Happy U.S. Small Business Week
May 24th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Each year since 1963, the President of the United States has set aside a week to celebrate the contributions of American small businesses: National Small Business Week. Taking place in Washington D.C. from May 23rd – 29th this year, the event salutes…
Manage and Track your extensions with the new Ad Extensions tab
May 21st, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Over the last year we’ve launched a number of ad extensions in AdWords to help you make your ads more useful and relevant to people searching for information on Google. Ad extensions expand your standard text ad with one or more lines of additional i…
Go Mobile! Series: Introducing click-to-call ads for mobile content and apps
May 20th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Today at Google I/O, we announced that we’ll begin extending click-to-call advertising to mobile content and apps on the Google Content Network in the coming weeks. Click-to-call ads for mobile content and apps work with phone extensions and appear a…
Reminder: Upcoming webinar on display advertising opportunities
May 17th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We wanted to remind you that this week we’re holding a webinar about our recent innovations in display advertising and how marketers are incorporating it into their strategies.Join us on May 20, 2010 at 11:00am PST / 1:00pm CST / 2:00pm EST.Specifica…
Upcoming webinar: Video Targeting
May 14th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We previously highlighted a campaign that American Apparel ran on YouTube in which they targeted pet videos — including one of the most famous videos on the site. Part of the secret of American Apparel’s success was their use of Video Targeting, a t…
Making local advertising easy: upgrade your local business ads to location extensions
May 13th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Last year, we unveiled a new feature called location extensions for those of you who use online advertising to drive traffic to your brick and mortar locations. This feature allows you to include information such as your business name, address and phon…
May 13th, 2010 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Thursday, May 13th from approximately 6:00pm to 6:30pm PDT. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. While, AdWords system ma…
May 11th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Thursday, May 13th, 2010 the AdWords system will undergo maintenance from approximately 6:00PM to 6:30PM PDT. While you may not be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual.While, AdWords system …
New keyword targeting feature for advertisers in the UK and Canada
May 11th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Today we’re introducing the broad match modifier, a new AdWords targeting feature that lets you create keywords that have greater reach than phrase match and more control than broad match. Adding modified broad match keywords to your campaign can help …
AdWords system maintenance, cancelled
May 6th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
The AdWords system maintenance, previously scheduled for May 8th, has been cancelled. If you saw a message in your AdWords account alerting you about the scheduled maintenance, please disregard it.
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Upcoming free webinar: Uncovering opportunities with display advertising
May 6th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Display advertising is changing rapidly with the emergence of audience data, engaging new ad formats, dynamic creatives, and new technologies. We’d like to invite you to a webinar about our recent innovations in display advertising and how marketers ar…
New AdWords reports in Google Analytics
May 4th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
AdWords provides several ways for you to track the performance of your ads– most of which focus on clicks. Sometimes, however, understanding what happens after people click on your ads is just as important for measuring your AdWords performance. Toda…
May 4th, 2010 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, May 8th from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Best,- Eric Koleda, AdW…
Target CPA Bidding: A new way to meet your ROI goals with Conversion Optimizer
May 3rd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Today we’re announcing a new enhancement to Conversion Optimizer: Target CPA Bidding. With Target CPA Bidding, you can set a bid that reflects the average amount you’d like to pay for a conversion rather than the maximum you’re willing to pay for…
April 30th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to AdWords for mobile, our new mobile interface for Android, iPhone, and Palm Pre devices. Now, when you log into AdWords from one of these devices, you’ll be directed to AdWords for mobile automatically (curre…