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PPC Optimization: Be Specific – use specific ad text boosts conversion rates

When optimizing PPC ad text be as specific as possible in your ad copy. Specific locations (i.e., city, state, airport), benefits (50% off, easy on/off, 1,500 patents) or services tend to get better conversion rates than broader phrases. One area ripe for optimization is the business name field. You can tweak the business name field to match the business name’s location with the ad campaign. In this case, we tried changing the business name from a broader “Michigan” phrase to a more specific “Ann Arbor” phrase.

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PPC Optimization: Display URL Expansion

Last time we explored optimizing your PPC campaign with gender targeting. We found that men tend to convert better than women for our example cosmetic dentist. In this article we’ll show how to optimize a Call Only campaign with Display URL optimization. You can expand the Display URL with keywords and calls to action to boost click-through and conversion rates. This article shows an example of display URL optimization.

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PPC Optimization: Gender Targeting

Last time we explored optimizing your PPC campaign with age range targeting. We found that middle-aged people tended to convert better, for a particular client. In Google Adwords you can also target demographics by gender. Studies have shown that men and women tend to browse and shop differently on the Internet. Let’s look at how you can use differences in gender behavior to optimize bids to boost PPC conversion rates.

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PPC Optimization: ZIP Code Targeting

For PPC campaigns that target a specific geographic location, there are a number of ways to optimize conversion rates. You can target different household incomes, business areas and universities, genders, age groups, and ZIP codes. Based on the performance of each individual demographic and location, you can adjust your bids to improve conversion rates to squeeze more leads out of your AdWords spend. This article shows how to add ZIP code targeting to your PPC campaigns to boost conversion rates.

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Using a WordPress Caching Plugin for Website Speed

Highly dynamic sites are great for conversions and search engines. Each time you visit a dynamic site things change: images, testimonials, videos and the like. Dynamic sites can have performance issues however. Using a WordPress caching plugin can help speed up initial and repeat page loading speeds. This article shows the effect of W3 Total Cache plugin on response time metrics.

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Optimizing Youtube Video Loading Speed

Youtube is a popular video streaming site owned by Google. With over a billion users and billions of daily views Youtube is seemingly everywhere on the Internet. Using your Youtube account is a convenient way to include videos into your website, and use their bandwidth. Unfortunately, too much of a good thing can slow down your site. This article explores a way to speed up Youtube video loading to speed up your site.

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