Due to our late promotion of the San Francisco AdWords Seminar for Success; we are waiving the 7 day advance sign-up requirement to receive the special $50 coupon from Google. Come join us in the Bay Area for a full day of AdWords learning. AdWords Seminar home page. Google’s seiminar event page.

<new>I’m slowly cleaning up old drafts. This is one from 5 months ago before the redesign (and I’ve not reintegrated Google search yet). However, for those wordpress users - it’s a worthwhile read.</new> I love analytics. No where else on the web can you get lost in the purity of statistics. However, there’s a dark side to [...]

<new>This is an older draft that’s well past the date when people were freaking out about this change to the top position. However, I think it does give some insight into Google being able to both maximize profits and maximize the consumer experience</new> I’ve been examining the changes to the AdWords Formula for top position ranking [...]

In May I wrote an extensive article on Search Engine Land about the various bidding options on AdWords. I followed that up with a compatibility chart to illustrate which bidding options are compatible with the various features of AdWords. Due to AdWords changes in the past few months, the chart started to become outdated. I’ve just [...]

The AdWords Seminar for Success series is coming to Dallas, TX. When: Thursday, September 25th Where:DoubleTree Hotel Dallas Market Center 2015 Market Center Blvd Dallas, TX 75207 Hotel Website Driving Directions Parking: Complimentary Self Parking Internet Access: Free WiFi in Hotel Lobby (May not be available in meeting room) Agenda Timeline: Registration: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Morning Session: 9am-12pm Lunch Break: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Afternoon Session: 1pm-5pm Breakfast [...]

At times I can be a lone voice speaking about the effectiveness of the content network. As with all marketing (and most decisions), it’s not that the content network is inherently bad or good (and the same can be said for search). It’s a distribution channel that needs to be treated differently than other channels. Differences [...]

Google recently introduced a new report this week, the Geographic performance report. Combine this report with AdWords conversion tracker, Geographic targeting, and Google Analytics Map Overlay to determine where your most profitable visitors are coming from. From there you can create dedicated location targeted campaigns to target your most profitable visitors, or to make special [...]

The AdWords Seminar for Success series is coming to San Francisco, CA. When: Tuesday, September 16 Where: Embassy Suites San Francisco Airpot 250 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 Agenda Timeline: Registration: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Morning Session: 9am-12pm Lunch Break: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Afternoon Session: 1pm-5pm Breakfast and refreshments will be served. Agenda: The Morning Session, from 9:00 am to noon covers the following [...]

There are several known bugs where loading up a flash file will freeze a browser. This is common in IE8, Firefox, and even Chrome. There’s a simple fix: install adobe flash 10.x beta. Please note, there are a few flash files around the web which will think you’re using such an old version of flash, it [...]

I’m trying something new to see your reaction. I receive a lot of questions via email about PPC; in fact more than I can ever hope to answer. Some of them are much more popular than others - so I thought I’d try blogging the answers to various questions. If you have a question, feel free [...]