{"id":4290,"date":"2017-04-05T23:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=4290"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:27:55","slug":"top-ppc-news-q1-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/top-ppc-news-q1-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Top PPC News &#8211; Q1 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">From making price extensions available on all devices to expanding the reach of exact match keywords, from a script to help you manage bids by keyword match type to a free tool for tracking your message extension conversion. This quarter saw some groundbreaking announcements, expert tips, guide to gear advertisers for the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ppc-posts-q1-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ppc-posts-q1-2017.jpg\" alt=\"ppc posts q1 2017\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More about these updates captured in the Quarter roundup of PPC news<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppc-epiphany.com\/2017\/02\/13\/new-script-eta-migration-checker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Script: ETA Migration Checker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bloomarty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Roettgerding<\/a> shares a useful AdWords\u00a0tool to keep a track of ETA migration process. Now, with standard ads removed, you might want to make use of the insights about your ETA performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/114015179770597516710\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/fnWcg6GMWjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Price extensions can now show on all devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously displayed with mobile test ads, price extensions now are available to be shown on all devices. This is to help users compare prices irrespective of he device they are on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/price-extension.png\" alt=\"adwords price extension\" width=\"776\" height=\"368\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/script-help-manage-bids-keyword-match-type-271030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here\u2019s a script to help manage bids by keyword match type.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siliconvallaeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick Vallaeys<\/a> shares a script that will help advertisers check if the bids are tiered appropriately as per the keyword match type.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-message-extension-conversion-tracking-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdWords Message Extension Conversion Tracking Software<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karooya announced a NEW nifty software to simplify the task of reaching audience and tracking conversions generated from Message Extension. Try this software for free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/track-messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adalysis.com\/blog\/analyze-exact-match-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Analyze the Exact Match Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgtheory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Geddes<\/a> gives insight into the new development around Exact Match type keywords.Here are the things that you could expect and the actions to take when the change is made live.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2017\/03\/close-variants-now-connects-more-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Close variants now connects more people with what they\u2019re looking for<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A recent announcement made by AdWords that will change how your exact match keywords will trigger an ad. In a few months you can expect close variant to include rewording and reordering of exact match type keywords.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/close-variant-exact-match.png\" alt=\"close variant exact match\" \/>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/114015179770597516710\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/RnpMvYg6gkk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Customize your ads using IF functions and default values<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With this new announcement, Google has made customizing ads easier by adding IF and default values. Learn more about how to use these new functions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2017\/01\/discover-new-adwords-experience_31.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover the new AdWords experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now more and more advertisers can start experiencing the new AdWords interface with additional and exploitable content. Details in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\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 decoding=\"async\" class=\"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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advertise.bingads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/post\/january-2017\/stay-on-top-of-campaigns-across-platforms-with-automated-imports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay on top of campaigns across platforms with Automated Imports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the new Automated Imports, advertisers can now automatically sync their AdWords campaigns with Bing Ads. So, now you don\u2019t have to spend time manually making the updates and manage campaigns across both platforms effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/ppc-posts-jan-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top PPC Blog Posts of Jan 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/top-posts-year-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karooya&#8217;s Top Posts From Year 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-announcement-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Top AdWords Announcements That Made News This Year (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From making price extensions available on all devices to expanding the reach of exact match keywords, from a script to help you manage bids by keyword match type to a free tool for tracking your message extension conversion. 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