Get the deets here, plus a refresher on using negative keywords to maximize ROI.
While digging through our analytics for question keywords, I found the following question: Why are popular keywords so hard to rank for with a new website? It’s a good question, although the longer you work in search marketing, the more obvious the answer becomes.
One often-mentioned best practice for SEO is to use a test PPC campaign to “get some initial data” about a query space, and people frequently make reference to the fact that you can get valuable insights for your organic optimization efforts by looking at pay-per-click data.
You may have noticed recently that Google has been showing just 7 organic search listings on the first page for many searches, instead of the usual 10. Take for example, this search for "adwords," which shows just 7 organic search listings.
Learn 25 fascinating facts about Google AdWords, Google's $38-billion search advertising network.
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Mark Zuckerberg's got egg on his face: Dalton Caldwell wrote an F-you open letter to Zuckerberg on his blog, and Zucks' little sister went to Google.
What is Google people search, anyway? Learn all about Google people search in this post, including how you can teach it tricks to help your strategy.
A Facebook advertiser claims that 80% of the clicks from facebook advertising were from bots. The company is so unhappy with the results on recent Facebook ad tests; they're deleting their Facebook page entirely.
Did you receive a warning that your site has unnatural links? Learn what unnatural links are and what to do in case affected by the Penguin update.
Yesterday we published the results of a study showing how sponsored advertisements on Google (PPC ads) are taking over territory previously reserved for organic listings, AKA “free clicks.” This is both good news and bad news for marketers.
Google's War on Free Clicks: Think nobody clicks on Google advertising? Think again! We’ve got exclusive data that tells a different story about where people click when they search on Google. Learn how PPC ads are taking over the Google search results pages.
Perry Marshall, the world's foremost expert on Google AdWords, explains how to make the most of Google's ultra-powerful advertising machine.
Google recently announced the release of the Knowledge Graph, a new feature designed to “help you discover new information quickly and easily” by providing informative answers to informational queries directly in the SERP.
We've evaluated thousands of PPC accounts with the AdWords Performance Grader, adding up to almost $1 billion in total PPC spend. Looking at this huge amount of data in aggregate, one of the most salient trends has to do with account activity.
Highlighted posts allow users to designate their own Tumblr posts to be highlighted in your followers’ dashboards. The price is currently $2 but was $1 upon launch.
Learn how to manage your Google Ads account access settings, including how to grant and revoke access to users and third-party agencies or products.
Mirrored campaigns can lower your cost per acquisition and raise your conversion rate. Learn how to create mirrored campaigns in Google AdWords.
As with any aspect of Google’s AdWords program, billing within AdWords can be somewhat complicated and confusing for newer advertisers. In this post we’ll walk through some of the different AdWords billing options and billing features available for advertisers.
Last week, I spoke to Aaron Karp, a colleague on the AdWords API team at Google, to learn more about AdWords Scripts. Here’s what I learned.
Microsoft Kinect can use emotion detection to show ads based on a user's mood. Is this better or worse than Facebook's off-target ads?
Learn three tips for writing better AdWords text ads and how WordStream's text ad authoring tools can help you adhere to PPC ad writing best practices.
A successful AdWords consultant shares tips and strategies for maximizing Quality Score, improving campaign relevance, and getting better results for lower costs.
SEO footer links are a powerful source of link equity. But are they dead? Learn the latest on SEO footer links in this post.
After initial testing proved successful in 1999, Google AdWords initially launched in October of the following year, on a pay-per-impression basis and only on the right-hand side of the search results.
Get answers to frequently asked questions about Quality Score and how your PPC landing pages affect your Quality Score, costs, and AdWords performance.
Learn how to use the AdWords ad preview and diagnosis tool to troubleshoot issues with your ads and check the way they’re being displayed in search results.