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17. May, 2009

Dynamic Keyword Insertion

Dynamic Keyword Insertion

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What is DKI ? (Dynamic Keyword Insertion)

Suggest by Adwords,

Keyword insertion is an advanced feature that can help make your ad more relevant to a diverse audience. To use keyword insertion, you place a short piece of code into your ad text. Each time the ad shows, AdWords will automatically replace the code with the keyword that triggered the ad.

Keyword insertion may be used with any text ad, including local business ads and mobile ads. This feature should be used with care, so we strongly recommend that you take the time to review the contents of this tutorial before trying keyword insertion in your account.

Using the Keyword Insertion Code

To use keyword insertion, insert the following code at any point in your ad text, including in the display URL or destination URL:

{keyword:default text}
When your ad appears on a search result page, the code will be replaced by the keyword that triggered the ad. If the keyword is too long, and would cause the ad text to exceed its character limit, the ad’s default text will be used instead.

See an example

In the ad group ‘Puppies,’ you create the following ad using two instances of the keyword insertion code:

Buy {Keyword:Puppies}
From an Award-Winning Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com
destination URL: http://www.Example.com/?kw={keyword:nil}

Your ad group ‘Puppies’ contains the following three keywords: poodles, yorkies, west highland terriers

Depending on which keyword a user searches on, your ad will show in one of the following ways:

Search query: poodles yorkies west highland terriers
Ad: Buy Poodles
From an Award-Winning Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com
Buy Yorkies
From an Award-Winning Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com
Buy Puppies
From an Award-Winning Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com
Destination URL: http://www.example.com/?kw=poodles http://www.example.com/?kw=yorkies http://www.example.com/?kw=west%20highland%20terriers

Notice that the default text is used in the ad’s title when a user searches on ‘west highland terriers,’ since the keyword is too long to fit. However, ‘west highland terriers’ is inserted in the destination URL, since there’s no character limit there.

Learn more about the keyword insertion code

You can modify the keyword insertion code to change the capitalization of the keyword when it’s inserted in your ad text. Click the link below for details:

Capitalization guidelines

The chart below illustrates the keyword insertion capitalization guidelines. Assume the search query ‘golden retrievers’ triggered your ad.

Your ad’s title How the ad title appears to users What part of the keyword is capitalized?
Buy {keyword:Puppies} Buy golden retrievers No part
Buy {Keyword:Puppies} Buy Golden retrievers The first letter of the first word only (sentence capitalization)
Buy {KeyWord:Puppies} Buy Golden Retrievers The first letter of each word (initial capitalization)
Buy {KEYWord:Puppies} Buy GOLDEN Retrievers The entire first word and the first letter of each additional word
Buy {KeyWORD:Puppies} Buy Golden RETRIEVERS The first letter of the first word and the entirety of each additional word
Buy {KEYWORD:Puppies} Buy GOLDEN RETRIEVERS The entire keyword

Two notes about capitalization:

The default text will appear how you write it and isn’t affected by how you capitalize ‘keyword.’ In each example above, the title would always read ‘Buy Puppies’ if the default text were used.

AdWords capitalization rules still apply, meaning an ad can’t include excessive capitalization such as ‘BUY DVD BURNERS.’ Full capitalization may only be used when the natural spelling of a word requires it, such as in acronyms, technical terms, and trademarked terms.

A few more notes:

You can use the keyword insertion code multiple times within an ad and across several ads at once.

Make sure your default text is short enough to keep your ad within the character limits. For instance, you wouldn’t be able to create an ad with the title ‘Buy {KeyWord:West Highland Terriers},’ since the default text brings the title to over 25 characters.

A keyword will always be inserted in a destination URL that uses keyword insertion, even it would be rejected from appearing in the ad text.

If a broad- or phrase-matched keyword triggers your ad, the keyword — and not necessarily the search query — will appear in the ad.

Keyword insertion works on both the search and content network. On the content network, the keyword that best matches the content page will be inserted, or the default text will be used if that matches best.

To see how your keyword insertion ad will appear to users, visit the Ad Preview Page and search for a keyword in the ad’s ad group. If you can’t find your ad, learn why by using the Ads Diagnostic Tool.

Using Keyword Insertion Effectively

When using keyword insertion, make sure all the keywords in your ad group: are closely related fit well in each ad variation containing the keyword insertion code Otherwise, your ads will appear confusing or irrelevant to users.

Check out the examples below for an illustration of this concept. In general, the more narrowly focused your ad groups, the more successful they’ll be.

Suppose you’re a dog breeder and sell a variety of dogs. You create an ad group with a range of keywords covering each breed. You also create general ads that are relevant to all the keywords in your ad group. For instance:

Ad group name: Puppies
Keywords: golden retrievers, labradors,
poodles, yorkies, puppies
Ad text: Buy {KeyWord:Puppies}
From an Award-Winning Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com

Better ad group

Alternatively, you create a separate ad group for each breed. Each ad group contains keywords about that breed only, and the ads are specific to that breed. For example:

Ad group name: Poodles Yorkies
Keywords: poodles, poodle puppies, toy poodles yorkies, yorkie puppies, teacup yorkies
Ad text: Buy {KeyWord:Poodle Puppies}
Award-Winning Poodle Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com
Buy {KeyWord:Yorkie Puppies}
Award-Winning Yorkie Breeder
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
www.Example.com

Keyword Insertion Guidelines

Ads using keyword insertion must adhere to the following guidelines or they’ll be disapproved:

Keyword insertion ads can’t promote adult content. When a keyword appears in an ad, the ad should reflect correct grammar and punctuation. It should also be accurate, clear, and directly relevant to your site, service, or product.

