Search Engine Land

MARCH 18, 2024

How often have you heard, “Use broad match along with smart bidding to get the best results?” It can also use previous user search data, other keywords in your ad group and your landing page’s content to show your ads on relevant searches. You can see this metric at the campaign, ad group or keyword level.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 30, 2023

Google Ads has been around for 23 years and is arguably the most complex PPC ad platform within digital marketing. After using Google Ads for over a decade, there are a few areas that I think most advertisers or agencies don’t utilize enough. But this is only true if your pixel is set up properly.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Google Ads has changed significantly, adjusting to the latest technologies and users’ evolving online behavior. This has led to the introduction of the Hagakure method, a new approach that simplifies Google Ads management, encourages using broad match options and takes advantage of Google’s automation tools.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Some of those sources are: Google Ads reps. Ad strength recommendations. Many PPC professionals can relate: You see “Google” on your caller ID, and you momentarily feel a boost in ego. And Google Ads’ role (or any other ad network) is to get you to spend more. The Help Center.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lead gen advertisers can do the same – only if they evolve their mindset and their Google Ads strategy to effectively drive better quality, higher value leads. Achieving significant revenue through Google Ads for lead gen comes with a lot of complexity, and there is no universal solution. Take out a piece of paper.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Despite the transformation, Google’s black box remains tightly shut. Push the Performance Max limits Performance Max campaigns, introduced by Google in 2021, have transformed online advertising, allowing advertisers to reach audiences across Google’s vast network with a single campaign.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It’s that time of year again – happy birthday, Google Ads! Ads on SGE Google rolled out search ads on the Search Generative Experience (SGE) when it launched in August 2023. Ads on SGE Google rolled out search ads on the Search Generative Experience (SGE) when it launched in August 2023.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Target return on ad spend (ROAS) is heralded as the holy grail of PPC advertising. In contrast to click-based and conversion-based bidding, this strategy is designed to optimize financial business outcomes. Your success with value-based bidding depends on how well it aligns with your business model and implementation quality.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 3, 2024

Regular audits of Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising campaigns are crucial for PPC marketers. ” “What’s cool about Google Ads is they have goal settings at account level and campaign specific goals. Find keywords that you never would have thought of to bid on. For example: 1.

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Martech

APRIL 5, 2024

Google issued a reminder that it will be discontinuing all Universal Analytics (UA) services and APIs on July 1. With Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties fully replacing UA, access to UA properties through the Google Analytics front-end and APIs will no longer be available starting in July. Exporting your data. What is changing?

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 8, 2024

First-party numbers will be significantly lower than GA4 audiences, Google Ads remarketing audiences and Meta custom audiences, which means there will be a shift in direct usage of that data as an actual campaign-level targeted audience and more of a component to enhance your account’s smart bidding and automated features.

eCommerce 110

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 8, 2023

Google Ads is rolling out several new features ahead of the holiday season. The platform has made the changes in a bid to improve insights, expand access to the Search top slot, reduce onboarding time for local inventory ads, and enable marketers to quantify the impact of online-only bidding vs. Smart Bidding for store visits.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Just because you see year-over-year (YoY) revenue growth or improved return on ad spend (ROAS) doesn’t mean you can get the party poppers out. Enable Google Ads conversion tracking In the age of AI and automation, accurate data tracking is more important than ever. What is the client’s priority objective?

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 21, 2024

Additionally, the tech giant provided additional insights into the deprecation timeline for Smart Shopping campaigns, which is set to begin in Q3 of this year. The tech giant added that the following capabilities were going to be added to PMax but did not provide any further detail to suggest when that might be. Why we care.

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Martech

AUGUST 9, 2023

Google Ads is rolling out several new features ahead of the holiday season. The platform has made the changes in a bid to improve insights, expand access to the Search top slot, reduce onboarding time for local inventory ads, and enable marketers to quantify the impact of online-only bidding vs. Smart Bidding for store visits.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Performance will take off if you lean in on its machine learning and smart algorithms. Performance Max in Google Ads is the culmination of everything that makes the world’s largest search engine special. Google intended Performance Max to be an all-in-one campaign type capable of serving the needs of most advertisers.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 18, 2023

Performance Max is a campaign type introduced by Google that allows advertisers to run ads across all of Google’s networks, including search, display, YouTube, Discover, Gmail and Maps, with a single campaign. Be sure to customize your ads for each platform to make the most of your cross-platform advertising efforts.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 9, 2023

Similar audiences have been a valuable tool for expanding prospecting efforts and improving the scale and quality of Google Ads campaigns – and it’s going away starting Aug. Here are alternatives and new strategies to maintain your PPC targeting capabilities. Optimized targeting is a broader strategy than similar audiences.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 24, 2023

Changes occurred gradually, giving marketers ample time to adapt their strategies. Google has announced that it will phase out third-party cookies in Chrome by the second half of 2024. This change will significantly impact online advertising since third-party cookies are crucial for targeting ads. Firefox: 3.5% Firefox: 3.5%

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Martech

JANUARY 30, 2024

Szu and her team were reviewing how the company connects with its customers and were concerned about over-relying on Google for acquisition. That was largely driven by conversations about our overall customer acquisition strategy, the different sources we look at to get in front of our audience, and the customer journey overall.”

