AdWords is Google's pay-per-click (PPC) contextual advertising advertising network, offering cost-per-click (CPC), cost-per-thousand (CPM) advertising, and site-targeted advertising for text, banner, and rich-media ads.

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Attaching an Google AdWords conversion to a campaign

In Google AdWords, I've created a conversion and put the script onto my webpage but now I don't know how to connect this conversion to a campaign, so that it shows up on the table for the campaign ...
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What exactly does “exact” and “broad” mean in keywords adwords tool?

I have read several articles on this, but still fail to understand. For example I have the following keywords in adwords: Cheese in NY - Volume: 22.000 searches Cheese NY - Volume 22.000 searches ...
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Investing into google or twitter advertisement? [closed]

I'm planing my marketing campaign now. I would usually invest into Adwords, however now I'm thinking, should I try out twitter for business? As it will also guarantee followers, therefore long term ...
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Setting up one goal in Google Analytics to be tracked by several Adwords Accounts

Is there a way to have one goal in Google Analytics and have it be associated with several accounts within Google Adwords. One goal is working fine for one account in Adwords, but the other accounts ...
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Google Adwords have flagged my site as containing malware

However, there Webmaster Tools does not - and never has. And we have never had a message via Webmaster Tools or Analytics that we have malware. To quote Google: [The Malware Team] have looked at ...
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Ad network to target a specific browser only

I'm looking for an ad network which allows me to target only users with a specific browser. I want to advertise my online app which only works in one of the major 3 browsers. I've looked at some of ...
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Small adwords campaigns with low budget

Having a google adwords campaign of a daily budget less than 10€ ($13, £8.5), I had these: Setup 1 (1 campaign with 100% budget) x (3 ad groups) x (2 to 3 ads) = 40-60 clicks/day long list of ...
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What search statistics are most reliable?

I'm doing some research into the SEO of one my websites and looking at different keywords and the search traffic they generate. Let's say I have a search term I'm ranked number one for a keyword and ...
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Mixing keywords match types in Google Adwords

Using Google Adwords: Q#1. Can someone use a mix of match types in keywords? For example, can someone use the keyword [large size] +leather "black shoes" from Atlantis, thus using exact, modified ...
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Import and edit AdWords cost data

I am trying to follow the instructions at this Analytics help page, and I cannot find the "Apply cost sources" box required in step 7. Has this been moved? Is it still necessary to link my Analytics ...
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Is Google Adwords keyword tool showing right data like local monthly searches?

For example, for keyword gifts, keyword tool from Google shows Global Monthly Searches as 16,600,000 and (India) Local Monthly Searches as 823,000 so is it really a right numbers?
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The keyword “price” for adwords?

I have a keyword that I use in adwords. In my local language which is translated as "caliper prices", has "landing page quality: under average" Landing page of this URL is a list of calipers and ...
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How to autopause Google Adwords if server is down?

Should I write my own monitoring script and use Adwords API to pause the campaigns if my server is down, or there is a simple way to do it? I don't want to use 3rd party software, because the task ...
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How do I know dead links in Google ad-words?

I am spending a lot of money on Google ad-words in my website. Sometimes customers get dead links from ad-words and unable to get to intended page. I know this is an issue from my part. I need to ...
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I suspect our agency artificially increased traffic

I had a first suspicion when I compared our previous CPC campaign, managed in house with the one who was done by agency. In previous campaign there was no traffic increase from organic traffic, while ...
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How can I embed Adwords conversion tracking in a Google Sites page?

I've got an Adwords campaign running that directs people to my Google Sites page. Unfortunately, when I paste the Adwords conversion tracking code into a Google Sites page, I get the error: WARNING: ...
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Using google analytics goals to optimise goals in adwords

We have set up goals in analytics to do with time on site, we also have an adwords campaign running, i noticed in adwords you can set up a conversion in adwords. But this only works by putting code ...
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AdWords Keyword Insertion in Destination URLs

I cannot for the life of me get keyword insertion in my destination URLs to work. I want to have the keyword appear in the destination URL. I've tried turning off autotagging, and have tried all of ...
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Updating adwords account after change of address / url

We've recently changed our url for our site, we've set up 301 redirects from the old pages to the new ones and updated google webmaster tools. Adwords does not allow you to run ads to one site and ...
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Alternatives to Marin Software for ppc management? [closed]

Does anyone have suggestion for ppc management tool similar to Marin Software but is much cheaper? Marin Software Enterprise charges a minimum of several thousand dollars per month. The functionality ...
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Changing AdWords campaign structure

I've been running a campaign for about a year and a half now and the campaign has been setup by location. I'd have one campaign targeted for a specific region. And then I would duplicate the ad groups ...
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Google Analytics: What is the limit of tracked pageviews per month?

I have been looking around to try and find some confirmation and clarity on the limit of pageviews that Google allow per month for a Google Analytics account. I have read that the limit of hits per ...
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How to Track Visitors Comming from Adwords and Disable form fields that is not on landing page

There is a lead form on my website where we track from which source visitors have arrived. I wanted to disable the drop down and auto populate it with predefined data if the visitor is from adwords. ...
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Global vs. Local Monthly Searches in Adwords keyword tool

I'm trying to learn how to use a keyword tool in Adwords. Here's what I entered: Country- Russia Language-Russian Desktop and laptop devices And the keyword was туры в израиль (tours to Israel in ...
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What is “undetermined” mention in Google Analytics?

