{"id":1732,"date":"2015-12-21T10:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T05:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2017-07-06T22:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:02:02","slug":"weekly-ppc-news-top-10-adwords-announcements-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/weekly-ppc-news-top-10-adwords-announcements-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly PPC News &#8211; Top 10 AdWords Announcements of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Don&#8217;t miss the top announcements of the year 2015 and learn which ones could be adopted for your PPC strategy the next year. Also, learn about the Smart Goals feature and how it may actually be a beneficial tool for your business. Know about the common mistakes made in call tracking, make PPC work for your business, the optimal AdWords CPC and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are this week&#8217;s PPC News articles:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/top-10-adwords-announcements-of-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 AdWords Announcements of 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top announcements by AdWords that have improved the manner in which marketers can reach out to their customers and how customers view their communication. Have a look at this post for the announcements made throughout the year.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/adwords_announcement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/adwords_announcement.jpg\" alt=\"AdWords Announcement 2015\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marketingland.com\/scan-landing-pages-adwords-scripts-156411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scan Your Landing Pages With AdWords Scripts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An AdWords script to figure out landing pages with out of stock products, search pages with no results, archived pages other than 404 error pages. So stop wasting money on bad URLs and run this script to check your landing pages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesempost.com\/google-adwords-continues-1-test-with-4-ads-at-top-of-search-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google AdWords Continues 1% Test With 4 Ads at Top of Search Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisers can start eyeing on the top 4 positions in the search results, if Google takes their 4\u00a0ads display from testing to finally an announcement. Here&#8217;s how the ads appear with the sidebar ads being excluded, as a result.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/4-ads-display.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/4-ads-display.png\" alt=\"4 Ads Display\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/analytics\/how-google-smart-goals-improve-adword-budgets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Google Smart Goals Improve AdWord Budgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Google&#8217;s &#8216;Smart Goals&#8217; business can identify visits that are most likely to convert. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZimanaAnalytics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre DeBois<\/a> explores this\u00a0feature and how it refines budget analysis\u00a0further. Learn about Smart Goals in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/never-seen-adwords-data-thats-quietly-rolled-account-237998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Never-Before-Seen AdWords Data Points That Have Been Quietly Rolled Out To Your Account<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzyvirtual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Waldes<\/a> shares the additional updates made in AdWords Report Editor that helps marketers view new data points. Lear all that you wanted to know about Report Editor, what these data points are and why they are important.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business2community.com\/online-marketing\/make-ppc-work-company-01407246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Make PPC Work for Your Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make PPC work profitably for your company. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayak360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randy Milanovic<\/a> discusses how PPC does not have value but it is the ineffective\u00a0way in which it is executed and rates inflated by the companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2015\/12\/15\/adwords-smart-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Might Hate It, But AdWords&#8217; Smart Goals Are Pretty Cool for Certain Advertisers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a review of the Smart Goals feature, recently launched by Google. Though many have considered it not a cool feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrykim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry Kim<\/a> says that &#8220;If you have no AdWords conversion tracking, and be honest, don\u2019t plan to <em>ever <\/em>mess with the code on your site, check out smart goals instead!&#8221; , with a few limitations.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/smart-goals-limitations.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/smart-goals-limitations.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Goals\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/search-optimal-adwords-cpc-238512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Search For An Optimal AdWords CPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fothergilld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Fothergill<\/a> attends to the much anticipated question of all times, which is &#8220;What is the optimal AdWords CPC?&#8221; Here&#8217;s a thorough analysis of this question and the possible answer to it.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/adwords_cpc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/adwords_cpc.png\" alt=\"AdWords CPC\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/three-call-tracking-mistakes-that-are-harming-your-ppc-campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three call tracking mistakes that are harming your PPC campaigns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the call tracking mistakes, as identified by<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briantneufeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Brian Neufeld<\/a>, that could be holding back your PPC campaign from performing optimally. Learn more about it in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2015\/12\/17\/adwords-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To Spy or Not to Spy: 3 Reasons Not to Ignore Your AdWords Competitors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should you ignore your competitors and concentrate only on your business?\u00a0The author shares his opinion of competitive intelligence being a great to be a step ahead from competitors. Know more in this post.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/competitor_analysis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"635\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/competitor_analysis.png\" alt=\"AdWords Competitor \" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/free-adwords-script-to-analyze-quality-score-in-detail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free AdWords Script to Analyze Quality Score in Detail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/free-adwords-audit-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free AdWords Audit Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-script-identify-duplicate-keywords-including-close-variants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdWords Script to Identify Duplicate Keywords, Including Close Variants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t miss the top announcements of the year 2015 and learn which ones could be adopted for your PPC strategy the next year. 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