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dirtysouth · 12-10-2003, 02:43 PM

Anyone up for offering some tips and tricks for Google Adwords? Like how to get the most bang for my hard earned bucks? I'm running about 15 campaigns right now and the traffic is working out pretty well. Much more productive than anything I've purchased from brokers. But I can see it can get very expensive very quick. Just looking for ideas and tips to maximize my ad dollars. TIA!

chowda · 12-10-2003, 02:45 PM

use good words.

umm no, use less competitve, non free words.

WiredGuy · 12-10-2003, 02:52 PM

-free

slapass · 12-10-2003, 02:54 PM

my best term by far has the word "free" in it.

dirtysouth · 12-10-2003, 02:55 PM

Don't use the word "free"? I'm not paying for the word "free" but I do use it in one of my description lines.

rabbit · 12-10-2003, 03:04 PM

if you can improve your CTR, your CPC will go down

the rabbit

WiredGuy · 12-10-2003, 03:08 PM

Depends on what you're targetting, I don't want anything where the surfer's intention was to get it free. This only applies for adwords though...

WG

cluck · 12-10-2003, 03:11 PM

Most of it's tweaking. Alot of people ditch it when they don't see returns in the first week but you just have to get on it and update your keywords constantly. If you could get a script to track which search terms convert the best for you it'd be worth its weight in gold.

Tweak like a meth addict, yahurd?

dirtysouth · 12-10-2003, 03:14 PM

I see WG. Makes sense.

On improving CTR, just better descriptive text?

What about the whole formula for placing your highest bid for a click? Any magic in there?

WiredGuy · 12-10-2003, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dirtysouth
I see WG. Makes sense.

On improving CTR, just better descriptive text?

What about the whole formula for placing your highest bid for a click? Any magic in there?

It really is about experimentation. For some niches, you may want to be first no matter what the niche. Typical examples is if your targetting the official site for a model and all the other advertisers are trying to get the same keyword to go to same site. Chances are you want to be first in this case (or at least have the best adcopy to maximize clicks).

In other cases, you may want to go after volume and lower your CPC to try and maximize ROI. There's no clear cut formula to success with adwords, there's so many factors involved that you need to experiment. I easily spent $1000 when I first started in losses until I figured out what worked for me...

WG

dirtysouth · 12-10-2003, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WiredGuy

It really is about experimentation. For some niches, you may want to be first no matter what the niche. Typical examples is if your targetting the official site for a model and all the other advertisers are trying to get the same keyword to go to same site. Chances are you want to be first in this case (or at least have the best adcopy to maximize clicks).

In other cases, you may want to go after volume and lower your CPC to try and maximize ROI. There's no clear cut formula to success with adwords, there's so many factors involved that you need to experiment. I easily spent $1000 when I first started in losses until I figured out what worked for me...

WG

Thanks! Just like everything else it's gonna take some trial-n-error. Hopefully it won't be too $$$!

chowda · 12-11-2003, 10:30 PM

adwords helped pay my way thru college.

-someone

sacX · 12-11-2003, 11:57 PM

I'm looking forward to my adwords xmas/holiday gift.. the blanket they sent last year was cool

like WG said trial and error, 95% of people who fail with adwords fail because they give up too soon.. I know it's a bit of a truism but with adwords really every mistake you make is a valuable lesson learned.

12-10-2003, 02:43 PM	#1
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	Google Adwords Anyone up for offering some tips and tricks for Google Adwords? Like how to get the most bang for my hard earned bucks? I'm running about 15 campaigns right now and the traffic is working out pretty well. Much more productive than anything I've purchased from brokers. But I can see it can get very expensive very quick. Just looking for ideas and tips to maximize my ad dollars. TIA! __________________ no sig

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chowda Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Gooch city Posts: 9,527	use good words. umm no, use less competitve, non free words. __________________ Someone finds you... 2007 PS: Nationalnet is the best host I've ever had. And i tried alot of them.

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WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,483	-free __________________ I play with Google.

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slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	my best term by far has the word "free" in it.

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WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,483	Depends on what you're targetting, I don't want anything where the surfer's intention was to get it free. This only applies for adwords though... WG __________________ I play with Google.

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cluck Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,248	Most of it's tweaking. Alot of people ditch it when they don't see returns in the first week but you just have to get on it and update your keywords constantly. If you could get a script to track which search terms convert the best for you it'd be worth its weight in gold. Tweak like a meth addict, yahurd? __________________ icq 279990726 www.mcdonalds.com <- great money making opportunity

12-10-2003, 03:14 PM	#9
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	I see WG. Makes sense. On improving CTR, just better descriptive text? What about the whole formula for placing your highest bid for a click? Any magic in there? __________________ no sig

12-11-2003, 10:30 PM	#12
chowda Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Gooch city Posts: 9,527	adwords helped pay my way thru college. -someone __________________ Someone finds you... 2007 PS: Nationalnet is the best host I've ever had. And i tried alot of them.

12-11-2003, 11:57 PM	#13
sacX Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,998	I'm looking forward to my adwords xmas/holiday gift.. the blanket they sent last year was cool like WG said trial and error, 95% of people who fail with adwords fail because they give up too soon.. I know it's a bit of a truism but with adwords really every mistake you make is a valuable lesson learned. __________________ Have Asian Language Traffic? Last edited by sacX; 12-11-2003 at 11:59 PM..