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Paid Search Marketing
How Do Google Alerts Work? Why Are They Not Working?
Google alerts are a key part of maintaining control over your PPC campaigns. Learn how to turn on and utilize Google alerts in this post.
How to Use the Google Ads Shared Library
Learn about the components in the Google AdWords Shared Library, including audiences and campaign negative keywords, and how to use them in your campaigns.
Google Ads Audience: What Is a Google Ads Audience?
This is the first post in a series on the Google Ads audience tab. In this post, we’ll focus on the topic of how Google defines an “audience” as it pertains to Google Ads (formerly known as AdWords) display campaigns, and some of the strategic ways you can make use of audiences within your display campaigns.
What Kinds of Businesses Should Use PPC Advertising?
Who uses PPC advertising? Should you? Learn five types of business that usually see great results and high ROI from PPC advertising.
Google Ads Campaign Best Practices: How to Name & Organize Campaigns
Learn tips and best practices for organizing and naming campaigns in your Google AdWords PPC account.
Using Excel for Google PPC: Fun Stuff and Hard Stuff
Learn how to use Excel to make common PPC tasks easier, including writing PPC ads and estimating profits and losses. Includes 2 free downloads!
How Does the Google Ads Auction Work? [Infographic]
This infographic illustrates how Google Ads works, including an explanation of how advertisers can win the Google Ads auction.
When Should You Pause Google Ads Keywords?
Learn two situations in which it's a good idea to pause keywords in AdWords to save money and improve Quality Scores across your account.
How & When to Use Call Extensions in Google Ads
Learn all about Google AdWords call extensions, including when, how and why to use call extensions in your PPC campaigns.
Google Ads Sitelinks: How to Use Google Ads Sitelinks Extensions
Learn all about Sitelinks, a Google AdWords ad extension, in this complete guide to using sitelinks in your AdWords advertisements.
9 Google Ad Extensions to Boost Your CTR
Learn all about using Google ad extensions to increase your ad CTR, including location extensions, sitelink extensions, call extensions, and more in this comprehensive guide.
How to Use Keyword Research for New Product Development
Have you ever thought about using keyword research to guide new product development? Learn how to find out what customers want using Google Suggest.
How Does Google Ads Geographical Targeting Really Work?
Does Google AdWords location targeting work the way you think it does? You might be surprised how aggressively Google uses the geo targeting option.
Google Analytics & AdWords Tracking Issues: Multiple AdWords Accounts for One Google Analytics Account
Having a single Google Analytics account linked to multiple AdWords accounts can be a headache. Here are several workarounds to consider.
What to Do When Your Google Ads CPCs Are Too High
As AdWords gets more competitive, your costs per click (CPCs) may be driven too high to make your campaign profitable. Learn five ways to lower your CPC.
Google Ads Editor 101: Google Ads Editor Tutorials, Tips & Resources
Learn how to use AdWords Editor, a free PPC tool from Google that allows you to carry out bulk editing actions more quickly and easily.
Choosing a PPC Agency: 10 Questions to Ask
Finding the right agency to manage your PPC marketing campaigns is quite similar to making an internal hire – in addition to evaluating the agency's background and reputation, you'll want to ask a series of questions to help you better understand what they're about.
Google Correlate: Google Trends in Reverse
The new Google Correlate tool acts like Google Trends in reverse, allowing users to upload a data set to see what search terms match the trend.
Keywords vs. Search Queries: What’s the Difference?
What's the difference between keywords and search queries? Though sometimes used interchangeably, these terms don’t mean the same thing. Search queries are the actual terms that search engine users type into the search box…
5 Ways to Lower Your Cost Per Action (CPA)
Learn five easy ways to lower your cost per action (CPA) to make your pay-per-click campaigns more profitable.
Google Plus One: What Google +1 Means to You, Your Campaigns, & The Future of the Universe
Google is rolling out its new +1 feature, making search more social. What does it mean for those in the search marketing industry?
Running an AdWords Campaign in a Competitive Local Market
Learn why you need to set up at least two different PPC campaigns if you're running an AdWords campaign in a competitive local market.
Fighting Cross-Campaign Ad Poaching with Negative Keyword Lists
Learn how to use negative keyword lists in Google AdWords to prevent broad match ad poaching across your PPC campaigns.
Google Personal Blocklist Helps Users Defeat Spammy Link Farms
Google Personal Blocklist is a Chrome Extension designed to help users keep SEO spam such as content link farms out of their Google search results.
A Dead-Simple Google Ads Certification Guide: Costs, Tips & Tricks for Google Certification
Looking for a simple, straight-forward guide to Google AdWords certification? You found it: learn all about the costs of the exam, test requirements, plus plenty of study tips to help you pass the Google certification exam with ease!
AdWords Releases Super-Sized Ad Text Headlines
A new AdWords ad text headline format may display twice as much information as before, combining both your headline and description line 1 field into one big headline.
AdWords for Beginners – Explaining Pay-Per Click (PPC) to Clients & Novices
Explaining PPC can be a difficult process - this post outlines how best to explain and sell pay-per click to clients and managers.