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How Do Your Google AdWords Metrics Compare to Industry Averages? [New Benchmark Data]

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Trouble is, mastering Google AdWords is really tricky. To help shed some light on the situation, the folks at WordStream released a detailed new study on AdWords industry metrics. This information can be used to inform your AdWords strategy, and ultimately help you improve your overall ad performance.

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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

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This is when Google marketing cleaned up the mess, and launched AdWords , which offered CPC pricing and let advertisers pay to run campaigns solely on the Google network. The average clickthrough rate across all formats and placements is 0.06%. Y2K Fears & How They Changed Online Ad Buying.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Impression Shares

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Adwords Impression Share. Quality score evaluates your keywords' past performances, ad relevance, landing page experience, and expected clickthrough rate. There are plenty of options for customizing it, too. For example, you can set it to bid for a certain section of the page — like the top half — or for certain times and places.

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Google’s New AdWords Quality Score Reporting: Where Did All My 10s Go?

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Recently, Google announced a change in the way Quality Score would be reported within AdWords. As reported on the Inside AdWords blog : "Please note that this is only a change to how a keyword’s 1-10 Quality Score is reported. Will the New Quality Scores Affect Your AdWords Performance? Did Google snatch away your 10s?

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Google AdWords' New Ad Rank Formula: What You Need to Know

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An ad extension is an option in AdWords that allows you to expand your ad with additional information and links back to your site. Google loves when advertisers use sitelinks and other ad extensions because they reliably increase clickthrough rate (CTR) , and more clicks mean more money for Google. are sitelinks.

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A Simple Guide to Mastering the Basics of Effective Social Media Advertising

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For example, here at HubSpot, we promoted an industry-specific piece of content — The Little Book of Inbound for Finance Marketers — on both LinkedIn and Facebook. Make It Relevant: Social advertising is different to Adwords search advertising. Clickthrough Rate (CTR). 3) How to Create Ads that Convert.

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YouTube Ads for Beginners: How to Launch & Optimize a YouTube Video Advertising Campaign

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In January 2017, Google announced it would make changes to AdWords to allow advertisers to reach more viewers on YouTube -- especially across mobile devices, where 50% of YouTube views take place. First, go to your Google AdWords account to set up your campaign. 10 Tips for Optimizing Your AdWords for Video Ads. Campaign Type.