Finally - A Top Secret Way You Can Get Google Adwords Pay-per-clicks Free
A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to get your Google AdWords pay-per-clicks FREE!
A gentleman from New York discovered what he calls an "oversight" on the part of 99.9% of all marketers that allows him to get otherwise paid-for advertising at Google as well as all other search engines that allow sponsored ads.
And no, nothing about his "secret" is illegal - nor does it require that you know someone on the "inside" at Google, Yahoo, MSN, Overture and others.
Instead, the New Yorker boasts proudly "...this is something that I caught onto just before 2000 when there was so much search engine craze running around, and started doing small just to test things at first ... but which I later expanded on after getting the hang of it."
Get it now at: http://tinyurl.com/adsfreegoogle
This same fellow went on to start and operate sixteen separate online companies selling everything from pet food, DVDs, children's toys & games, books, software, and sold not only his own manufactured products but became an affiliate for other web businesses - all the while applying his mastermind secret.
Over the course of nearly eight years the New Englander confesses "I've actually gotten over $87 million in advertising that using my secret I never had to pay for ... and the largest share of which was more recently in Google pay-per-clicks as well as other forms of paid advertising at search engines ... all of which I got for free ..."
So powerful is his secret that he's able to monopolize any niche online, and can always secure the top premium spots just above the usual organic results featured at most search engines.
He still has to set up an account with the search engines - but after applying his secret he is removed from having to pay for all the costs otherwise involved.
Again, nothing about his secret is either illegal or robs from the search engines.
One spokesperson from one of the most popular search engines said chuckling after being made privy to this amazing secret "Wow! Ha! This is really unique ... and in my expert opinion it would only serve to enhance and bring more business to us at [name of search engine withheld for legal & confidentiality reasons] and not cause us to lose business in the slightest. Amazing!"
The northerner revealed that in this nearly eight years' period of time since applying his secret he's done well over $300 million in sales revenue with a most diverse line of products, and most recently in the last two years netted nearly $166 million after really "buckling down and pressing my secret to its fullest potential."
Now to everyone else's fortune, the city slicker is releasing his secret for getting an unlimited amount of pay-per-click ads to the general public. But he's not promising any of us for how long.
A bit of an eccentric, the gentleman says "We'll see just how long I can make it available before it saturates things."
One famous public web guru pointed out that although this man may gain economically more so as a result of the publication of his secret "he's already so amazingly rich that whether he continues or discontinues its sale will neither make nor break the man, but not grabbing it for yourself while it's still available could prove disastrous for you as you may only have one chance, and a very limited one at that, to get this."
It is currently available at:
http://tinyurl.com/adsfreegoogle
...so you may want to head on over there now and get it.
It's in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.
While you're there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in targeted advertising now made freely available to the rest of us?
Source By: Dawn Pruitt
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Lowering Your Google Adwords Minimum Bids
Why does Google Adwords Want $10 Minimum Bid? This is a question I hear all of the time.
You've spent time and money researching a market, more time and money putting a website together for that market and your ready to go live. You decide to give Adwords a shot because you've heard so many great things about it. You sign up and begin creating your account, getting excited with anticipation off all that high quality traffic your about to get. You put in the keywords and Boom! Google adwords gives you this message "Increase quality or bid to $10.00 to activate" What is going on here!!?? What a scam.
The thing about Google is they reward relevancy and penalize websites that are irrelevant. Who decides whats relevant and what's not? Google does based on it's algorithm from Google Bot. I have used $10 minimum bid as an example, it could be $5 or a $1 minimum bid. Your minimum bid should be cents not dollars.
How do you make Google Bot your friend? Make your website relevant in Google's eyes. This is done by a 3 pronged attack. First make sure your ad groups are "themed" around 1 keyword with variations.
For instance adgroup name -
Discount Laptops
Keywords:
discount laptops
cheap laptops
affordable laptops
really cheap laptops
By doing this your account is organized into a tightly knit group of keywords that makes it easy for you to write ads for. When you write your ad Google loves it when you use the keywords in your ad and so do searchers. This is an essential step in lowering your minimum bids.
