tracking for almost any small business web site. |
Search Engine Watch August 17, 2010 Adam Goldberg |
Optimizing Display Display advertising, with the advent of view-through tracking and attribution technology, is going through a major rebirth. |
Search Engine Watch December 17, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Google AdWords Placement Targeting Campaign Tips A step-by-step guide for advertisers on how to set up placement targeted campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch August 18, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How to Review Keyword Ideas Presented by the Opportunities Tab in AdWords Best practices for reviewing the keyword suggestions contained within this often overlooked tool within AdWords. |
Search Engine Watch November 14, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Offline and Online Conversions Tracking: Increase Your ROI The accountability of online marketing is only as good as the analytics an advertiser employs. Tracking conversions - both online and offline - can be tricky, but it is an important part of any online marketing program, especially for businesses with a local presence. |
Search Engine Watch May 26, 2010 Joseph Kerschbaum |
How to Move an AdWords Campaign Without Breaking it If you need to make major changes to an AdWords account, such as moving ad groups between campaigns, or even moving campaigns between accounts, here are some tips to ease the process. |
Search Engine Watch September 1, 2010 Alex Cohen |
43 Paid Search Marketing Tools (And When To Use Them) Before you get into the nitty-gritty of how to use a tool, you need to pick the right suite of tools. Even more important, the question you have to answer isn't just "which tool?" but "which tool when?" |
Entrepreneur January 2006 Catherine Seda |
Tangled Web When it comes to your internet marketing campaign, the net is full of potential snags. Emerge unscathed by avoiding these 7 deadly sins. |