Paid Search Has Changed: 3 Ways to Keep Up in 2017

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Senior Data Scientist at

Wordstream

5 Years in Paid Search

Voted the 14th Most Influential

PPC Expert of 2016

RIP Standard Text Ads (2000-2016)

Expanded Text Ads

Advertisers see an average CTR boost of 15- 20% when

transitioning to Google’s Expanded Text Ads.

Data is based on a sample of 8,125 Wordstream clients, 2016 - 2017

Advertisers see an average CTR boost of 15- 20% when transitioning to Google’s Expanded Text Ads.

However, 1 in 3 English Speaking advertisers will struggle and see

decreased CTR after transitioning to Expanded Text Ads.

Data is based on a sample of 8,125 Wordstream clients, 2016 - 2017

What’s different between these 2 ads?

THERE IS

NONE!

2000 – The Digital Stone Age

Our Search Has Evolved

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

55%

60%

65%

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Share of Long Term Searches

Our Search Has Evolved

We’ve learned to search better and expect more specific answers.

We search more frequentlycompleting the same task

We’re increasingly search moreconversationally

We search for answers to our questions,

Not keywords

The Most Common Words in EnglishRank Word Part of speech

1 the Definite article

2 be Intransitive verb

3 to Preposition

4 of Preposition

5 and Conjunction

6 a Indefinite article

7 in Preposition

8 that Pronoun

9 have Transitive verb

10 I Pronoun

• The most common words your searchers use and your content features are not your keywords.

• In comparison, the most common words in paid search ads are search keywords, nearly all of which are nouns.

Focus on More Than Keywords!

• Keyword relevance is the LEAST important factor of quality score!

• A high quality ad & landing

page experience is 4 x more important!

We Don’t Need Bigger Ads for More Keywords

(Adverb) (Verb) (Pronoun)

Write Ads

for your

Audience

3 Most Powerful Ad Pronouns

#1

#2

“We”#3

“We” sells your expertise, not your KWs

CTR: 0.25%

CTR: 4.87%

3 Most Powerful Ad Pronouns

#1

#2 “You”

#3 “We”

“You” speaks to your audience directly

CTR: 7.15%

CTR: 11.86%

Use What Your Know About Your Past Visitors with Remarketing

Source: 928 Wordstream Clients using remarketing audiences January 2015

3 Most Powerful Ad Pronouns

#1 “Him/Her”

“You”

“We”

#2

#3

Demographic TargetingDemographic targeting is available on:

• NEW on Google Search

• Google Display Network

• Bing Ads

• Nearly all social networks

NEW on Google Search!

Personalize Your Ads For Your Audience

Personalize Your Ads For Your Audience

CTR: 7.31%

CVR: 1.82%

Ad shown only to men: Ad shown only to women:

CTR: 11.59%

CVR: 4.35%

CTR: 9.25%

CVR: 3.80%

Improved CTR 60%! Improved CVR 140%!!

Improved CTR 30%! Improved CVR 110%!!

Write Ads for All of

their Devices

Mobile is increasingly Important

Source: 1,865Wordstream Clients advertising on Google Search on all devices from Jan 2013 to Dec 2016

But Are Struggling More with Mobile

ETAs released

July 28th

Source: 10,170 Wordstream Clients advertising on Google Search on Mobile in 2016

Mobile Preferred Ads for STAs were Easy!

But There’s No “Mobile Preferred” ETAs

WHAT ABOUT

MOBILE?

Mobile Ad Copy is Back with IF Functions

• NEW on Google: IF Statements for Device & Audience.

• Allows you to serve different ad copy to mobile searchers and remarketing audiences

Mobile Ad Extensions Cater Your Mobile Copy

1. People increasingly use longer and more natural language to search. Your ads should reflect this trend and read naturally. Avoid keyword stuffing!

2. Write ads for your audience. Write different ads for remarketing & demographic audiences.

3. Revisit your new ETAs and include IF Statements for mobile ad copy changes to attract an increasingly mobile world.

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