Cheap Laptops
Discount laptops to fit
your budget. Free shipping
http://www.example.com/
Google will consider this ad highly relevant to your ad group's keywords. Google will also bold any keyword that the searcher typed, in your ad. Which will catch your prospect's eye. In the above example if a
searcher typed the keywords 'cheap laptops' all instances of the words cheap and laptops in your ad would appear in bold.
Using the keywords on your landing page
Google and searchers love this also because you are focusing your landing page around the keywords that have been searched both Google Bot and the searcher will consider this very relevant, provided your supporting content stays on topic. This technique will increase your Quality Score which in turn will lower your minimum bids.
Lets recap the three pronged attack for lowering your minimum bids.
1. Tightly "themed" ad groups
2. Keywords in ad
3. Keywords used on landing page
Robert Walter has been successfully marketing online for over 6 years. Learn the guerrilla marketing tactics for Adwords with these Killer Adwords Guides
By Robert Walter
You've spent time and money researching a market, more time and money putting a website together for that market and your ready to go live. You decide to give Adwords a shot because you've heard so many great things about it. You sign up and begin creating your account, getting excited with anticipation off all that high quality traffic your about to get. You put in the keywords and Boom! Google adwords gives you this message "Increase quality or bid to $10.00 to activate" What is going on here!!?? What a scam.
The thing about Google is they reward relevancy and penalize websites that are irrelevant. Who decides whats relevant and what's not? Google does based on it's algorithm from Google Bot. I have used $10 minimum bid as an example, it could be $5 or a $1 minimum bid. Your minimum bid should be cents not dollars.
How do you make Google Bot your friend? Make your website relevant in Google's eyes. This is done by a 3 pronged attack. First make sure your ad groups are "themed" around 1 keyword with variations.
For instance adgroup name -
Discount Laptops
Keywords:
discount laptops
cheap laptops
affordable laptops
really cheap laptops
By doing this your account is organized into a tightly knit group of keywords that makes it easy for you to write ads for. When you write your ad Google loves it when you use the keywords in your ad and so do searchers. This is an essential step in lowering your minimum bids.
Cheap Laptops
Discount laptops to fit
your budget. Free shipping
http://www.example.com/
Google will consider this ad highly relevant to your ad group's keywords. Google will also bold any keyword that the searcher typed, in your ad. Which will catch your prospect's eye. In the above example if a
searcher typed the keywords 'cheap laptops' all instances of the words cheap and laptops in your ad would appear in bold.
Using the keywords on your landing page
Google and searchers love this also because you are focusing your landing page around the keywords that have been searched both Google Bot and the searcher will consider this very relevant, provided your supporting content stays on topic. This technique will increase your Quality Score which in turn will lower your minimum bids.
Lets recap the three pronged attack for lowering your minimum bids.
1. Tightly "themed" ad groups
2. Keywords in ad
3. Keywords used on landing page
Robert Walter has been successfully marketing online for over 6 years. Learn the guerrilla marketing tactics for Adwords with these Killer Adwords Guides
By Robert Walter
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
11 Tips for Google AdWords Marketing Success
1. Use keywords in ad text
Show the searcher that your ad is relevant. Google will display the search keywords in bold in your ad if they're present. This helps your ad stand out from the crowd.
2. Keep ad group keyword list short
Instead of having a single ad group with a large list of keywords, create many ad groups, each with a short list. This will help you achieve tip #1.
3. Bid high initially
Google's ad system determines placement by both bid and CTR (click through rate). To earn a high CTR, you first need to generate some clicks. Bid high initially so your ad is seen early in the search results. Once you have a high CTR, lower your bids.
4. Set daily budget higher than Google recommends
If you set your daily budget too low, your ad will be displayed intermittently. This is not what you want. You always want your ad to be shown when someone searches for your keywords. Control your ad spend through other means such as employing negative keywords, using exact matches, targeting by region and adjusting keyword bids.
5. Avoid bidding wars
Don't waste money getting into bidding wars for a handful of high volume keywords. Instead, expand your keyword list to include more specific keywords that have a lower search volume. Collectively, these keywords will reach the search volume of more expensive keywords. Your average CPC (cost per click) will fall dramatically using this tactic. Use keyword research tools to expand your list of keyword phrases.