Is there anyone who has an idea why I find the mention "undetermined" in the statistics keywords of my Google Analytics account. This mention seems to be associated only with my display network ...
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Can I improve my AdWords quality scores with better landing pages?

I noticed that I have some keywords in my AdWords that are totally applicable to my site but the quality score of the keyword is 4 or 5. I'd like to get it up higher by creating custom versions of my ...
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How should I setup billing for AdWords when managing a client's campaign in My Client Center? [closed]

I have worked with Google AdWords before and will now be managing an AdWords account for a client. I have a My Client Center account, but I'm wondering what the best practices are for billing. Should ...
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linking Google AdWords account to Google Analytics account

I have a Google Analytics account that has two profiles, one for www.ayrshireminis.com and one for www.crmpicco.co.uk. I have a Google AdWords account that I would like to link to my Google Analytics ...
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Is it possible to track an outsourced adwords campaign?

We have a site that is paying a 3rd party to run adwords campaigns on our behalf. They do this using their own Adwords account and so we are unable to link it to our Google Analytics account. We do ...
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how google ads refer to dynamic content?

I have mobile app / site and I want to use google ads with method PPM (pay per impression) I am changing the page content programmatically with java script . so if the user navigate to new page I ...
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Will Google harm my ad's rating if my display URL in adwords does not exist?

I have a service in a very big city, and to make my ads stand out, I display the name of the neighborhood in the display URL, although the actual URL is always the same page with my services for any ...
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How to extract AdWords keywords from incoming traffic?

I have a landing page in which I need to understand what keywords are coming in from AdWords and then display some information based on this. I am not certain, but I don't believe that this ...
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Tracking untagged adwords visits in Google Analytics

In the event an AdWords campaign doesn't tag its ads, is there any way to identify the traffic (I know I won't get the low-level type of reporting available through properly tagged campaigns, I just ...
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Is AdWords ad blocked from top spots of SERPs until it is reviewed?

I have an AdWords ad and a keyword with a Quality Score of 10. Inferring from CPC from actual clicks, max CPC is set way beyond that of the third advertiser from the SERP for this keyword (there are ...
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Problem with choices.truste.com/ca

When I was reviewing my own website I keep getting a message Do you want to open or save ca.js from http://choices.truste.com/ca I have tried to ban adverts from this domain, but worrying message ...
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AdWords test with two different agencies - can I track their results without them being aware of each other

Currently going through a process of testing two AdWords ppc providers at the same time from two separate AdWords accounts. However they will require access to my GA account for linking and ecommerce ...
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Malicious & nonbeneficial IP address blocks (subnets) for AdWords blocking

I'm looking for a list or lists of address blocks / subnets of potentially malicious or unfruitful / known botnets or Google scrapers. The purpose of this is to help to eliminate bot clicks / scrapes ...
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What is the the maximum time for a user to return to Google for the visit to be flagged up as a bounce in GA?

I know that Google measures bounce rates by how fast a user returns to the results page after clicking-through to a website. Roughly what is the maximum duration of the visit for the user to then ...
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Approx 52% of Google SERP clicks goes to slots 1-10, but where do the other 48% go?

I have been pouring over some various figures whilst putting together CTR / cost / earning calculations for ad runs I'm about to start, however I've been missing some, of what I think are, key base ...
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How to save money on AdWords?

Currently I am spending quite a lot on Google AdWord for search campaign, I am looking at methods to save money while maintaining the clicks. I have tried to switch from automatic pricing to manual ...
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AdWords traffic not (properly) reflected in Analytics

I have an AdWords account, which was set to use Auto-tagging of URLs. When looking at the Analytics account for that site, I couldn't find any reference to AdWords traffic either in the Advertising ...
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I want to view google page sponsored ads (next to search result section) from another country. I am from india

I want to view google page sponsored ads (next to search result section) from another country. I am from india. I am currently getting ads related to my geograhical region thats India.
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adwords traffic shows as 'not set' in google analytics

in google analytics if i go to traffic sources > search > paid all i get is "not set". instead of the usual list of keywords that people have used to find the ad, this makes it really difficult to ...
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Google Adwords: What is the difference between automatic pricing and manual pricing?

Do you use the Google adWord automatic pricing (provide the upper limit you would like to spend), or do you manually adjust and set the the bid price = first page bid min. price? According to Google, ...
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adwords traffic showing up in analytics as organic traffic, not paid?

I've got adsense ads running driving ppc traffic to my site. When I go into Google analytics under the tab traffic sources > search > organic, I get all the search terms people have come through for. ...
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Managing multiple Adwords accounts from one Google account

I have a Gmail account linked to numerous Analytics accounts, and a couple of Adwords accounts - that is, I can track stats from a dozen or so sites, and have administration rights for a couple of ...
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How to determine the amount to spend per phrase on Adwords research?

My company would like to start a PPC advertising campaign. Whilst I understand the concept and how to set everything up from a technical point of view, this is something I've never done before. ...
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Is PPC effective marketing Web Design & Development Services [closed]

Have anyone tried to do a PPC campaign on services like, Web Design Web Development Graphic Design Logo Design Programming as an individual and not a company? I've seen companies advertise web ...
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What to do if Google Adwords keyword tool suggests “no searches”

I believe I have a great idea, and want to test the market before I create a site for it. However, I'm having some difficulty with Google AdWords - I'm a total beginner with SEO/SEM. When I plug in ...
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Any advantage to the script version of Google Adwords' conversion tracking code?

Google Adword has an HTML snippet to track conversions: <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var google_conversion_id = 12345; var google_conversion_language = "en"; var ...

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