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PPC Optimization: Ad Text – optimize adwords call only text ads for higher performance

When optimizing PPC Adwords campaigns, two of the most effective techniques are keyword selection and ad text optimization. You only have a limited text palette to play with when crafting text ads, especially for Call Only ads. Use that space wisely and test different combinations of ad text to find higher performing ads. This article shows that even small changes to ad text can make large changes to performance.

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PPC Optimization: Call Only Ad Extensions

When working with Google’s Call Only PPC ads, you need every advantage you can get. Although Call Only Ads generally have significantly higher conversion rates, their ad quality scores are generally lower than search ads. Lower ad quality scores are due in part to the limited real estate of Call Only ads versus conventional search ads which have more liberal character limits and ad extensions. There are currently 10 types of ad extensions in Google Adwords (see Figure 1). The good news is that you can use some of these extensions to boost Call Only campaign performance.

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PPC Optimization: Early Warning

When testing new PPC ad copy, you can get an early warning on ad performance with the “phone calls” and “PTR” metrics. Using these metrics can give you an early indication of the performance of a text ad in call only campaigns. We’ll explore an actual example of using these metrics to optimize ad text copy.

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PPC Optimization: Wordplay & Humor

Sometimes in advertising you need to think different(ly). In PPC advertising, standing out from the crowd is becoming more difficult as more advertisers join the fray. One way to stand out and attract short attention spans is to use wordplay and humor. We already covered strange attraction using unusual word or character combinations to boost performance. This time in our PPC optimization series we look at wordplay and humor.

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Chapter 18: Compressing the Web

High-tech: www.cisco.com, www.hp.com, www.ibm.com, www.microsoft.com, www.oracle.comNewspapers: www.latimes.com, www.nytimes.com, www.usatoday.com, www.washingtonpost.com, www.wsj.comWeb directories: www.altavista.com, www.looksmart.com, www.lycos.com, www.netscape.com, www.yahoo.comSports: www.espn.com, sports.yahoo.com, sportsillustrated.cnn.com, www.sportsnetwork.com, www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm On average, the text portion of these sites was compressed by 75 percent. Overall, compression would save 37 percent in total file size. Note: This table is from page 412 of Chapter 18: Compressing the Web from Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization. Web Site Type   HTML, CSS, and JS Files Only …

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Chapter 1: Response Time: Eight Seconds, Plus or Minus Two

Figure 1.3 – Latency quality ratings show a drop-off at around 8 to 10 seconds Figure 1.3 Latency quality ratings show a drop-off at around 8 to 10 seconds From “Quality is in the Eye of the Beholder: Meeting Users’ Requirements for Internet Quality of Service,” by Anna Bouch, Allan Kuchinsky, and Nina Bhatti. In Proceedings …

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Acrobat 8 PDF Optimizer Review Continued

Unembed or Subset Fonts Depending on the font, each additional font face can easily add 40K or more of data to PDF files if fully embedded (unusual) or less if subset (the norm). For smaller PDFs, that can make a big difference in file size. Embedding fonts ensures that your document will be rendered exactly …

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