6. Set higher bids on exact matches
Include both broad and exact matches for a keyword phrase. Set the bid higher for the exact match. This allows you to control the position of the ad for the exact search. For example, if your ad group bid is set to 10 cents, you might set a 25 cents bid for the exact match:
[keyword phrase] ** 0.25
keyword phrase
7. Use negative keywords
Your ad will not be displayed if the search includes a negative keyword. Add more negative keywords at regular intervals. As your negative keyword list grows, your ad group's CTR will increase, saving you money and/or improving your ad's position. For example, if you sell products or services at a premium, include negative keywords like:
-free
-cheap
-discount
8. Use a relevant landing page
For most searches, don't point the ad to your home page. Choose a landing page on your site that includes the keywords from the search. In some cases, it's worth creating a custom page that's not in the normal navigation of your site.
9. Separate search and content campaigns
Many people lose money using AdWords when their site is swamped with hits from content ads. Most people don't realize that displaying ads on Google's content network is turned on by default. Either turn off the content network or create separate campaigns for search and content ads.
10. Test multiple versions of ad
Take advantage of Google's feature allowing multiple ads to be created and rotated within a single ad group. Test different ad text and see which version works best, both from an ROI and CTR perspective. A better ad will lead to a higher CTR and lower bids for the same ad position.
11. Track your results
Don't rely on Google's reporting tools. They're good, but you need more detail, particularly to see which actual keyword phrases your broad matches are triggering. You'll need this to help build your list of negative keywords for each ad group. Plus, click fraud is a problem and needs to be addressed.
By Richard Ball
Show the searcher that your ad is relevant. Google will display the search keywords in bold in your ad if they're present. This helps your ad stand out from the crowd.
2. Keep ad group keyword list short
Instead of having a single ad group with a large list of keywords, create many ad groups, each with a short list. This will help you achieve tip #1.
3. Bid high initially
Google's ad system determines placement by both bid and CTR (click through rate). To earn a high CTR, you first need to generate some clicks. Bid high initially so your ad is seen early in the search results. Once you have a high CTR, lower your bids.
4. Set daily budget higher than Google recommends
If you set your daily budget too low, your ad will be displayed intermittently. This is not what you want. You always want your ad to be shown when someone searches for your keywords. Control your ad spend through other means such as employing negative keywords, using exact matches, targeting by region and adjusting keyword bids.
5. Avoid bidding wars
Don't waste money getting into bidding wars for a handful of high volume keywords. Instead, expand your keyword list to include more specific keywords that have a lower search volume. Collectively, these keywords will reach the search volume of more expensive keywords. Your average CPC (cost per click) will fall dramatically using this tactic. Use keyword research tools to expand your list of keyword phrases.
6. Set higher bids on exact matches
Include both broad and exact matches for a keyword phrase. Set the bid higher for the exact match. This allows you to control the position of the ad for the exact search. For example, if your ad group bid is set to 10 cents, you might set a 25 cents bid for the exact match:
[keyword phrase] ** 0.25
keyword phrase
7. Use negative keywords
Your ad will not be displayed if the search includes a negative keyword. Add more negative keywords at regular intervals. As your negative keyword list grows, your ad group's CTR will increase, saving you money and/or improving your ad's position. For example, if you sell products or services at a premium, include negative keywords like:
-free
-cheap
-discount
8. Use a relevant landing page
For most searches, don't point the ad to your home page. Choose a landing page on your site that includes the keywords from the search. In some cases, it's worth creating a custom page that's not in the normal navigation of your site.
9. Separate search and content campaigns
Many people lose money using AdWords when their site is swamped with hits from content ads. Most people don't realize that displaying ads on Google's content network is turned on by default. Either turn off the content network or create separate campaigns for search and content ads.
10. Test multiple versions of ad
Take advantage of Google's feature allowing multiple ads to be created and rotated within a single ad group. Test different ad text and see which version works best, both from an ROI and CTR perspective. A better ad will lead to a higher CTR and lower bids for the same ad position.
11. Track your results
Don't rely on Google's reporting tools. They're good, but you need more detail, particularly to see which actual keyword phrases your broad matches are triggering. You'll need this to help build your list of negative keywords for each ad group. Plus, click fraud is a problem and needs to be addressed.
