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Date Archive: October 2008

Google Provides More Details On Quality Score. Nope.

“We’ll allow an ad that meets the quality threshold to appear above the search results even if it has to jump over other ads to do so. “

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Fast-Response Paid Search: J. Crew and Michelle Obama

J. Crew responds to the Tonight Show.

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The PPC Buying Cycle: Buyer Beware

The Buying Cycle is used by some as an excuse for overspending on general keywords. It’s a lovely theory, but we thought it was high time to take another look at whether the data supports it.

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Google Now Displaying SKUs in Paid Results

Helpful or harmful to users and advertisers?

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Sequoia’s “RIP” Powerpoint

Sequoia Capital’s powerpoint on the economic crisis, allegedly leaked.

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Find And Fix Your Inbound 404s

Allowing inbound links to fail on nonexistent pages is a marketing crime.

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Do Dancing Skeletons Sell More Mortgages?

I don’t get it.

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Walmart.com Runs Obama & McCain Videos

Walmart.com is promoting Obama and McCain videos from the homepage.

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A Prisoner’s Dilemma? PPC Advertising During The Current Financial Crisis

Irrational over-bidding helps none of us, except Google.

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OpenSQL Camp, Nov 14-16 2008, Charlottesville VA

If advanced database topics quicken your pulse, check out OpenSQL Camp.

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PPC Strategy During The Current Financial Crisis

Considering the perspective of paid search advertising, how should online advertisers be responding to the crisis on Wall Street?

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Our Inc 500 Brothers?

Our business is going really well thanks to our great clients. But looking at some other folks included in our category makes me shake my head in amazement…er something.

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  • George Michie: Kevin, Marc, thanks for your comments. Help is coming, but not the solution. There are a number of instances when the CTR on the...
  • Marc Adelman: George, You have been an advocate of “the advanced control option” for years now. Depressing right YEARS! Eh…listen...
  • Kevin Hill: Is what they really need is a fourth match type. Here’s google’s help documentation on broad match: This is the default...
  • Kevin Micalizzi, Dimdim Web Conferencing: Jim (& George)- We still offer a free version of Dimdim. Just click Sign Up Now at the top of the...
  • Tomas: indeed, i can’t talk about it either… :)
  • Philip Price: Thank you for the RegHack, it worked for me, tho at first when i made the reg file with the information i copied from above i also...
  • George Michie: Sorry Jim, this post was written in 2007. Apparently some of those products are gone.
  • Jim: Hey, I checked two products like dimdim and cutepdf but none is free. What are you talking about free and open source?
  • George Michie: If they keep hearing the same message, and seeing evidence in the data to back it up, something will have to give. There is hope on...
  • Tomas: I’ve been having the same argument with Google for months now and in the end there does seem to be a feature in the algorithm that...
  • George Michie: Doesn’t have to be, it can be intra-adgroup as well.
  • Josh: George – I take it you’re referencing a scenario where your exact-match keywords are not listed as negative exact match keywords...
  • George Michie: Melissa, you’re right, it’s always happened to varying degrees, particularly since the advent of extended broad match....
  • Mel66: I don’t think this is a bug. It’s been happening for years. It *is* impossible to manage, and I can’t help but wonder if...
  • George Michie: Thanks Matt, Sometimes humor serves a purpose.

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