{"id":4357,"date":"2017-04-17T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T08:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:15:13","slug":"weekly-ppc-news-adwords-ab-testing-alive-google-shopping-yields-smaller-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/weekly-ppc-news-adwords-ab-testing-alive-google-shopping-yields-smaller-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly PPC News &#8211; AdWords A\/B Testing is Alive, Why Google Shopping Yields Smaller Orders &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">In this week&#8217;s PPC News experts share their views on why advertisers must make business decisions for their AdWords campaigns. At what all places Google is taking over decision making and how advertisers must decide whether to do things on their own or let the system decide.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/heres-script-stop-ads-showing-next-offensive-videos-272850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here\u2019s a script to stop ads from showing next to offensive videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siliconvallaeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick Vallaeys<\/a> shares the script to identify low quality videos that your ad is showing for and might be the content you would not wish to be associated with<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/heres-script-stop-ads-showing-next-offensive-videos-272850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/youtube-adwords-script.png\" alt=\"youtube adwords script\" width=\"745\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkleinc.com\/blog\/why-google-shopping-yields-smaller-orders-and-why-might-be-okay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Google Shopping Yields Smaller Orders, and Why That Might Be Okay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data shows that though PLAs and text ads roughly account for equal search ad traffic share, the average order value is found to be lower for PLAs than text ads. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PronouncedAhndy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Taylor<\/a> discusses why and what should you do about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adalysis.com\/blog\/video-answers-burning-attribution-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Video Answers Your Burning Attribution Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the webinar where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgtheory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Geddes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjornespenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bjorn Espenes<\/a> discuss about attribution management, how to choose which attribution model works for your and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondthepaid.com\/ab-testing-is-alive-and-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A\/B Testing Is Alive and Well<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mel66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melissa Mackey<\/a> shares her outlook on whether A\/B testing approach to test your ad message testing is outdated or not and why it might not be the best decision to let Google pick your winning ad for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2017\/04\/12\/exact-match-keyword-change-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Impact of Google&#8217;s New Exact-Enough Match Keywords [Data<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>An overview of how the exact match change has impacted the performance of some 100 accounts analyzed for this study. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allenthomasfinn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allen Finn<\/a> elaborates more in this post.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2017\/04\/12\/exact-match-keyword-change-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/total-spent-exact-match-keywords.png\" alt=\"total spent exact match keywords\" width=\"516\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neptunemoon.net\/2017\/04\/the-future-of-ads-in-adwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Future Of Ads In AdWords<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AdWords has been evolving the ads by first emphasizing on using responsive ads for GDN and secondly when asking advertisers to let Google decide their winning ad. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeptuneMoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie F Bacchini<\/a> shares her views about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adstage.io\/2017\/04\/12\/ppc-checklist-half\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cut Your PPC Checklist In Half With This Simple Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Managing PPC activities across multiple platforms can become quite tedious. Breanna Lambert discusses how you can reduce some of the PPC tasks in your checklist by automating them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppchero.com\/avoid-these-common-ppc-shopping-strategy-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AVOID THESE COMMON PPC SHOPPING STRATEGY MISTAKES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Run a successful shopping campaign for your eCommerce account by avoiding these mistakes and increasing the overall performance of your campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khaddy_ppc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelsey Hadaller<\/a> discusses in this post.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppchero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Excluded-770x313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/shopping-campaign-exclude.jpg\" alt=\"shopping campaign exclude\" width=\"770\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/news\/helping-small-businesses-succeed-in-a-mobile-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helping small businesses succeed in a mobile world<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To empower businesses into using Facebook and Instagram, here are some solutions offered to advertisers to help them connect easily with their audiences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixmarketing.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/11\/adwords-optimize-for-conversions-ad-rotation-could-be-killing-your-conversions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdWords \u201cOptimize for Conversions\u201d Ad Rotation Could Be Killing Your Conversions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robert_brady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Brady<\/a> shares a case study which suggests how not making decisions to run your ads on your own may result in costing a lot on your pocket.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/old-vs-new-exact-match-type-keyword-what-will-changed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Old vs New Exact Match Type Keyword \u2013 What Will Change?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-account-audit-checklist-part1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AdWords Audit Checklist Part 1 &#8211;\u00a0Account Structure, Tracking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/converted-clicks-vs-conversions-what-is-the-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Converted Clicks vs. Conversions &#8211;\u00a0What is the Difference?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s PPC News experts share their views on why advertisers must make business decisions for their AdWords campaigns. 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