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Use these five questions during a phone screening to spot those few good ones in the big bowl of candidates and to save you from wasting your time. read more »
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The Merjis Internet Marketing Blog explores the spread of "wildly inaccurate information" from Google and other commentors on geotargeting, and some of the experiments they've conducted involving those myths. read more »
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Eric Lander has put together a nice video of Google serving irrelevant advertising in AdWords which may be putting advertisers at risk by costing them money and decreasing their quality score. read more »
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From Graywolf himself: "Why don’t you just come out and say listen we’re going to charge you whatever we want to, and there’s nothing you can do except pay it. At least I’d respect you for not lying to me."

A keyword with no competition doesn't n read more »
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The nice folks from Google were in for a visit a week or so ago. One of the topics on the day's agenda was Ad Quality and they also presented some new angles and dispelled a few myths. read more »
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There has been a lot of discussion on Google’s recent changes to the way that they handle expanded broad match (at WebMasterWorld ), High Rankings Forum and other places).

We have come across a different issue that relates to the investigation o read more »
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"Around August 20, 2007 many clients’ Google AdWords accounts saw their cost/conversion skyrocket — in one particular case we saw it was over 100% increase. It was caused by a corrupted “Expanded Broad Match” algorithm."

Why does Google refuse to read more »
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Agreed: AdWords should default to classic broad match and offer expanded broad match as on option. read more »
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Here's one of the most common PPC mistakes : actually bidding for the term 'keyword'! This oversight is costing companies lots of money. Make sure you're not making this mistake yourself. (Screenshots available) read more »
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5 tips to improve your quality score, decrease your CPC, and increase your ROI. read more »
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