Ok, so you may have seen that using negative keywords in your Google Adwords campaignsis a good idea and in fact suggested by Google. So what are negative keywords and why would you want to use them? Well let’s start with a brief description of what a negative keyword is: A Negative keyword is denoted in the Google Adword system by using a “-” before the word. This will prevent your ad from being triggered when the word after the “-” appears. Example Word List: Santa... 

Has anyone ever read the sentence in Google where they tell you not to use more than 20 words per ad? It is right above the area where you add new keywords to an ad group. This small one sentence is terrific advice that unfortunately I rarely see followed. I have seen ads that have literally over 1,000 words pointing to the same ad. So why shouldn’t you use more than 20 words per ad? Well let’s take a look at some great reasons to have less than 20 words per ad and see why? Your ad should... 

When we are setting up a new Google Adwords campaign it is important to be as specific as possible with the ad and the keywords that you select. We found that some of the biggest frustrations with Google Adwords is what words should people select to advertise on and then once they have those words what ad should they put with those words. So we have the two problems: Word Choice Ad matching those words Let’s keep this as simple as possible. Sometimes it is easier to write the ad before the... 

For those who are new to Google Adwords there are 4 different types of matching that can be done for your ads. They are as follows: Broad Match Exact Match Phrase Match Negative Match These are used when you add words to your ad groups. For today’s post we are going to cover Broad Match and Exact Match. By the way one is not really better than the other it just depends on what your goals are. So let’s get into each one and figure out why we would want to use each one differently in... 

One of the things that can frustrate anyone who uses Google AdWords is not seeing results. Now one of the surest ways to make sure you don’t get the results you desire is to drive all visitors from Your Google AdWords Campaign to your home page. There are reasons for this so we will go over our Top 4 Reasons Not to Point Your Ads to Your Home Page They are looking for something specific - this is the best reason not to point an ad to your home page. A user who clicks your ad has something... 

Google Adwords is a great program to get traffic to your website instantly. In fact it is the quickest way that you can get visitors to your website. Now having people visit your real estate website is great but having them convert to buyer leads or selling leads is better. So how can you tell if people converted to leads? Well you use Google’s conversion tracking code that’s how. Don’t be afraid if you aren’t a technical wizard. Thanks to Google you don’t have to be.... 

With all of the great tools that Google has to report to you what is going on with your ads, campaigns, and keywords it is quite easy to get soley focused on a few stats and the one that is, in my opinion, the easiest to get focused on is CTR or Click Through Rate. Now obviously this is a very important part of the Google formula. Google uses CTR to judge how effective your ad is and by that where you will place combined with your bid amount. That is not the point of this post however. Today I want... 

I find that when everyone gets started on Google and advertising with Google PPC (Pay Per Click) they either leave all the check boxes checked or start checking as many boxes as possible. This can make your first campaigns not as effective and can make them very costly to you. I want to make sure that you avoid the hard times of advertising on Google and make sure that you get the results that you desire. One setting that I encourage people (read into that tell them) to turn off when they get started... 

If you have a Google (R) adwords account we hope that you have logged in to it in the last several days. What you noticed is a message announcing a change to how Google will determine which ads appear above the search results. So what did they do and most importantly how will this affect you and your ads. The maximum price you are willing to pay for a click will now count! - This is known as Max CPC. Prior to this change your Max CPC did not affect (directly) where you were in the placement. It... 

So why would you want to increase your click through rate? Well it means that more people find your ad compelling and want to see what you have to offer. There is nothing better than increasing your click through rate on the ads you run on Google, MSN, or Yahoo. So we thought we would put some of our favorite ways to increase the click through rate. Use the keyword that you are advertising on in the title of the ad. For instance if you want to advertise on the word “San Diego Condos”....