Tracking Ad Performance

The quality of an ad impacts the search results of Google, ads, and your account performance so you should establish or develop a method to figure out how your customers found your ad and how they track these results. There are many ways to do so. Most companies ask "How did you hear about us?" from new customers who phone or visit while other companies ask who referred them.But tracking is a great way to determine if your advertising is effectively working.Tracking precisely tells you the media or ads that bring inquiries and the ads that generate sales. This distinction is actually a key. The amount of revenue each advertising dollar produces can easily be tracked if can keep a tally of the number of invoices.Tracking ad performance helps you to decide if you need to adjust your advertising in order to make your budget most effectively work for you. So you will pre-emptively learn when to stop using some media or publications and when to spend more money in others. You can precisely make out which headings are getting you the majority.

Advertising has long been considered is a trial-and-error process. Several years will be spent trying out different advertising options plus analyzing assessing results to gather knowledge about your target markets and the mix of media that is working best for your business.

AdWords makes use of a variable named the 'Quality Score.' The score is used to evaluate the relevance of your keywords. Quality Score calculation is based on the click through rate (CTR) of your keywords on Google.

Each time one of your keywords matches a query then your quality score is updated. Quality Score is a true indicator of the success of an ad amongst the people. Based upon the quality score the google search engine places the ad at various positions over the content network. It is a true representation of how useful a user has found an ad to be and is a prime element in the AdWords cost-per-click (CPC) pricing model.

For analyzing the performance of your account quickly, Google suggests using these resources:

Keyword Analysis pages: A detailed view of keyword's performance can be made by checking the Keyword Analysis page that gives an exact idea about the Quality Score of your Ad. It also suggests how you can actually improve your quality Score.

Keyword Status: On your Ad Group Details page, the 'Keywords' tab can be used to check the status of the keyword. This status lets you know if your keyword is prompting ads to show up on the results of search pages.