PPC Blog Posts

How to Use Beyonce’s Baby and Other Popular Trends to Set up Facebook Targeting

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Engagement, Facebook, PPC

Blue Ivy Carter, the already famous daughter of superstars Jay-Z and Beyoncé is guaranteed to generate enough interest to spawn hundreds of Facebook fan groups.

For those of you that don’t know about the story, find out more here. (more…)

Google Product Listing Ads Prove Useful for PPC Campaigns

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Google, PPC

Initially I was unsure about how I felt about Google moving the paid search ads from the right hand side to below the organic listings. I was also dubious when Google announced that these ads would get a higher click-through rate. It seemed clear that they were doing this to make room for something else. (more…)

How to Improve Your Google Search Partners PPC Performance

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Google, PPC

The search partner’s network is often taken at face value; you either have it on or off. Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn’t.

When it doesn’t work too well, you often have no choice but to turn it off, until now.

Google doesn’t make it easy for you to see which search partner sites you appear on. (more…)

Search marketing in 2012: Our predictions.

Friday, December 16th, 2011

PPC, SEO

It’s the time of year for reflection, looking back at the last twelve months and making predictions for 2012.

We asked our SEO and PPC experts for their thoughts on what the next year will have in store for search marketers. Let us know what your predictions are. (more…)

Could Google Make AdWords Interface Look Better?

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Google Adwords, PPC

I regularly work on a laptop and this is the screen I see when I login to one of my accounts. (Just to be clear, this is the full view on a 15” screen, totally un-cropped and with the help section minimised.) (more…)