{"id":4141,"date":"2017-03-14T16:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T10:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:15:15","slug":"weekly-ppc-news-updating-view-conversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/weekly-ppc-news-updating-view-conversions\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly PPC News &#8211; Updating View Through Conversions, Creating ETAs Made Easier by Bing Ads and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">This week&#8217;s recap of ppc news covers google&#8217;s announcement of updating call ads, Facebook audience targeting, AdWords testing tools to put into practice, improvements made by Bing to simplify creating Expanded Text Ads and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2017\/03\/a-fast-start-to-2017-for-click-to-call.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A fast start to 2017 for click-to-call ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AdWords announced a new series of updates that will help improve your click to call ads performance and drive more quality calls to your business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adalysis.com\/blog\/test-default-adwords-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Test IF \/ Default AdWords Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brad Geddes shares how to get started with IF\/ Default ads and the two ways to test them to come up with the appropriate message.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"206\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4142 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/adwords-if-default-ads.png\" alt=\"adwords if default ads\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixmarketing.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/boosting-your-reach-with-facebook-lookalike-audiences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boosting Your Reach With Facebook Lookalike Audiences<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of the many targeting options Facebook here is an elaboration on the Lookalike audience targeting, what it is, how to create it and helpful tips to excel in it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/114015179770597516710\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/hiC4B1udHPp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Updating the default window for view-through conversions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From 29th March the default window for your view-through-conversions would be updated from 30 days to 1 day as ad views are speculated to get converted in a span of 1 day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advertise.bingads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/post\/march-2017\/bing-ads-makes-it-easy-to-create-expanded-text-ads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bing Ads makes it easy to create Expanded Text Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon after following AdWords footsteps to launch the ETAs, Bing Ads are now introducing two new functionality to make it easier to adopt the new ad format.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4143 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bing-ads-ETA.png\" alt=\"bing ads ETA\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkleinc.com\/blog\/3-tips-effective-paid-search-audience-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Tips for Effective Paid Search Audience Management<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libbygulaskey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libby Gulaskey<\/a> shares helpful tips and guidelines to overcome the challenges of paid search audience targeting and gear your campaign for momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adstage.io\/2017\/03\/07\/10-adwords-scripts-scale-ppc-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 10 Best AdWords Scripts to Scale your PPC Accounts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleyparkerPPC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley Parker<\/a> shares the top AdWords scripts that can help automate some of the basic and even PPC tasks, and help scale up your PPC account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/3-free-adwords-testing-tools-adopt-today-270116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 free AdWords testing tools to adopt today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why analyzing data is a quintessential part of PPC and the free tools to help you create, run and analyze\u00a0tests to optimize your AdWords ads. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddsaunders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Todd Saunders<\/a> discusses in this post.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DKI-ad-study.png\" alt=\"DKI ad study\" width=\"522\" height=\"361\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppchero.com\/how-to-scale-facebook-ads-with-automation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Scale Facebook Ads With Automation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn about Facebook automation rules, what they are and how it can help you optimize your Facebook ad management. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sahil Jain<\/a> discusses in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/track-expanded-text-ads-performance-adwords-script\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Track Expanded Text Ads\u2019 Performance with AdWords Script<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/combatting-rising-cost-per-aquisition-audience-targeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Transcript] Combatting Rising Cost Per Aquisition with Audience Targeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/why-you-should-use-single-ad-keywords-per-ad-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why You Should Use Single Ad Keywords per Ad Group?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s recap of ppc news covers google&#8217;s announcement of updating call ads, Facebook audience targeting, AdWords testing tools to put into practice, improvements made by Bing to simplify creating Expanded Text Ads and 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