adwords

I first saw this spoof video at a Google Agency day. It’s funny but scary at the same time. How does your shopping experience match up? Use Google Analytics to see where people are leaving your site. If you’re not using goals and funnels to monitor user experience, you should be. It isn’t enough to [...]

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If you’ve logged in to your Google AdWords account recently, you may well have seen this message at the top of the screen: The short version of this is that Google are changing the way Exact match and Phrase match keyword options operate. Before I go on, if you don’t understand the various keyword options, [...]

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It is well known that Google regularly close AdWords accounts where the advertiser creates adverts that break one of their strict policy rules. These can include topics such as counterfeit goods, products that are harmful or ads with misleading claims. In 2011 – 800,000 AdWords advertisers had their accounts closed. These accounted for 130 million [...]

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So, today we see the launch of Google’s new Privacy Policy. If you use any of Google’s services (who doesn’t?), you would no doubt have seen a message or received an email about this. Did you read it? Does it matter? We’ve discussed Internet privacy here before. Of course, this is a sensitive topic and, [...]

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Online marketing is a cost-effective way to increase your business and see immediate results. It can be targeted more directly than print advertising, giving you a higher return from your investment. Online marketing can easily be done in-house by a small business, or it can be outsourced to experts. Most businesses have websites. Many of [...]

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Google AdWords is a simple and effective way to increase relevant traffic to your website. A successful AdWords campaign can increase unique visits to your website and encourage visitors to follow your ‘call to action’. This might be to purchase a product, enquire about a service or sign up to receive your e-newsletter. Google AdWords: Search [...]

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Boost Your Business with Seasonal Online Advertising

As Christmas is fast approaching, it seems an ideal time to reflect on how you can use online advertising campaigns to boost your seasonal sales. Seasons define the sale of many products. Easter eggs replace tinsel on the shelves of supermarkets, just as BBQs are whipped out of stores once the summer holidays are over [...]

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What is Google AdWords? A Guide for Small Business Owners

You have an excellent website with engaging content and quality images, but what use is it if people can’t find it? Google AdWords can be used to drive relevant visitors to your site. It’s an excellent marketing tool for small websites, as it can be challenging to incorporate all of your key phrases into your website [...]

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Google Announce Bid-Per-Call for UK AdWords Advertisers

Continuing their domination of online paid advertising, Google AdWords have just announced that Bid-Per-Call, i.e. paying for telephone calls received via AdWords ads, is going to be rolled out over the next few weeks within the UK. So, if you have a business where you know that a lot of your leads are likely to [...]

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AdWords Express UK Advert Typo

We all do it, I know, but nevertheless, it was amusing to see this advert promoting Google’s latest flavour of AdWords, ‘Express’ for the UK: The keen eyed amongst you (and the red arrow should help for the rest) will see that ‘Add’ has been used as the shortened version of ‘Advert’. To re-cap on [...]

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