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Automatic Broad Match Cheat Sheet

by admin on January 30, 2010

Here’s the Automatic Broad Match Discussion Cheat Sheet

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Adwords Automatic Broad Match

by admin on January 30, 2010

I don’t know about you, but sometimes my head spins with all the different match types Adwords offers, especially when it comes to leveraging their fuzzy logic (which you definitely WANT to do).

I mean, there’s exact match, phrase match, broad match, expanded broad match, and now “automatic broad match”.  Throw in negative exacts, negative phrases,  etc. and you’ll have an aneurysm.

Jerrold Burke is a Senior Analyst in the PPC department at Rocket Clicks.  He proactively contacted me to suggest we do an audio which clarifies how to leverage Google’s fuzzy logic in SEARCH.

Most importantly, in this short and free MP3, we concentrated on Automatic Broad Match, the broadest of the broad.  It’s a feature still in Beta so you won’t yet see it in all accounts, but we’re pretty sure it’s coming down the pike for everyone.

If you happened to have opted into the Beta in 2008 and forgotten about it, you might find you’re dripping money when you look at your Search Query Report (or you might be pleasantly surprised to see the opportunities)

Here’s how to manage the Beast…

Enjoy!

Dr. G :-)

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Using the Search Query Report for CTR Boosting Ad Copy Ideas

December 18, 2009

I’ve got a short but powerful observation for you today which involves the Search Query report.   And I THINK it’s something new no one’s really talking about.
But first… You ARE tracking conversion and running the Search Query report at least monthly, right?  Good!
(Hint: over 70% of the AdWords accounts I’ve audited, including many accounts [...]

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Adwords Broad Match Changes

December 1, 2009

I think most people don’t realize that the AdWords algorithms aren’t static formulas frozen in code, but more like evolving organisms in their own Darwinian environment, evolving over time as the algorithms themselves observe their own success or failure.
Please permit me a quick “Geekgasm” diversion to help you understand the mechanics behind all this (or [...]

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Negative Keyword Slides

October 1, 2009

A few months ago we delivered a killer Negative Keyword Webinar, but neglected to post the slides.  One of my coaching students made me aware of this, and some people are having trouble watching the video (just clear your cache if you are, this fixes it 90% of the time).
In any event, you can download [...]

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Your Marketing Center of Gravity

September 22, 2009

There’s one mistake I see people make more often than any other (in both Adwords and Organic SEO), which could be defined as not having a “marketing center of gravity”.
You may THINK you know what I mean, and on the surface, you probably do.  But when you watch the video below, you’ll see the IMPLICATIONS [...]

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AdWords Broad Match Management Gold

May 22, 2009

Traditional management of keyword match types within Adwords has changed dramatically as the years have passed, in particular as Google seems to have expanded it’s definition of how broad “broad match” really is.
While the profit volume one can achieve using broad match is tremendous, the risk is of equal proportion if it’s not managed correctly.
Most [...]

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Adwords Bragging

April 20, 2009

Sorry … just had to brag for a moment. (This is a testimonial received for The Naked Truth About Internet Marketing)
Email From A Client Who Previously Heard Me Present Hyper-Responsive Adwords Methods
“Hi Glenn, I just picked up your Truth Profits program and I gotta tell you…I was blown away by the PPC section you [...]

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taming adwords logic

February 1, 2009

I find it horribly upsetting to see how many adwords marketers simply don’t use the reporting center.
Here’s the thing … Google uses FUZZY LOGIC to serve your ads on all but exact match keywords.
And even though Google has the best fuzzy logic around, it’s still VERY FUZZY, and the percentage of irrelevant and costly keywords [...]

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