December 8th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Today we’re announcing four new features in the Opportunities tab that we hope will improve the way that you optimize your AdWords account. First page CPC ideasFirst page CPC ideas help you adjust your bids so that your ads have a better chance of ap…
December 8th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We want to thank you for all the feedback you’ve given us on the Keyword Tool. The first thing you told us is that you want more keywords that are better targeted to your account and searches, and we’ve made improvements in this area. We’ve also …
December 7th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Do you stay awake at night wondering where your bids are? Do you plan your vacations around fluctuations in click volume? Have you taken AdWords for Mobile as your +1 to a family wedding?Managing an AdWords account to its full potential takes time – ti…
December 7th, 2010 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
With v201008 of the AdWords API we have introduced a new beta feature for AdGroupCriterionService: Partial Failure. Typically all requests to the AdWords API are atomic, so each of them either fails or succeeds in full. While this can be helpful to mai…
December 6th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
AdWords started with the idea of connecting you with customers searching for your goods and services – wherever those customers may be. Today, we’re announcing the launch of Google Global Market Finder, a free online tool that helps you find new market…
December 6th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
You may remember back in September we announced the launch of the first AdWords Train & Gain challenge. Today we’re very announcing our 15 finalists from around the world and the overall grand prize winner.(click for full size image)Train & G…
December 6th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
In early November, we invited you to help us celebrate AdWords’ 10th birthday by telling the story of your own business. Today we’re sharing your stories with the world on a global map we’re featuring on the AdWords 10th Birthday website. We hop…
The True Value of Search advertising
December 3rd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We know that understanding search advertising and trying to measure its return on investment is not always easy. Marketers and business owners often find it difficult to quantify the indirect effect that online search is having on offline sales. The Ad…
Change to the AdWords advertising policy on alcohol
December 3rd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
We’ve changed our AdWords advertising policy on alcohol to allow ads that promote the sale of hard alcohol and liquor. This is an extension of a policy change that we made in December 2008, which permitted ads that promote the branding of hard alcoho…
‘Tis the season for Product Ads
December 2nd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Earlier this month we announced the U.S. launch of Product Listing Ads, which lets you easily promote products from your Merchant Center account on Google.com. In the past few weeks we’ve seen advertisers promote over 150 million unique products usin…
TrueView Video Ads give viewers choice and control over ads
December 2nd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Youtube
Today we’re announcing a new family of ad formats called TrueView Video Ads. TrueView Video Ads give viewers choice and control over which advertiser’s message they want to see and when. And we charge advertisers only when a viewer has chosen to watc…
November 30th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
New AdWords features such as Product ads, Sitelinks and Click-to-call allow you to create more interactive ads. Product ads and Sitelinks help customers find the most relevant pages on your website and Click-to-call allows customers to call your busine…
November 29th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
This Wednesday December 1st, we’ll be hosting a live course on media planning in the AdWords Online Classroom. The course will highlight the best practices of media planning and break down the planning process into 5 simple stages. We’ll also give an…
November 24th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Earlier this year we introduced the Ad extensions tab to help you manage and track your campaign extensions in AdWords. Now, in addition to showing statistics for your campaign extensions, the Ad extensions tab lets you share extensions between campaig…
Live online course on how to define and analyze conversions on your site using Analytics Goals
November 23rd, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Wednesday November 24th we’re hosting a free, live, online course about Goals in Google Analytics. Goals help you measure conversions or successful actions on your website, such as visits to a ‘thank you’ page after a customer makes a purchase on …