By Richard Ball
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Top 5 Mistakes On Google Adwords Campaign
You have heard or maybe experienced the Adwords horror stories. Mistakes can be quite costly with Google Adwords let's take a look at the most common adwords mistakes newbies make and how they can be avoided.
1)Poor landing page
2)Turning on the Content Network
3)Daily budget too high
4)Grouping Keywords
5)bidding too low
Poor Landing Page
A decent landing page is a key factor in sales conversions. There are many different styles of pages, and going into great detail what makes a good landing page would be a full article itself but basically, organized layout, proper use of graphics, getting your message across clearly & no frames are the main components to a quality landing page.
When using Adwords Google really takes the content of your site as a main factor.
Whatever keywords you are advertising, you should try to have on your page. Not only will the searcher identify this as relevant information, and Google will reward you with a better quality score which can mean higher rankings, cheaper minimum bids and they can shave the cost of the clicks down from what you have bid. Google rewards relevancy and Adwords is no exception.
Turning on the Content Network
The content network is plagued with click fraud and poor quality traffic. When I started with Adwords I didn't realize this and left the content network on and lost money. That being said, once you have a handle on Adwords you can use the content network just make sure to bid very low. Personally I don't bid over 0.06 cents a click. Some people claim that they profit higher and get better sales conversions from the content network than they do with the search network. I have never experienced this myself.
Daily Budget Too High
Putting the daily budget up higher than the recommended amount used to be recommended by top marketers to increase traffic. Recently Google has increased the impressions on campaigns that use this technique. The problem is that the increase is on keywords broad match phrases that aren't targeted very well which leads to a huge spike in conversions and a poor CTR. This will hurt your Quality score and can really hinder your campaign's performance. Another reason
you want to be careful when raising your daily budget high is sometimes marketers forget that they have done so. They might not check their account for a couple of days and when they do they end up blowing through a lot of money.
Grouping Keywords
When creating your ad groups you want to use similar keywords in each ad group with at least one keyword the same. eg. ad group - electric guitars, keywords:
electric guitars
cheap electric guitars
vintage electric guitars
The root keyword in the above example is electric guitars and this phrase should be in every keyword you would use in this group. The root keyword should also be used in your ad:
Cheap Electric Guitars
Save huge on electric guitars
Huge selection & Free shipping
http://example.com/guitarstore
Grouping your ads properly will help you tailor your ad and landing page to your targeted keywords and will help Google serve your ads on the keywords you want.
Bidding Too Low
Bidding too low can leave you buried at the bottom of the pack getting little exposure. When you do have a visitor interested in your products, they will typically keep searching after they have left your website and compare you to your competitors. If they have forgotten the name of your website (they usually do) They will most likely do another search to find you again, if you are not on the first page they may not dig to the other pages for you even if they found you on the 3rd page originally, they may not be willing to do it again people get tired of comparing prices and searching after a while and burying yourself may save you money in bids but can also cost you a lot in sales.
This covers some of the major mistakes and I sincerely hope this article saves people from losing money.
By Robert Walter
1)Poor landing page
2)Turning on the Content Network
3)Daily budget too high
4)Grouping Keywords
5)bidding too low
Poor Landing Page
A decent landing page is a key factor in sales conversions. There are many different styles of pages, and going into great detail what makes a good landing page would be a full article itself but basically, organized layout, proper use of graphics, getting your message across clearly & no frames are the main components to a quality landing page.
When using Adwords Google really takes the content of your site as a main factor.
Whatever keywords you are advertising, you should try to have on your page. Not only will the searcher identify this as relevant information, and Google will reward you with a better quality score which can mean higher rankings, cheaper minimum bids and they can shave the cost of the clicks down from what you have bid. Google rewards relevancy and Adwords is no exception.
Turning on the Content Network
The content network is plagued with click fraud and poor quality traffic. When I started with Adwords I didn't realize this and left the content network on and lost money. That being said, once you have a handle on Adwords you can use the content network just make sure to bid very low. Personally I don't bid over 0.06 cents a click. Some people claim that they profit higher and get better sales conversions from the content network than they do with the search network. I have never experienced this myself.
