Dan Zuzanski is a Paid Search Analyst here at Rocket Clicks and will be contributing to a blog post series about Google Analytics on a regular basis. Dan is Google Analytics Certified and has a goal of educating businesses on the ways that Google Analytics can help you analyze your website’s visitor interactions in order to increase revenue for your business.
Archive · February 2010
Rocket Clicks’ Google Analytics Classroom: Analyzing New vs Returning Visitors
» February 26th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Breaking Down How Symbols and Punctuation Affect Keywords Within Google AdWords
» February 24th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Can I use a question mark in my keyword? That’s a common question we hear. Often, search query reports turn up phrases that are clearly questions, so there is merit to asking the question. Would I get more traffic if I had both a keyword and the same keyword with a hyphen because people type it in differently? Often PPC analysts prize granularity in AdWords account structure, so this a valid question we hear, too. These issues are all bits of a bigger picture involving how AdWords defines keywords.
Nuggets from the Rocket Clicks Weekly Update – Week 7
» February 22nd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
This week we discussed the big news about a MSN and Yahoo deal which received the green light; display advertising’s rising projections in 2010; and a mobile operator alliance to compete with Apple, more uproar to Google Buzz, and the President hiring a Twitterer.
Nuggets from the Rocket Clicks Weekly Update – Week 6
» February 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
This week’s main topic was Google introducing their Fiber-optic Network, which will speed up the average internet user’s connection by 100 times; also covered was Aardvark (a social search service bought by Google), improvements in Google AdSense, and the launch of Google Buzz.
Rocket Clicks Reviews – 8 Free SEO Tools to Increase Traffic & Website Rankings
» February 15th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Search engine optimization can sometimes be difficult to monitor for websites due to the complexity of search engine algorithms and ranking formulas. There are many different tools available online though, that will help monitor website optimization and identify any problems search engines may have with indexing website pages, in order to allow your website to rank as high as possible in search engine results.
Ispionage’s New Beta Research Tool – Making Competitive Research Even Easier For Advertisers
» February 11th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Big news for market researchers – Competitive Intelligence Company, Ispionage, just released a new beta interface with enhanced features and great new research tools earlier this week. Here at RocketClicks, we use Ispionage nearly daily to check competitor’s ads, search for new keywords, and find new competitors and so much more. The old product was great, but the new beta features are even better…
Nuggets from the Rocket Clicks Weekly Update – Week 5
» February 8th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
This week’s main topics were Google’s partnership with the National Security Agency made public and Monster’s acquisition of HotJobs from Yahoo – a deal they were outbid in by Yahoo back in 2002.
New Breed of Click Fraud Simulates Sale; Empties Your Bank Account
» February 4th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Since the inception of Google Adwords in 2000, fraudsters and spyware developers have tried to swindle Google Adwords advertisers out of their money. Traditional click fraud is usually done with the help of automatic click software or a human trying to exhaust the budget of their competitor. Google can easily detect these forms of click [...]
How Google Leads the Way for Haiti Relief Effort with Online Resources
» February 3rd, 2010 at 5:10 pm
It’s been just over three weeks since the horrific 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 200,000 and leaving another two million in need of aid. News spread quickly around the world, in part by television, radio and newspaper, but mostly through the internet.
As relief efforts were quickly organized, Google [...]
