Google AdWords Advices

August 8, 2009 by
Filed under: PPC 

A lot of people plan to advertise with Google, but there are important things to consider before doing so. It is an undeniable fact that Google played a major role in the web today and Google AdWords has bring in billions of dollars to Google each year. But despite that, not all advertisers profit from Google AdWords.

In order to make sure that you profits from your endeavour, you need to know what to do. You really don’t have to bid on the top keywords. The keywords that you bid on must be relevant to your website, but they may not necessarily be the most expensive. Read on for more Google AdWords tips.

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Always Include Keywords

You should include your keyword in any Google AdWords ads. On the average, a person will glance away from the actual search results in just a couple of seconds. If they don’t see the keyword they’re searching for in the ads, they will go away. You must make sure that the keyword is in the ad and that the ad makes sense to your prospects. This may be difficult because there is a limited space for the ad, but an excellent advertiser can create great ads even with such little word space. Make the most out of your ads by placing your keywords in them, or else your time and effort are wasted.

Making Use of Bidding Strategies – High to Low Bidding

Here’s a useful strategy for bidding, but first let me explain how Google ranks your ads. Google ranks your ad by two things, your bid price and your Click-Through-Rate (CTR). The CTR is the number of clicks your ad gets when it was shown. Having a new account, you will have a lower quality score, which is normal. Thus, you should start bidding a little higher to get visibility. Most newbies bid high to get that initial exposure. When your CTR is a higher, then you can slowly lower your bid price. You aim is to have the lowest possible price that still keeps your ad on the first page.

Low to High Bidding Strategy

Another common bidding strategy is the reverse of the above strategy. This is best used for keywords that are less competitive and for people who have budget that are limited. You start off by placing a low bid price and then slowly increasing that price until you reach the first page. Again, you must try to land your ads on the first page with the lowest bid possible.

Try Negative Keywords

Negative keywords help prevent your ads from appearing in search results that are unrelated, else your ads can appear to audiences who are not your target. You have a specific audience to target and you want to make sure that your ad gets to them and no others. Your ad can display to the wrong people if you don’t use negative keywords list. For instant, when you are selling a dog collar and you are using “collar” as your keyword. When a searcher type in the word “collar” into the search engine, he may not be looking for dog collar. He may own a cat and looking for a cat collar. This is where you used the negative keywords, add “cat” into the list and your ad would not appear. You must use the negative keywords to target your ads. This will increase your CTRs and give your website more relevant visitors.

Ad Testing

Testing your ads is important,Google AdWords can be a pain in the neck to use at times, but one good thing about it is that testing in Google AdWords can be automatic. You simply place two different ads in each Ad group. Google displays both of these for you and record your CTR. After a specific time frame, you will get results on which ad gets a higher CTR. With the result, you can choose which ad to remove and which ad to use. If you have numerous ads, you can repeat this process until you find the perfect ad for your campaign.

Being the biggest search engine in the entire world, Google has millions of ads placed everyday. If you want to make sure that your Google AdWords campaign is successful, all you need to do is to know what is important. These tips may just be a few among the strategies that you have to master, but these tips can help you start.

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