Daily Budget Too High
Putting the daily budget up higher than the recommended amount used to be recommended by top marketers to increase traffic. Recently Google has increased the impressions on campaigns that use this technique. The problem is that the increase is on keywords broad match phrases that aren't targeted very well which leads to a huge spike in conversions and a poor CTR. This will hurt your Quality score and can really hinder your campaign's performance. Another reason
you want to be careful when raising your daily budget high is sometimes marketers forget that they have done so. They might not check their account for a couple of days and when they do they end up blowing through a lot of money.
Grouping Keywords
When creating your ad groups you want to use similar keywords in each ad group with at least one keyword the same. eg. ad group - electric guitars, keywords:
electric guitars
cheap electric guitars
vintage electric guitars
The root keyword in the above example is electric guitars and this phrase should be in every keyword you would use in this group. The root keyword should also be used in your ad:
Cheap Electric Guitars
Save huge on electric guitars
Huge selection & Free shipping
http://example.com/guitarstore
Grouping your ads properly will help you tailor your ad and landing page to your targeted keywords and will help Google serve your ads on the keywords you want.
Bidding Too Low
Bidding too low can leave you buried at the bottom of the pack getting little exposure. When you do have a visitor interested in your products, they will typically keep searching after they have left your website and compare you to your competitors. If they have forgotten the name of your website (they usually do) They will most likely do another search to find you again, if you are not on the first page they may not dig to the other pages for you even if they found you on the 3rd page originally, they may not be willing to do it again people get tired of comparing prices and searching after a while and burying yourself may save you money in bids but can also cost you a lot in sales.
This covers some of the major mistakes and I sincerely hope this article saves people from losing money.
By Robert Walter
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Adwords Beginners Don’t Get Burned
Guide To Google Adwords: Beginners Don’t Get Burned
If you are new to internet marketing, or maybe looking for away to expand your business Google Adwords is a great way to take your business to a whole new level. However most people today do not understand how Google Adwords works, and how it can benefit them, but at the same time burn them if they are not careful.
First let go over what Google Adwords is. When ever you go and do a search on the internet in Google you will see to the top and right hand side short little ads. Those ads are Google Adwords, and people pay for their ad to be shown on the page. Now anyone of any skill level can go and open up an account and have their ads shown as well.
Now that we know what everything is lets talk about just how much you would have to pay to have your ad shown for keywords.
After you make and account with Google you then need to create an ad. You will be asked to write in keywords that you would like your ad to be displayed for. Now this is where it can get a bit tricky, and might cost a lot of money. Depending on how popular your keywords are they may cost a lot of money, or it they could cost almost nothing. Again though it all has to do with how popular your keywords are, and how many times they get searched.
You may find that some keywords cost as little as ten cents while others could cost as much as two dollars or even more! That is why most people say its better to use what are called keyword search phrase.
Here is the difference between a keyword and a keyword phrase. With a normal keyword for example like work at home you will probably spend a good amount of money because its popular, and gets an enormous amount of searches each month. Now if you used a more detailed keyword that might have more words in it like moms work at home full time job might be a bit cheaper for the simple fact that its longer and its not as popular was the keyword work at home.
Now that you know the basics of Google Adwords and how it works you should have a better understanding of how to setup a good campaign. Just make sure that at first you do not over do it, and that you set a daily budget to something you can afford to spend.
For more information on Google Adwords and making money online check out EDC Gold
Source By: chris rohrer
If you are new to internet marketing, or maybe looking for away to expand your business Google Adwords is a great way to take your business to a whole new level. However most people today do not understand how Google Adwords works, and how it can benefit them, but at the same time burn them if they are not careful.
First let go over what Google Adwords is. When ever you go and do a search on the internet in Google you will see to the top and right hand side short little ads. Those ads are Google Adwords, and people pay for their ad to be shown on the page. Now anyone of any skill level can go and open up an account and have their ads shown as well.
Now that we know what everything is lets talk about just how much you would have to pay to have your ad shown for keywords.
After you make and account with Google you then need to create an ad. You will be asked to write in keywords that you would like your ad to be displayed for. Now this is where it can get a bit tricky, and might cost a lot of money. Depending on how popular your keywords are they may cost a lot of money, or it they could cost almost nothing. Again though it all has to do with how popular your keywords are, and how many times they get searched.
You may find that some keywords cost as little as ten cents while others could cost as much as two dollars or even more! That is why most people say its better to use what are called keyword search phrase.
