{"id":4953,"date":"2017-06-19T15:48:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T10:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:27:54","slug":"weekly-ppc-news-bing-ads-desktop-bid-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/weekly-ppc-news-bing-ads-desktop-bid-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly PPC News &#8211; Bing Ads Desktop Bid Adjustment Update, Facebook Lookalike Audience and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Bing Ads updates desktop bid adjustments\u00a0and announced in market, custom audience (pilot stage), learn about using AdWords Scripts, how the ad rank change (to be rolled out in coming months) is impacting bid estimates, learn about Facebook Lookalike audiences and more in this week&#8217;s PPC News recap.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advertise.bingads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/post\/june-2017\/expanded-device-targeting-desktop-bid-adjustment-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Device Targeting: Desktop Bid Adjustment update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bing Ads updated their Desktop bid adjustment which can be completely set to -100% now in syn with other device types.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/desktop-bid-adjustment-bing-ads.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4954 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/desktop-bid-adjustment-bing-ads.png\" alt=\"desktop bid adjustment bing ads\" width=\"397\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondthepaid.com\/learning-adwords-scripts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learning Adwords Scripts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t used AdWords Scripts yet to automate your AdWords account tasks, then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mel66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melissa Mackey<\/a> takes you through the basics of doing so, which is quite easy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advertise.bingads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/post\/june-2017\/new-in-market-and-custom-audiences-targeting-features-help-advertisers-target-and-reach-their-best-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New In-Market and Custom Audiences Targeting features help advertisers target and reach their best customers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With in-market audiences and custom audiences announced for pilot stage, Bing Ads want to help its advertisers connect with their ideal audience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkleinc.com\/blog\/assessing-impact-googles-may-ad-rank-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assessing the Impact of Google\u2019s May Ad Rank Changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PronouncedAhndy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Taylor<\/a> explores how Google&#8217;s announcement of changes in calculating ad rank has impacted bid estimates for brand and non -brand keywords.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bid-estimates-merkle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bid-estimates-merkle.png\" alt=\"bid estimates merkle\" width=\"642\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/check-youve-screwed-adwords-account-v-2-276655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to check if you\u2019ve screwed up your AdWords account, v.2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dangilbertppc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Gilbert<\/a> shares the updated AdWords Script that can help you identify some of the common issues in your AdWords account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/how-you-can-outrank-your-adwords-competitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How You Can Outrank Your AdWords Competitors?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is evaluating the best tactic to analyze who your competitors are and what bidding strategy to opt for to overpower them in SERP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixmarketing.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/dont-pause-that-keyword-until-youve-analyzed-these-4-metrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don\u2019t Pause that Keyword Until You\u2019ve Analyzed These 4 Metrics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Making a quick decision in pausing a keyword not driving enough conversions? This post discusses the 4 key metrics to look at while evaluating your keywords.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/avg-session-duration-adwords-keywords.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/avg-session-duration-adwords-keywords.png\" alt=\"avg session duration adwords keywords\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.adstage.io\/2017\/06\/15\/lookalike-audiences-multiple-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick Guide to Facebook Lookalike Audiences for Multiple Countries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdprater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JD Prater<\/a> discusses the new Facebook feature that lets advertisers select lookalike audiences for multiple locations after creating the custom audience. More about it in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2017\/06\/14\/evolved-text-ads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Data-Backed Tips for AdWords Ads that Work Right Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Write effective PPC ads with these 7 data backed strategies and make your ads in the new format (expanded ads) more result oriented. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkIrvine89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Irvine<\/a> shares the tips in this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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\/product-update-expanded-text-ads-preview-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Product Update] Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool Upgraded<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/are-expanded-text-ads-eating-organic-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are Expanded Text Ads Eating SEO Traffic?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bing Ads updates desktop bid adjustments\u00a0and announced in market, custom audience (pilot stage), learn about using AdWords Scripts, how the ad rank change (to be rolled out in coming months) is impacting bid estimates, learn about Facebook Lookalike audiences and more in this week&#8217;s PPC News recap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ppc-roundup"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kirti","author_link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/author\/kirti\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4953"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4961,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions\/4961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}