Tag Archives: AdWords
AdWords Ad Extensions and their Effects on Your AdWords Campaigns
With the constant innovation occurring at Google, you may have noticed some new and exciting changes to Google AdWords. Some recent additions include Ad Extensions such as Sitelinks, Location Extensions, Click to Call Extensions to name a few, and more … Continue reading
The Profit Maximising Approach to AdWords
Google AdWords and other search engine marketing (SEM) platforms afford advertisers a great degree of control over the cost of their media placements. By being able to control the maximum cost-per-click for every keyword, this puts advertisers in a position … Continue reading
Bidding on Your Own Company Name in AdWords
One PPC strategy that often causes some trepidation amongst advertisers is the decision about whether or not to bid on their own company name and other related brand terms. It is a common argument that if a user is typing … Continue reading
Google TV: A New Frontier in Television Advertising?
A couple of days ago at the 2010 Google I/O conference, Google announced the impending launch of Google TV. This (possibly) game changing platform will work to bring the web and traditional TV closer together than they have ever been … Continue reading
Google Takes on PayPal – Google Checkout
If there’s one web company out there that can strike fear into the hearts of all the others, then Google is definitely it. For quite some time, the online payment world has been dominated by PayPal, as its raft of … Continue reading
SEM Tip – Target Your Customers Location with AdWords
SEM Tip #2 The internet is a big place, so making sure your online advertising dollars effectively reach your target market is one of the biggest challenges for managers. When it comes to most marketing activities, whether it be a … Continue reading
The Battle for Search Supremacy – Google vs Microsoft – Round 2
A few months back I wrote an article about how Microsoft and Google were about to go head to head in search and detailed Microsoft’s plans to take on Google’s online marketing monopoly using display advertising. A few things have … Continue reading
Is It the End for Yahoo Search Marketing?
With the recent announcement that Yahoo! and Google have agreed to terms over search-based advertising, many in the industry are beginning to wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Yahoo’s Search Marketing program. The agreement, which still … Continue reading
SEM Tip – Don’t Get Hung Up on Click-Through-Rates
SEM Tip #1 When it comes to managing a search engine marketing (SEM) campaign online in Google AdWords or one of the other search marketing programs, too many businesses get carried away with click-through-rates (CTR). But before I get into … Continue reading
Spend on Search – The Budget Alternative
With macroeconomic conditions in Australia meaning that many businesses are tightening their belts, the most common area that spending is being cut from is marketing. This is evident by the fact that marketing positions are down by 26% across Australia … Continue reading
