How to Get Banned on Google AdWords

With all that is going on in the SEO world, it is easy to forget that there are things that can illicit action from Google on the paid side as well. Many companies start AdWords Campaigns without reading the guidelines and that can cause many issues down the road. There are four main ways to [...]

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March 9, 2011 | 5 Comments | Read Story

How to Avoid Crossing the Black Hat Line in Your Email Marketing

Some of the less ethical SEO email marketers out there are making the fatal error of deciding to “bend the rules” by trying on the ebony Stetson. There are very few worse things that a SEO specialist can do to simultaneously ruin their reputation and their business than engaging in unscrupulous and indecorous online communication [...]

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March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment | Read Story

Attention Traditional Companies: Stop Trying!

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hesitant on writing this article because I felt that I might end up feeding the ranting mill, but to save you from all the twitching and wincing, I felt that a simple statement will drive my point: “Traditional companies/marketers should stop trying. Period.” Trying to go online [...]

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February 24, 2011 | 12 Comments | Read Story

SearchFest 2011 Interview: Matthew Brown

Matthew will be speaking about “Advanced On-Site SEO” at SearchFest 2011, which will take place on February 23rd at the Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are available now. To purchase, please click the following link. 1) Please give us your background and tell us what you do for a living. In January 2011, I [...]

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February 17, 2011 | 5 Comments | Read Story

Ad Text Evolution: 5 Changes to Your AdWords Ads & How They Affect Your Bottom Line

There’s a lot going on over on the AdWords product development team. Keywords are dying, new AdWords features are rolling out all the time, campaigns are being experimented with, and AdWords is running small business campaigns and letting you automate your campaigns. Amidst all the innovation and commotion they haven’t forgotten about ad text. We [...]

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February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments | Read Story

Strategies To Sharpen Your Keyword List

It does not matter if you are optimizing your website or doing AdWords pay-per-click. Keyword research should be the foundation of very online marketing strategy. Keyword research can indicate to you holes in your search engine optimization and paid search strategies. It can also help you find new keywords with high-potential and content for your [...]

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February 15, 2011 | 12 Comments | Read Story

The Ancillary Benefits of Call Tracking

Call tracking is nothing new, but it can often be overlooked with all the set up options available for an online marketing campaign. Call tracking is an absolute must in terms of quantifying PPC or other paid initiatives, but let’s forget the obvious for a minute and look at some of the other benefits call [...]

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February 9, 2011 | 4 Comments | Read Story

For Keyword Targeting in Paid Search, Beware The Galaxy Effect

Are you targeting the entire universe of prospective customers via your paid search campaigns? If you are unsure, you’re not alone.  There are many factors that go into running a successful paid search initiative, including mapping out the right account structure, performing extensive keyword research, building ad creative, crafting campaign landing pages, analyzing and optimizing [...]

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February 8, 2011 | 13 Comments | Read Story

Why PPC Is The Key To A Successful SEO Strategy

One thing I love about search is the ability to collect data and turn that data into sales. However, when you have a new site, you don’t have any on site data to analyze. When we don’t have existing data to analyze we need to create data and we can do this quickly with a [...]

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February 3, 2011 | 8 Comments | Read Story

AdWords + AdSense and Click Arbitrage

When I first read this AdWords and AdSense post from the Inside AdWords blog, I was dumbfounded. They are against click arbitrage and have been fighting it outwardly since 2006. So why after 5 years are they seemingly advocating it? Simple, they aren’t. This is one of those instances where Google seems to go against [...]

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February 2, 2011 | 1 Comment | Read Story