Here is the difference between a keyword and a keyword phrase. With a normal keyword for example like work at home you will probably spend a good amount of money because its popular, and gets an enormous amount of searches each month. Now if you used a more detailed keyword that might have more words in it like moms work at home full time job might be a bit cheaper for the simple fact that its longer and its not as popular was the keyword work at home.
Now that you know the basics of Google Adwords and how it works you should have a better understanding of how to setup a good campaign. Just make sure that at first you do not over do it, and that you set a daily budget to something you can afford to spend.
For more information on Google Adwords and making money online check out EDC Gold
Source By: chris rohrer
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Fighting Click Fraud In Google Adwords
Click fraud is a very real concern for anybody who is doing CPC marketing. Click fraud involves any artificially created click on your ad. A human being can create these clicks, or a software program called a clickbot can create them.
These clicks unfortunately cost you money.
The hard part is identifying click fraud. In order to do this you need to constantly monitor your campaigns, keeping a watchful eye out for any abnormalities. You need to pay attention to your campaign’s established trends and watch for any divergence in those trends. For example, suppose you have an Adgroup that averages an 8% CTR. Minor variations to this CTR are normal and expected. What happens, however, if this Adgroup spikes to a 15% CTR without warning? What do you do?
The first thing you need to do in such a case is check to see if there are any logical reasons for this spike. For example, was there some media coverage on your industry that would cause an increase in searches for your keywords? There can be perfectly reasonable explanations for unexpected traffic spikes. Did you experience an increase in sales? This is another good indicator of real traffic. If your sales correspond to your traffic everything should be fine.
If the traffic still seems fraudulent you need to gather as much information as possible on the incident. Record the time period when it happened and what keywords were affected. Check your server logs and look for any suspicious looking IP addresses or user agents. Once you have collected all relevant information you need to contact Google support and allow them to take over the investigation. They will want access to your server logs and any other pertinent information. They are very good at what they do, and you need to be patient as their investigation can take some time.
For example, at one point I had gone away on a camping trip and had no access to a computer, or an Internet connection to monitor my campaigns. When I returned I found the costs and traffic associated with one campaign had spiked dramatically, costing me several thousand dollars. I instantly knew that a click bot hit me. I contacted Google and an investigation was started. A few months later the investigation was concluded and it was verified that I was the victim of click fraud. I was reimbursed for all the money the click fraud had cost me and life went on.
If you spot click fraud Google is very competent with their investigation and they will reimburse you if click fraud is indeed proven. If it is determined that click fraud did not occur, you will be given an explanation describing how this was determined.
There are many different reasons for click fraud. The most common is for financial gain. This usually occurs on the content network. Here people get paid every time someone clicks on a Google Adsense ad on their site. Some people get greedy and try generating artificial clicks in order to make more money. Sometimes they try to click on the ads themselves, but this doesn’t work well because of the repetitive IP address.
Software programs called click bots might be used. These programs use multiple proxy servers to beat the repetitive IP problem, and can also randomize behavior to make the traffic seem more natural. These programs vary in sophistication and are harder to spot.
In the recent past it was discovered that there are companies in places like India, where labor is very cheap, which use real people to click on ads. These people are spread out in different locations making the IP addresses all different and non-proxy. Moreover, they are real humans so their actions can seem more natural. This scheme can also be difficult to spot.
Other reasons for click fraud include malicious competitors. In this case a competitor wants you to either stop advertising on a keyword, or lower your bid. This often happens as a result of bidding wars. It also often takes place on the actual search pages. Any of the various methods of generating artificial clicks can be used, and the result is still the same. Increased costs.
Learn expert strategies and tactics for Google Adwords at CPCsecrets.com
Source By: George Peters
These clicks unfortunately cost you money.
The hard part is identifying click fraud. In order to do this you need to constantly monitor your campaigns, keeping a watchful eye out for any abnormalities. You need to pay attention to your campaign’s established trends and watch for any divergence in those trends. For example, suppose you have an Adgroup that averages an 8% CTR. Minor variations to this CTR are normal and expected. What happens, however, if this Adgroup spikes to a 15% CTR without warning? What do you do?
