
A Primer On Automating AdWords With Structured Data
One of the PPC trends I mentioned in my last post — where I described 11 things to keep your AdWords healthy in 2016 — was the rise of...

Google: Flash Ads Are Finally Going Out, HTML5 Ads Are In
After taking many steps in this direction, Google announced Tuesday that it will finally stop serving Flash formatted display ads. As of...

Are You Digging Deeply Enough Into Geographic Optimizations For SEM?
Often when auditing accounts, we see that geography has been considered a “set it and forget it” type of setting. You can only target...

Attributing Retail Store Transactions To Online Clicks At Keyword Level
Updates to Google’s in-store conversion tracking now allow retailers to attribute user engagement at a keyword or ad group level, further...

Bring Your Work Home: How To Use Google AdWords To Improve Your Love Life
If you’re like most online marketers, you know that it can be hard to strike a good work-life balance. Sometimes, that can put a strain...

Google Search Partner Network: Friend Or Foe?
The Google Search Network gives advertisers the ability to gain additional AdWords traffic and conversions from users across the web, as...

Get Your Priorities Straight: Structuring Google Shopping Campaigns
I’m a big fan of Google Shopping. As a user, it provides an easy-to-use platform for comparing products and prices at a glance. Instead...

PPC Geo-Bidding, Simplified
Recently, I came across a social media post that — honest to goodness — went on at length about the price the poster would be willing to...

New Google Research: Can The Long Tail Be Covered Without Broad Match?
Google talks all the time about the necessity of broad match. As a representative of Google, I’ve argued the importance of this match...

11 Things To Do Now To Keep Your AdWords Healthy In 2016
At the turn of every year, predictions are made about what the top trends for the next year will be. I contributed my own predictions to...

Q4 Search Spend Up 8 Percent, While Social Ad Spend Rose 50 Percent [Report]
Global search ad spend rose eight percent year over year in Q4 2015, while social advertising jumped 50 percent year over year among...

Google Announces “Real-Time Ads” So Marketers Can Jump On The Next Left Shark Moment
To help marketers take advantage of “micro-moments” — those events that everyone starts talking about — Google is today announcing online...

Google Changes Language, Being “Plus-Size” Or “Curvy” Isn’t A Negative Physical Attribute
Ad disapproval notices are typically uninteresting bland affairs, free of controversy. Last week, however, a disapproval notice from...

How Much Did Countdown Ads Play Into Search Advertisers’ Strategies This Holiday Season?
At the end of 2014, I wrote that dynamic copy needed to be an integral part of paid search advertisers’ 2015 arsenal. I spoke to the...

Is Your Paid Search Account Leaking Money? The Importance Of Query Mapping
There’s never a bad time to look for efficiencies within your account. Of course, there are the obvious things to look for: keyword bids,...

Cut The Fat: How To Reduce Wasted Ad Spend In Your AdWords Account
AdWords is a great place to waste money. Google makes it so easy — a few minutes of effort, and you are well on your way to giving them...

Making The Most Of Google Analytics Audiences Within Your Search Campaigns
Since its launch in 2013, Remarketing Lists for Search Ads (RLSA) has become such an integral tool for PPC marketers that it’s hard to...

Can You Guess What Was The Most Shared AdWords Content In 2015?
With 2015 wrapping up, let’s take a look at what articles related to AdWords got the most social sharing activity. I used BuzzSumo to...

The Six Quality Score & Ad Rank Questions Everyone Has For Google
Ad quality and Quality Score (the 1–10 metric in AdWords) are possibly the most debated things in all of AdWords. I think once you...
























