Category Archives: Search Engines

Three PPC Predictions For 2012

Happy new year, PPC Without Pity readers! 2011 was a heck of a year for search engine marketing, and I’m sure that 2012 will be no less interesting. Of course, this is the time of year where all of us … Continue reading

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Checking Back on 2011′s PPC Predictions

Around this time last year, I made a few PPC predictions for 2011. And every year, I like to reflect back on what I said and see how my predictions panned out. Let’s take a look at what I said, … Continue reading

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Fixing AdWords Quality Score Issues (Part 4 of 4)

Note: this is the fourth part of a four part series detailing how to improve AdWords quality score issues at each level of your account. Check out part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. In this final … Continue reading

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Fixing AdWords Quality Score Issues (Part 2 of 4)

Note: this is the second part of a four part series detailing how to improve AdWords quality score issues at each level of your account. Check out part 1 here. The next stops on our tour of improving Google quality … Continue reading

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Using PPC For Market Research

I love hearing about ways that pay per click advertising can be used in unconventional ways. Sure, it’s great to get the word out about your products, but did you know that it can be a really valuable market research … Continue reading

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