The first thing you need to do in such a case is check to see if there are any logical reasons for this spike. For example, was there some media coverage on your industry that would cause an increase in searches for your keywords? There can be perfectly reasonable explanations for unexpected traffic spikes. Did you experience an increase in sales? This is another good indicator of real traffic. If your sales correspond to your traffic everything should be fine.
If the traffic still seems fraudulent you need to gather as much information as possible on the incident. Record the time period when it happened and what keywords were affected. Check your server logs and look for any suspicious looking IP addresses or user agents. Once you have collected all relevant information you need to contact Google support and allow them to take over the investigation. They will want access to your server logs and any other pertinent information. They are very good at what they do, and you need to be patient as their investigation can take some time.
For example, at one point I had gone away on a camping trip and had no access to a computer, or an Internet connection to monitor my campaigns. When I returned I found the costs and traffic associated with one campaign had spiked dramatically, costing me several thousand dollars. I instantly knew that a click bot hit me. I contacted Google and an investigation was started. A few months later the investigation was concluded and it was verified that I was the victim of click fraud. I was reimbursed for all the money the click fraud had cost me and life went on.
If you spot click fraud Google is very competent with their investigation and they will reimburse you if click fraud is indeed proven. If it is determined that click fraud did not occur, you will be given an explanation describing how this was determined.
There are many different reasons for click fraud. The most common is for financial gain. This usually occurs on the content network. Here people get paid every time someone clicks on a Google Adsense ad on their site. Some people get greedy and try generating artificial clicks in order to make more money. Sometimes they try to click on the ads themselves, but this doesn’t work well because of the repetitive IP address.
Software programs called click bots might be used. These programs use multiple proxy servers to beat the repetitive IP problem, and can also randomize behavior to make the traffic seem more natural. These programs vary in sophistication and are harder to spot.
In the recent past it was discovered that there are companies in places like India, where labor is very cheap, which use real people to click on ads. These people are spread out in different locations making the IP addresses all different and non-proxy. Moreover, they are real humans so their actions can seem more natural. This scheme can also be difficult to spot.
Other reasons for click fraud include malicious competitors. In this case a competitor wants you to either stop advertising on a keyword, or lower your bid. This often happens as a result of bidding wars. It also often takes place on the actual search pages. Any of the various methods of generating artificial clicks can be used, and the result is still the same. Increased costs.
Learn expert strategies and tactics for Google Adwords at CPCsecrets.com
Source By: George Peters
Friday, August 15, 2008
Optimise Google AdWords Campaign To Online Success
To be successful with Google AdWords, it is imperative that you optimise your AdWords campaign and make it conducive to dynamic search engine guidelines. This optimisation is necessary if you wish to improve the quality and performance of your account, and that too without going over-budget.
Goal Identification
The success of any marketing strategy depends on initial identification of goals. As an advertiser, you need to clearly define the objectives of your campaign - why does your business need PPC, and what purpose will it serve, etc. If you wish to generate more clicks on your ads, you have to incorporate more competitive keywords in your campaign. You can do so by examining the strategies adopted by your competitors and the kind of rankings they have on SERPs.
Most PPC advertisers find it extremely difficult to control the Click-Through Rate of their ads. You can increase this percentage only by creating good-quality ads that persuade web users to click on them and get directed to your website. For this to happen, you need to select highly-targeted keywords and also make use of negative keywords.
Even if you manage to get traffic diverted to your site, you might not be able to make conversions to balance the ROI. To tackle this problem, focus on your keywords and ads to get targeted visitors to your web pages. And then, you need to work on your landing pages so that they can retain the attention of visitors long enough to make sales. These pages should be relevant and informative with regard to your products or services.
Campaign Management
The results of your Google AdWords account will be worthwhile only if you learn to master the technique of campaign management. It is best to have different ad campaigns for every product/service that you are selling. This will help you in better monitoring and improvisation of the campaign.
The next most important tip is to target your campaign according to language and locations. Keep out o regions that do not have your potential buyers. And, use the language option to better effect so as to capture buyers that are well-versed with regional languages and use them on the Internet.
As an advertiser, you ought to be extremely sure of your advertisements. Google AdWords allows you to create separate ad groups inside a campaign. Create specific ad groups for highly-targeted keywords and so that each group centres around a single product or service. Try and avoid duplication of keywords inside the ad groups that you create, so that your campaign runs in a hassle-free manner.