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 1, 2023

Google’s similar audiences (or segments) will be removed from all ad groups and campaigns starting Aug. Similar segments (previously known as similar audiences) are automatic audiences created by Google Ads when your original list meets certain criteria, such as size and recency. What are similar audience segments?

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 28, 2022

If you’re considering spending any amount of money on ads to reach your target audience, you’d better spend it in the right place. Somewhere like Google. Google Ads was launched just two years after what has become the most popular website in the world: Google.com. What is Google Ads?

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Sachs Marketing Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Adapting to these changes enhances your digital marketing strategy and ensures your business resonates with the evolving preferences of your audience. Staying on top of the latest trends is essential for businesses that maintain a modern and successful digital marketing strategy.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Google’s Search Ads Week kicked off with two new tools to help advertisers deliver faster creatives and better performance. Google’s goal is to help advertisers deliver effective ads to their target audience by having a variety of relevant creative assets available. New improvements coming to assets.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Automated bidding and last-touch attribution on the Microsoft Audience Network As of today, the Enhanced cost per click (CPC) option is now accessible in all markets across the network. To experiment with alternative bidding methods, you’ll need to consult with your Microsoft Advertising account team. Let’s dive in.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 10, 2023

Are you looking to make your brand campaigns on Google Ads more efficient? As a European fintech business, we have used Google Ads as an acquisition lever. Initially, we found success with Google’s target impression share for brand campaigns. Challenging the status quo All queries are not created equal.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Google needs to re-evaluate its approach to automation, according to some advertisers. The search engine announced several AI-driven updates to Responsive Search Ads (RSAs) earlier this week to help streamline ad creation and boost return on investment. Take smart bidding, for example.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

No strategy is guaranteed to work. Testing the latest bidding strategies excites me, but my moves are deliberate to avoid disturbing performance. Major changes to a Google Ads account send the algorithms into a learning phase and create volatility as it re-learns. Risk-taking is part of any marketer’s job.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 5, 2023

I had the privilege of moderating a panel at SMX Advanced on PPC ad campaign structure. I had an enlightening discussion with Andrea Cruz, Director of Client Strategy at Tinuiti, and Greg Kohler, Digital Marketing Manager at ServiceMaster Brands. Cruz believes the Google best practice of following website structure is good.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 24, 2023

Google will automatically upgrade vehicle ad campaigns to Performance Max (PMax) from September. PMax with vehicle feeds uses Google AI to help marketers “reach their conversion goals, including qualified leads and dealership visits.” What has Google said? ” Why we care. SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 5, 2023

In addition, bid strategies like tROAS work based on the value of a conversion: How do you value a B2B lead that won’t close for 18 months? In addition, bid strategies like tROAS work based on the value of a conversion: How do you value a B2B lead that won’t close for 18 months? Lead generation automation challenges.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From creating ads to monitoring performance and understanding bidding strategies, there’s a lot to take in. With proper keyword research, you can more accurately build ads and landing pages that encourage clicks from users. The goal is to identify keywords you want to bid on as part of your PPC campaigns.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 28, 2023

As Google continues to push for automation , advertisers have gotten more creative about making updated best practices, including smart bidding strategies, work for their companies and verticals. But it should be treated a bit differently in terms of strategy and setup. The revenue is already set up.

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Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

So, I’m going to condense and share the data, research, tools, and strategies that the Foundation Marketing Team and I have been working on over the last year to help you better wield the collective power of AI and social media. What’s the role of AI in social marketing strategy? Translation: AI is good news for social media marketers.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 13, 2022

After years of perfecting ad optimization strategies for expanded text ads (ETAs), advertisers must now re-learn optimization for responsive search ads (RSAs), the new default ad text format on Google since July 2022. Still relying on uneditable legacy ads. of advertisers had never created an RSA yet.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 31, 2023

This is a gentle reminder that on August 1, Google will remove similar audiences (or segments) from all ad groups and campaigns. Marketers who would rather avoid this can go to the audiences tab in the Google Ads settings page and manually turn off the campaigns instead. What has Google said? SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 10, 2021

Everyone always asks me the same thing whenever I recommend business owners invest in PPC advertising : How much do Google Ads Cost? The truth is the cost of Google ads can vary massively depending on your industry and your strategy. How Does Google Calculate Ad Costs? How Does Ad Rank Work?

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