May, 2024

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Search ad costs rise, conversion rates decline again in 2024

Search Engine Land

Paid search advertising conversion rates have decreased across nearly all industries year over year. Meanwhile, the cost of generating leads through search ads continues to increase. The 2024 edition once again features data on the average conversion rate, cost per lead (CPL), click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC).

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Google AI Overviews, clicks and traffic impact: Unraveling the mystery

Search Engine Land

While vaguely mentioning that links in AIO get higher click-through rates (CTRs), Google has remained evasive when directly asked about this. Regarding CTR, if the AIO summary is divided into multiple sections, each section typically contains one or more links. ” Annoying, right? ” Annoying, right?

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How entity-based strategies can contribute to PPC success

Search Engine Land

If your website follows an entity approach and the accompanying PPC campaigns are aligned with that approach, you will see high quality scores, which mean lower costs-per-click and higher click-through rates. Ad relevance: Entities ensure your ads are relevant to users’ intent, not just matching keywords.

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How an ecommerce site increased commercial monthly organic traffic from 37K to 210K

Search Engine Land

At a glance Massive traffic increase: Organic clicks rose from 37,000 to 210,000 per month by targeting high-search commercial keywords. Generated over 210,000 clicks per month by generating both brand and non-brand organic traffic. Thus, this CTR study signifies that ranking higher means more traffic.

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A guide to ad variations in Google Ads

Search Engine Land

To create a new one, click the blue “+” symbol above the table. When you’re sure, click Create variation to finalize the process. The variation will be live once you go through Google’s review process and reach the start date. From here, you can view a table containing any active and completed variations.

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How to uncover hidden gems in your paid search accounts

Search Engine Land

This guide will walk through some key reports, tools and analyses that can yield impactful insights for optimizing your paid search efforts. For example, let’s say you’re looking at a campaign and notice a high CTR coupled with a low CVR. What does this indicate?

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3 common B2B SEO mistakes sabotaging cost per lead

Search Engine Land

To top it all off, you’re dealing with the Law of Shitty Clickthrough rates (where the required minimum spend and performance of a channel traditionally falls over the long-term anyway) and it gets more expensive to compete long-term. Ad creative click-throughs and response rates often fall over the long term.

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