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Google AdWords Blog Posts
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- Paid Search
- 14th Feb 2012
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Recommended Automated Rules for AdWords
With Google recently updating the number of rules an individual user can create from 10 to a 100 within AdWords, I thought it might be useful to run through a few of the more useful rules that can be set up with an AdWords account to help you keep on top of things. -
- Paid Search
- 23rd Jan 2012
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Why Link Your Google Plus Page to AdWords?
2012 seems to be the year to push Google Plus. The internet giants are investing huge amounts in promoting their own social network and even stars like David Beckham are on board to back the campaign. -
- Analytics
- 11th Jan 2012
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AdWords Segmentation to Improve Results - Part 1, Users
There are many ways to optimise an AdWords account, from improving the structure to implementing ad extensions, but one of the most important things is to improve your results from analysing the data. This is the first in a series of posts about data segmentation.Some people don’t like to get in to the nitty gritty numbers and get scared by spreadsheets, but the methods I’m going to cover make understanding the numbers easy and simplify your optimisation, and for once, my post won’t require you to open a spreadsheet! Unless of course you want to…
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- Paid Search
- 10th Jan 2012
- 2 Comments
Why You Shouldn't Always Trust Google
They’re at it again. Google have been found advertising illegal Olympic ticket resellers within their search results. However, that is really only the tip of the iceberg.The latest exposé comes courtesy of the BBC, who found a number of people who had unwittingly coughed up for tickets that didn’t exist from companies that are equally elusive. The reason why they had fallen foul of this old ruse was simply that it appeared at the top of Google.
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- Paid Search
- 3rd Jan 2012
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Can Competitors Use My Brand Name in AdWords?
Is a competitor bidding on your brand name in Google AdWords? Or using your brand name in their ad text? Read more
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- Paid Search
- 1st Dec 2011
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Christmas Mobile & Tablet Strategies for AdWords
It’s that time of year again when people start to panic about Christmas shopping. If like me you leave everything to last minute you may need to make a purchase from your Smartphone. Recent research has shown that 44% of searches for last minute holiday gifts will be from a mobile device. So how do you take advantage of the Smartphone Christmas traffic? Read more -
- Paid Search
- 17th Nov 2011
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How Does Google AdWords Work? - Infographic
If you’re new to Google AdWords or are considering a PPC campaign for your website, there is a lot to get your head around. What is a Quality Score? How much should you bid for keywords? How do you know if you’re targeting the right terms. It’s not easy.So to explain the process a little better, here’s a useful infographic from WordStream; outlining how it all works and providing a straightforward definition for a few of the acronyms and other jargon used in Paid Search.
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- Paid Search
- 3rd Oct 2011
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Keywords, Match Types and Triangulation for AdWords
One of the most common mistakes I see in an AdWords campaign setup by your average guy is the misuse of keyword match types. Google seem to make the process of building a campaign very easy for an average small business owner looking to buy some digital advertising space on the Google high street. It is pretty obvious why it is made this easy in my opinion; it makes Google a lot of money. -
- Paid Search
- 20th Sep 2011
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Fintan Gillespie, Google Industry Manager for the UK and Ireland, was warmly welcomed to the Koozai Head Office in Southampton on Wednesday, where he came to chat with us about all things Google, our client accounts and explaining how he drove from Australia to Ireland in a Hummer… Read more -
- Paid Search
- 6th Sep 2011
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Google AdWords Ad Extensions – Part 4 of 4 – Call Extensions
I have already gone through the top three AdWords Ad Extensions in the past weeks – initially planned as a three part series. As I concluded the last post on Product Extensions, I felt it would be a shame to miss out on Call Extensions, especially with the growing market for mobile search.I hope this fourth (bonus) part of my AdWords Ad Extension series can be of use!
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- Paid Search
- 1st Sep 2011
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New Features of Google AdWords Editor 9.5
Google AdWords Editor has a bunch of handy new features, thanks to the Version 9.5 update. This post talks about these features and when you might find some of them useful.Location Extensions
The latest update makes creating location extensions in Editor nice and easy. Under the Extensions tab you will now find the ‘Location Extensions’ option. Here you can set up an extension with all the usual details (name, address, telephone) as well as an image for your icon:
