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.
4
votes
2answers
157 views
Run a Google Adwords campaign during particular times for multiple time zones
Is it possible to have a Google Adwords campaign covering lots of countries and lots of different time zones, and to have ads showing only during particular times of day as per those time zones?
For ...
1
vote
1answer
833 views
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. ...
0
votes
1answer
534 views
Basic tracking of conversion from Adwords using referrer, is it possible? (both Ads in SERP and in Content Network)
Reading in Adwords Help it seems the only way to track clicks to my site from Adwords is to use the Google code snippet.
If I don't want to use such snippet, and simply track the referrer, can we say ...
2
votes
1answer
52 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
16 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
197 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
29 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
46 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
248 views
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 ...
5
votes
2answers
115 views
Tracking AdWord ads with different text in Google Analytics
I'm trying to see how the text in my Google AdWords ads affects my metrics in Analytics. I have auto-linking enabled, so I figured I would be able to automatically see this in Analytics. ...
0
votes
1answer
89 views
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 ...
5
votes
2answers
117 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
58 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
58 views
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 ...
6
votes
1answer
121 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
80 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
54 views
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 ...
3
votes
3answers
195 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
67 views
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?
1
vote
1answer
60 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
93 views
Which keywords to choose for SEO?
I have recently started a site. it's not even 5 months old. The site's major content is images. When naming the images, I am using google's adword tool. I am able to see keywords with most and least ...
0
votes
0answers
122 views
SEM & Adwords: How many click without a sale before i should pause a keyword
I wonder how many clicks I optimally should let pass through every new keyword I try in Adwords before I find out that it's not making a profit and it should be paused!
It's actually four question.
...
3
votes
1answer
35 views
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 ...
5
votes
1answer
148 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
46 views
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: ...
4
votes
2answers
112 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
33 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
110 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
69 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
93 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
56 views
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 ...
6
votes
2answers
657 views
I can see traffic coming from google ads, even though I don't have any google ads running, how is that possible?
I can see "googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads...." as a referrer on my website. However I am not running any google ads. So how am I getting the traffic?
Here's the complete URL
...
0
votes
1answer
99 views
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. ...
1
vote
2answers
39 views
Adwords: is it possible to automatically copy changes in one campaign to other campaigns?
Is it possible to have identical campaigns except for one thing, and whenever changes are made to one campaign, the same changes are automatically made to others?
I want to have identical campaigns ...
1
vote
6answers
129 views
Google analytics/adwords account and leaking of private data
I am frequently asked to log into clients google analytics and adwords accounts. If I forget to log out before visiting other google properties (google search, youtube etc), this leaves tracks of my ...
1
vote
0answers
144 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
79 views
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 ...
4
votes
2answers
335 views
Does Google AdWords care about duplicate content?
Our site offers several families of products, all of which have a common set of configurations. For simplicity's sake, we'll say we offer products A, B and C, each with configurations 1, 2 and 3
...
0
votes
0answers
298 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
369 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views
Best free blogging site that allows AdSense and other advertising? [closed]
I'm looking to start my own blog. Under the incredibly vain assumption that anyone cares what I think, I'd like to put up some ads to fund my, um, habits, yeah. I don't want to have to pay anything, ...
1
vote
1answer
77 views
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 ...
0
votes
2answers
62 views
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 ...
3
votes
3answers
121 views
Adwords: Is there a drawback to setting a really high max CPC to learn what works faster?
I'm toying with increasing my max CPC really high on all my keywords so ensure my ad gets shown in the top spot on page one in order to draw more clicks.
I think this will be a good way to quickly ...
0
votes
2answers
255 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
44 views
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 ...
6
votes
1answer
149 views
Display only visits referred from a Google Adwords campain
I want to only display visits to my site which were sent by my Google Adwords campain preferably in the Visitors overview page.
I've tried filtering with 'Advanced Segments' but when I select "Paid ...
0
votes
0answers
100 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
52 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
562 views
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 ...