As always, all your ads and keywords must meet our advertising policies.

From ADVPPC

The command itself: {keyword}
How to use it:

In Your Ads

{keyword:PPC secrets revealed}

Placing the above command in the title of your ad will trigger any keyword that you bid in that ad group to be displayed making your ad more relevant and helping to boost your CTR. The “PPC secrets revealed” part of the command is what is called alternate text and will be displayed when one of two things happens.
1. The keyword that you bid on and that was used to trigger your ad is longer than the 25 character limit or
2. The keyword that you bid on was a broad matched keyword and does not exactly match the search term that someone typed in.

Capitalization Using the Dynamic Keyword Command:

  • {keyword:alternate text here} will appear as alternate text here
  • {Keyword:alternate text here} will appear as Alternate text here
  • {KeyWord:alternate text here} will appear as Alternate Text Here

Note: The capitalization variations of the command will also affect any keywords that a searcher types in and is displayed because of the {keyword} command.

You can also save time by using this command in the destination url section of your ads to track your keyword performance.
Ex: http://www.yoursite.com/home.asp?src=google&keyword={keyword}
What this does is that everytime your ad is triggered, you will be able to see which keyword generated a click and if your site is properly tagged you can see which keyword led to a conversion in your analytics tool such as Google analytics.

In Your Tracking Strings (URLs)

Here’s another place where you can save a lot of time when setting up your AdGroups and adding new keywords.
By using the dynamic keyword insertion command in your URL tracking strings you avoid having to type out each keyword and it’s associated matching option manually.

Ex: Type http://www.yoursite.com/home.asp?src=google&keyword={keyword} instead of http://www.yoursite.com/home.asp?src=google&keyword=ppc+secrets+revealed

Imagine having hundreds of adgroups to go through contaning several keywords each – how long would it take you to set up your tracking strings to properly track each keyword? Now you can eliminate the hassle with this simple command.

Here’s the proper syntax to use the command with the various matching options available on Google Adwords:

  • Broad matched keywords = {keyword}
  • Phrase matched keyword = “{keyword}”
  • Exact matched keyword = [{keyword}]

This is just one of the ways to improve effeciencies in your campaigns.

DKI credit

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To implement  : Set it at google adwords Ads title, Set it to URL (for Tracking purpose and send variable), Use variable to optimize landing page (Title,Meta tag, Keywords in contents, tag and Div class)

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06. May, 2009

Landing page, Site Quality Guidelines by adwords

From Adwords suggest, Landing is one of important factor to improve your quality score, Effect with your campaign – Position and budget. Credit

Landing Page and Site Quality Guidelines

Relevant and Original Content

Relevance and originality are two characteristics that define high-quality site content. Here are some pointers on creating content that meets these standards:

Relevance:

  • Users should be able to easily find what your ad promises.
  • Link to the page on your site that provides the most useful information about the product or service in your ad. For instance, direct users to the page where they can buy the advertised product, rather than to a page with a description of several products.

Originality:

  • Feature unique content that can’t be found on another site. This guideline is particularly applicable to resellers whose site is identical or highly similar to another reseller’s or the parent company’s site, and to affiliates that use the following types of pages:
       
  • Bridge pages: Pages that act as an intermediary, whose sole purpose is to link or redirect traffic to the parent company 
  • Mirror pages: Pages that replicate the look and feel of a parent site; your site should not mirror (be similar or nearly identical in appearance to) your parent company’s or any other advertiser’s site
  •  

  • Provide substantial information. If your ad does link to a page consisting mostly of ads or general search results (such as a directory or catalog page), provide additional, unique content.
  • It’s especially important to feature original content because AdWords won’t show multiple ads directing to identical or similar landing pages at the same time.

    Transparency

    In order to build trust with users, your site should be explicit in three primary areas: the nature of your business; how your site interacts with a visitor’s computer; and how you intend to use a visitor’s personal information, if you request it. Here are tips on maximizing your site’s transparency:

    Your business information:

    • Openly share information about your business. Clearly define what your business is or does.
    • Honor the deals and offers you promote in your ad.
    • Deliver products and services as promised.
    • Only charge users for the products and services that they order and successfully receive.
    • Distinguish sponsored links from the rest of your site content.

    Your site’s interaction with a visitor’s computer:

    • Avoid altering users’ browser behavior or settings (such as back button functionality or browser window size) without first getting their permission.
    • If your site automatically installs software, be upfront about the installation and allow for easy removal. Refer to Google’s Software Principles for more guidelines.

    Visitors’ personal information:

    • Unless necessary for the product or service that you’re offering, don’t request personal information.
    • If you do request personal information, provide a privacy policy that discloses how the information will be used.
    • Give options to limit the use of a user’s personal information, such as the ability to opt out of receiving newsletters.
    • Allow users to access your site’s content without requiring them to register. Or, provide a preview of what users will get by registering.

    Navigability

    The key to turning visitors into customers is making it easy for users to find what they’re looking for. Here’s how:

    • Provide a short and easy path for users to purchase or receive the product or offer in your ad.
    • Avoid excessive use of pop-ups, pop-unders, and other obtrusive elements throughout your site.
    • Make sure that your landing page loads quickly.
    • Turn to Google’s Webmaster Guidelines for more recommendations, which will improve your site’s performance in Google’s search results as well.

    To do

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