Keyword Identification
Before starting off with your PPC campaign, you have to pick and choose the keywords that you wish to run on your account. These keywords should be relevant to your business and should have the capacity to attract your prospective customers. When choosing keywords, scan your competitors' accounts and take help from keyword selection tools freely available online. Variate your keywords on the basis of number and also consider misspellings, and synonyms, etc.
Google AdWords works on algorithms defined by Google and displays ads on the basis of the keywords searched for by users. To ensure that your ad is visible on important keywords, make use of the keyword matching options available in your account. This will help you reduce the Cost per Click whilst maintaining high ROI and controlled CPA.
Ask any Google AdWords Professional and he/she is most likely to advise you to create catchy and straightforward advertisements that appeal to the mindset of web users. Entice customers by stating why your products are different and worthy of buying. Be sure to mention the special offers and benefits for customers and also use strong 'call-to-action' phrases to encourage them to click on your ads.
At the end of the day, all that matters in business is the saleability of your ads. Even if people click on your ads and do not go on to make purchases from you, you will end up paying for 'useless' clicks, thus throwing your ROI off-balance. Work on your landing pages so that they get you as many conversions as possible. Better your website and create web pages that have the potency of turning visitors into customers.
Source By: Kailyn Morgan
Goal Identification
The success of any marketing strategy depends on initial identification of goals. As an advertiser, you need to clearly define the objectives of your campaign - why does your business need PPC, and what purpose will it serve, etc. If you wish to generate more clicks on your ads, you have to incorporate more competitive keywords in your campaign. You can do so by examining the strategies adopted by your competitors and the kind of rankings they have on SERPs.
Most PPC advertisers find it extremely difficult to control the Click-Through Rate of their ads. You can increase this percentage only by creating good-quality ads that persuade web users to click on them and get directed to your website. For this to happen, you need to select highly-targeted keywords and also make use of negative keywords.
Even if you manage to get traffic diverted to your site, you might not be able to make conversions to balance the ROI. To tackle this problem, focus on your keywords and ads to get targeted visitors to your web pages. And then, you need to work on your landing pages so that they can retain the attention of visitors long enough to make sales. These pages should be relevant and informative with regard to your products or services.
Campaign Management
The results of your Google AdWords account will be worthwhile only if you learn to master the technique of campaign management. It is best to have different ad campaigns for every product/service that you are selling. This will help you in better monitoring and improvisation of the campaign.
The next most important tip is to target your campaign according to language and locations. Keep out o regions that do not have your potential buyers. And, use the language option to better effect so as to capture buyers that are well-versed with regional languages and use them on the Internet.
As an advertiser, you ought to be extremely sure of your advertisements. Google AdWords allows you to create separate ad groups inside a campaign. Create specific ad groups for highly-targeted keywords and so that each group centres around a single product or service. Try and avoid duplication of keywords inside the ad groups that you create, so that your campaign runs in a hassle-free manner.
Keyword Identification
Before starting off with your PPC campaign, you have to pick and choose the keywords that you wish to run on your account. These keywords should be relevant to your business and should have the capacity to attract your prospective customers. When choosing keywords, scan your competitors' accounts and take help from keyword selection tools freely available online. Variate your keywords on the basis of number and also consider misspellings, and synonyms, etc.
Google AdWords works on algorithms defined by Google and displays ads on the basis of the keywords searched for by users. To ensure that your ad is visible on important keywords, make use of the keyword matching options available in your account. This will help you reduce the Cost per Click whilst maintaining high ROI and controlled CPA.
Ask any Google AdWords Professional and he/she is most likely to advise you to create catchy and straightforward advertisements that appeal to the mindset of web users. Entice customers by stating why your products are different and worthy of buying. Be sure to mention the special offers and benefits for customers and also use strong 'call-to-action' phrases to encourage them to click on your ads.
At the end of the day, all that matters in business is the saleability of your ads. Even if people click on your ads and do not go on to make purchases from you, you will end up paying for 'useless' clicks, thus throwing your ROI off-balance. Work on your landing pages so that they get you as many conversions as possible. Better your website and create web pages that have the potency of turning visitors into customers.
Source By: Kailyn Morgan
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