Can You Hit Google’s Knuckleball?

While Google does throw many “knuckleballs” at marketers, there are several “fastballs” in there, too, if you know where to look. Another year, another season of high hopes for my beloved Toronto Blue Jays. Our former Cy Young-winning knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey, offers hope and heartache. A strong seven-inning performance will be followed up by an […]

Canada: A Vast, Unspoiled E-Commerce Frontier?

Our neighbors to the north have lots of work to do when it come to capitalizing on the many e-commerce opportunities available to them. With the approach of the first ever ClickZ Live Toronto conference in beautiful Toronto springtime, it’s now apropos to remove my pan-North-American and global marketer hat, and definitely time to scale back […]

After April 22, You’ll Be Busy. Because AdWords Is About To Get A Lot Better

Last year, while many other advertisers were holding protests and doing the Chicken Little dance, I decided early on to say something different: Enhanced Campaigns were going to make things… yes…better.A year later, and we’re still living with the pain of something that was taken away: bid control over the tablet channel. What we gained was […]

Why I Hate Ad Extensions

Although there are endless touted benefits to ad extensions, here is a look why they may not be all they’re cracked up to be, with 11 detailed reasons. OK, “hate” is a strong word. If I were appropriately British, I’d probably soften this to “Why Ad Extensions Are Sometimes Found Wanting.” Being Canadian, all I […]

Quality Score Isn’t Actionable. Here’s What You Can Do About It (Traffick)

Everyone in PPC (and related display advertising) today knows that ad rank is determined in part by your bid, and in part by a multifaceted relevancy measure called Quality Score.What many still don’t realize is that Quality Score doesn’t merely determine rank on the page (of the ad listings), but also impression share or the frequency […]