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Display Search Term In Ad Creative With Dynamic Keyword Insertion

September 1st, 2009

Google AdWords Dynamic Keyword Insertion

When building your ad creatives, aside for using multiple ad copies, it is a good idea to include the search term that the consumer is using in your ad copy. This can be done quite easily with Dynamic Keyword Insertion.

Dynamic Keyword Insertion

With Dynamic Keyword Insertion you can use a placeholder text instead of an actual title or description which Google will then strip out and replace with the consumer’s search term. You can use it in a few different ways as well, here’s how:

{KeyWord:Default}

This keyword placeholder which Google calls Dynamic Keyword Insertion, is broken into two parts. The first option, ‘KeyWord’, defines how you display the search query casing, capital first letter of each word, capital first letter of sentence or lower case.

{KeyWord:Default} – First Letter Upper Case Of Each Word

{Keyword:Default} – Only first letter of sentence upper case

{keyword:Default} – full text will be lower case

The second half, after the colon, is the default text that will be used when the consumers search query does not fit in the space requirements.

The Dynamic Keyword Insertion tool can be used in all fields of an ad copy: Title, Description 1 & 2, Display URL and Destination URL. Samples as follows:

Querymicrosoft zune8gb ipod nano green leather skin
Ad CopyBuy {KeyWord:Zune}
8GB Micrsoft Zune. Buy Now.
Free Shipping On All Orders.

www.ExampleSite.com
Buy {keyword:ipod accessories}
8GB iPod Nano Accessories.
Free Shipping On All Orders.

www.ExampleSite.com
OutputBuy Microsoft Zune
8GB Micrsoft Zune. Buy Now.
Free Shipping On All Orders.

www.ExampleSite.com
Buy ipod accessories
8GB iPod Nano Accessories.
Free Shipping On All Orders.

www.ExampleSite.com
NotesCapitalized First Letter Of Each WordSpace Restriction: Default Search Term

Get Extra Mileage By Tweaking Your Ad Copy

August 13th, 2009

Ad Serving

Ad Serving

When creating a new campaign, it is always good to create several ads in each ad group. By default Google will serve your best performing ads more often than the others. With a brand new campaign that doesn’t have enough data, I’ve found this to be skewed towards the ads that performed well during the first couple of days. To counteract this, you can set your campaign to display ads evenly for 2-3 weeks so that you can collect a decent amount of data and then switch it back to serve the best performing ads more often.

Ad Copy

You should always put at least three different ad copies in each ad group. Although you know your product the best, you don’t know what people tend to click on. The bottom line is that consumers are hard to predict.

Try using similar ads such as:

Red Shirt – Free Shipping
110% Low Price Guarantee. Order Now.
3 Day Sale. Fast, Free Shipping

BobsWebsite.com/Free

Red Shirt – Free Shipping
110% Low Price Guarantee. Order Now.
3 Day Sale, Huge Selection Of Shirts.

BobsWebsite.com/Free

Red Shirt – Lowest Price
Large Selection, Authorized Distributor.
3 Day Sale. Fast, Free Shipping.

BobsWebsite.com/Free

After a few weeks, see which ads performed better and tweak the others with similar styles. Every few weeks you should rinse and repeat.