How To Get Into The PPC Industry.
I got a message recently from bazkika on twitter :- Hi Jordan, any tips/recommendations of PPC training/courses to help me get into the PPC industry, I live in the NW England. Thanks …There’s so many courses out there, I don’t know which are good and which not. Thanks again. Good question. I’m not sure I […]
Interflora Win Court Case Againt M&S in The UK
This case has dragged on for a *long* time, and M&S will probably still appeal the decision but… It seems that a UK court has ruled that you are not allowed to bid on competitor keywords if there is a decent chance that consumers may be mislead into thinking that you actually are your competitor […]
Google Checkout Being Retired.
See:- http://googlecommerce.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/an-update-to-google-checkout-for.html While the new Wallet instant buy API (once they eventually make it available) sounds like it could be great for increasing conversions from people with Android phones if nothing else… (I’m just wondering when they will announce they are retiring Google AdWords and recommend people move to Bing Ads instead)…
Free £75 AdWords Voucher For UK Business.
You have to set up a new account and spend £25 within 31 days to qualify for the £75 worth of free clicks. These vouchers expire on the 31st July 2013, and is only valid for UK businesses (I think) so you’ll need to be quick.. If you want this voucher (no strings attached), just […]
Google Is Retiring AdWords Product Extensions.
See the following links for more information (though there is nothing official on the AdWords support site yet) :- http://searchengineland.com/adwords-to-end-product-extensions-as-plas-take-ove-158571 http://certifiedknowledge.org/blog/google-is-sunsetting-product-extensions/ What difference will this make? Not a lot. The main thing is that you will no longer have to assign a product extension to a non Product Listing Ads campaign in the ‘Ad Extensions’ […]
Passed The AdWords Advanced Search Exam Again
If you have to resit this exam, and passed it easily the last time, then you probably don’t need to do any revision at all. Most of the questions were very similar to the last time I sat it. I didn’t do any revision, and completed the 100 questions in 35 minutes and got 94% […]
Google Affiliate Network Is Cancelled (Closed For Business)!
You have to laugh at how Google treat their customers sometimes. :- http://googleaffiliatenetwork-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/an-update-on-google-affiliate-network.html. Of course they did this about 5 hours after I wrote in the PPCNI Top AdWords Tips about how it was worth signing up for! So, if you are a merchant in the UK and want to work with the really big […]