Google just made a huge announcement: Exact match keywords can now show for semantic matching queries and not just syntactic matching queries. What this means in reality is that your exact match keywords may show: When the query is in the reverse order of the keyword [New York City Flights] can now match to the […]
Ads are the only part of your account a searcher sees. They set the expectation for what the user will find on the landing page. When we think about the basics of testing; we can test in 3 ways: Ads versus other ads: This tests the message the user sees Landing page versus landing page: […]
AdWords recently launched a way for you to create specific marketing messages for devices or audiences without having to use ad customizers. These are sometimes called IF ads and other times called Default ads. The advantage of these ads over ad customizers is that since they have ‘default text’ in them; text that shows to […]
We just launched a new feature that will automatically pause your losing ads and optionally replace them with new ads. You can see a video of how to use this feature; or read below more about it. Automatically Pause Losing Ads To use this feature, navigate to your Single-Adgroup Tests and then to the Loser […]
In our last article, we covered the basics of negative keywords: What they are Negative keyword match types Where to add them How to find them In this article, we will examine some of the most common problems with negative keywords. Inconsistent Usage One of the most common problems in larger accounts is that they […]
Negative keywords are just as important to the success of your paid search account as positive keywords. At their basic level, negatives are filtering words – they stop your ads from showing. At a more crucial level, they can keep your ads from wasting money and impressions on irrelevant search queries, which leads to: Increased […]
We recently did a great Quality Score webinar with Finch. If you’ve not looked at Finch before; it’s a very interesting software solution for ecommerce accounts. From a Quality Score perspective, in the webinar, we walk through how to work with Quality Score, it’s factors, etc; and then Finch walks through their ‘Wheel of Goodness’ […]
Using all appropriate ad extensions is crucial to managing your PPC accounts. Ad Extensions are not only used in determining ad rank, they allow users to interact with your ads in various ways such as calling you directly from an ad to deep linking to appropriate pages. There no longer seems to be a debate […]
Most articles on Quality Score are a bit confusing as what you see inside of the AdWords interface and what the articles mention (lowering CPCs, raising positions) are based upon two entirely different numbers. Quality Score, along with your ad extensions and bid determine your ad rank; how high your ad is positioned compared to […]
Quality Score is an important component of managing any PPC account as it can dramatically affect your ad display, positions, and CPCs. To help you understand quality scores and how to increase them, Finch & Adalysis will be presenting a webinar that covers: Quality Score overview How it affects your ad display The factors of […]
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March 20, 2017 
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