Be careful out there. For years I have saved several people per year who had "help" from Google with setting up their Google Adwords (now referred to as Google Ads) campaigns. There was a time when I was warning people about fake people calling and tricking business owners into letting them "help" them with Google [...]
I had mentioned this was coming earlier this year, but the time is upon us. Google said they were getting rid of Google Broad Modifier in late July, and that time is here. I bring this up again because you are likely to see some shifts in your data when this change officially takes place. [...]
If you manage Google Ads for your company or for many companies, you will sometimes notice pesky city or state names coming up in your search terms that are irrelevant to you. This happens a lot if you are targeting a large geographic area, but are only trying to get people focused on your location. [...]
I had the absolute pleasure this morning to present to the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce about all things search, including SEO, Google Ads, GMB, and more. We had a nice group of around 50 pack into the networking room on 44th street in midtown Manhattan to walk through the important aspects of search. [...]
One of the most common mistakes I see business owners make in regards to PPC, or more specifically, Google Adwords campaigns, is trying to catch everything with the same generic ads and landing pages. If you have multiple services that people search for, it serves you better to create a process through adgroups to match [...]
I've seen articles recently touting the benefits of using the broad match keyword to make sure you capture all of the "long tail" keywords that tend to drive conversions. Google has always pushed users to use broad match keywords and of course they always suggest it is the best way to get all of those [...]
