Much of my work is in the paid search space and developing software around that space, but on the odd occasion I’ll develop websites, mostly in WordPress. I’ve done 2 photographer websites lately, and the latest website was for a photographer in South Africa that had a flash based website – as far as Google [...]

How long have they been running PPC campaigns? Clearly, experience matters. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, he makes the case that to become an expert in something, you need at least 10,000 hours experience. In terms of working years, that would require at least 5 years of dedicated paid search experience. Is your PPC consultant [...]

Is your website fast enough?

January 21, 2012

Not sure if your website is fast enough? If it takes more than 2 seconds to load a page, your site is too slow and will negatively impact the visitor experience.

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How to avoid Click Monkeys in your PPC campaign

January 17, 2012

The process of weeding out unwanted clicks begins with sensible ad content. Some businesses are interested in B2B traffic only, and don’t want any consumer clicks. For example, wholesalers want to sell in bulk and do not want to waste money on clicks from consumers looking to purchase 1 item. So what can you do [...]

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Just another business against SOPA

January 12, 2012

I could not have explained what is at stake with SOPA better. Every business that values free enterprise and free speech should add their voice towards stopping SOPA, as do we. The essence of SOPA is the damage it could do to any online business. Anyone could visit your website and post a link or [...]

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Conversion & Goal Tracking Rule of Thumb – Google Analytics & AdWords

January 10, 2012

Rule of Thumb: Always send successful actions to unique Thank-You pages Let’s say your website has 3 different forms that users can submit. e.g. a contact form, a quote request form and a file upload form. You’d want to track when each type of action is done, and be able to easily register each action [...]

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