It’s bigger, it’s better, and it’s official: The new Quality Score Tracker is finally available!
Martin Roettgerding is the head of SEM at SEO/SEM agency Bloofusion Germany. You can find him on LinkedIn.
Introducing the Quality Score Tracker v3.0
Category Archives: Quality Score
Keyword Quality Score Up Close
Google has just released a new version of the AdWords API. There’s nothing spectacular – unless you’re a Quality Score geek.
Martin Roettgerding is the head of SEM at SEO/SEM agency Bloofusion Germany. You can find him on LinkedIn.
What Really Happened in the Latest Quality Score Update
It’s been two weeks since Google announced to change the reporting of keyword Quality Scores in AdWords. The stated intention was to provide more transparency about those scores – a traditional problem for Google. Failing at that, the announcement has lead to some confusion among marketers. Let’s look at what really happened. Continue reading
Martin Roettgerding is the head of SEM at SEO/SEM agency Bloofusion Germany. You can find him on LinkedIn.
AdWords Keyword Quality Score Shakeup
For the last few weeks, AdWords advertisers have enjoyed seeing higher than usual keyword Quality Scores. Since we’ve been tracking those hourly for the last couple of months, we’ve been able to closely monitor this development. The following chart sums it up nicely:
Martin Roettgerding is the head of SEM at SEO/SEM agency Bloofusion Germany. You can find him on LinkedIn.
What Landing Page Quality Score is Really All About
A year ago, in October 2011, Google announced a change to how Quality Score was calculated. Since then, landing page quality is supposed to play an important role the ad auction, where ad ranks and click prices are determined. It was easy to miss that this was actually a fundamental change – one that didn’t add up.
In my opinion, Google has once again given priority to marketing and neglected to tell the real purpose behind this change. In consequence, advertisers got a completely wrong picture of what landing page quality is and what they’re supposed to do. Basically, all conclusions and strategies to deal with landing page quality are utterly wrong. Continue reading
Martin Roettgerding is the head of SEM at SEO/SEM agency Bloofusion Germany. You can find him on LinkedIn.