Update 10/11/17: We have heard back from Google on several outstanding questions and clarifications and updated this story to reflect that and what it lays out in a new FAQ about the change. Following last week’s sudden announcement that Google AdWords campaigns may now spend as much as twice the daily budget that advertisers set for […]
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Google has announced that the new AdWords interface is now available to all advertisers. The new “experience” was unveiled last year, followed by a rollout over several months, from August of last year until the present. Along with new features for data visualization, the overhaul enhances load speed of account data up to 20 percent,
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The Apple App Store has announced it is expanding support for Search Ads into Canada, Mexico and Switzerland. Apple released Search Ads for the App Store a little over a year ago, with previous support limited to the US, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Apple’s Search Ad product is the iOS version of what Google Play
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Google and Facebook both have offline attribution. Now, Snap-owned Placed is introducing what it says is the first “media-independent” solution for paid search campaigns. (Multiple companies have offline attribution for display). Here’s the methodology as described by the company: Placed Attribution for Search directly measures the search click through a redirect implemented by the advertiser.
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Bing Ads has announced the rollout of an automated bid strategy aimed at maximizing the number of clicks advertisers can receive within their budgets. In August 2016, Bing Ads added the Enhanced CPC bid strategy, which automatically adjusts bids up or down based on the determined likelihood that a click will convert. How to use
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AdWords Scripts are now available in the New AdWords interface, giving users a visual refresh, as well as some new capabilities that make management a bit easier, especially for advertisers with lots of scripts in their accounts. Here are some of the key changes: See up to 500 script logs per page and filter by date.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Google AdWords notified advertisers in their accounts and on Twitter that a change had already happened to the way budgets get handled on a daily basis. It is not going over well. In the tweet, Google announced, “To help you hit your advertising goals, your campaigns can now spend up to twice
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Advertisers in the US and UK can now run Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) in the Bing Ads platform. DSA support is available in the platform’s online interface today, and it will roll out to Bing Ads Editor throughout October. How DSA works DSA is an automated way of allowing Bing to serve ads to searchers
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It is October — which means that the holiday buying frenzy is upon us. Advertisers will try to attract shoppers with enticing offers and promotions. To be competitive, you will need to stay up-to-date with the top offers in your category. To give you a window into the kinds of things to consider, I segmented
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In some industries and sectors, the per-click cost of search keywords is notoriously expensive — so expensive, in fact, that it dissuades some businesses from even stepping into the fray. When a click can cost you $200 or more, that reluctance is understandable. At the same time, the costs of not stepping into PPC might
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