Be aware that the following email is now doing the rounds.
As with all phishing activities this purports to be a genuine communication from Google, but this has no foundation, and should be junked along with all others of its type.
As ever, only ever log into your Google Adwords accout via a bookmarked URL [...]
October 12th, 2009
Watch out for free draw scam (supposedly Google)
October 9th, 2009
Google Expresses Optimism
As illustrated in a previous blog post, research discovered that online advertising spend had overtaken TV advert expenditure for the first time in the first half of 2009, a result that was not expected to occur from next year.
Such figures imply that the internet is now a primary source of marketing.
Therefore it is of [...]
October 8th, 2009
Quality Score
The basis of an advertisement is to generate as much interest in it as possible, and to generate such interest, it has to be found and then read.
People tend to use the Google search engine because they want to find exactly what they are looking for, quickly, wasting as little time as possible in the [...]
October 7th, 2009
Bidding Control
It is important that the advertiser chooses the right bid option that will lead to the greater amount of conversions.
October 6th, 2009
Searching for Keywords
The fundamental reason why you have to carry out keyword research is to detect the most competitive keywords in your marketplace.
October 6th, 2009
AdWords Scams and Cons
Have you been ripped off?
How to tell, and what to do next…
If you are approached by any business claiming to be able to get you a fast, guaranteed ranking on Page One of Google, and get unlimited clicks for a low, fixed monthly budget, you are being deceived.
Here’s why:
yes, you can get on page one [...]
October 2nd, 2009
Google Translations
“How long would it take to translate the entire world’s web content into 50 languages?”
September 30th, 2009
Invalid Clicks
We previously outlined the common causes of changes in clicks; however there is another factor that can determine an increase in clicks.
This is known as invalid clicks, which can involve either repeated manual clicking or the use of an automated clicking device. Why does this occur?
There are various reasons why, although frequent reasons [...]
September 29th, 2009
Click, Click and Click
From the previous blog post ‘Coming to Terms with Adwords Part 1’, we covered the meaning of the Click through Rate (CTR), as clicks divided by impressions.
Clicks are integral to PPC advertising as they illustrate how many visitors choose to reach your website from the search and content networks. As a result, more clicks and [...]
September 28th, 2009
Negative Thinking
Therefore it is important to tell Google Adwords of the words that are not relevant to your keywords. These are known as negative keywords.