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AdWords Search Funnel Reporting – Part 4: Paths

Welcome to the final chapter in my four-part series on AdWords Search Funnel reporting. This week we’ll be covering the three path reports: Top Paths, Time Lag, and Path Length. Path reports are helpful because they indicate how many search … Continue reading

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AdWords Search Funnel Reporting – Part 3: First and Last Click

In part three of my ongoing series on AdWords search funnel reporting, I’ll be going over the first-click and last-click attribution reports. For those not familiar with first/last click attribution, here’s how it works. In most search situations, a user … Continue reading

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AdWords Search Funnel Reporting – Part 2: Assists

Welcome to part two of my handy how-to guide on AdWords Search Funnel reporting. Last week, I covered the basic Search Funnel reports, and this week we’ll be going over Assist reports. An “assist” is when a click or impression … Continue reading

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AdWords Search Funnel Reporting – Part 1: Overview

I’m a huge fan of conversion reporting – it’s an essential aspect of PPC marketing. If you don’t have conversion tracking set up in your account, you will have no idea where your ad dollars are going. But even if … Continue reading

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On PPC And Privacy

Well, it looks like the internet has collectively flipped its lid yet again regarding a Google privacy violation. The scandal of the week is the allegation by the Wall Street Journal that Google bypassed privacy settings in iPhone Safari browsers … Continue reading

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