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If you want to boost traffic immediately on your small business\u2019s website, Pay-Per-Click Campaigns<\/a><\/strong> via Google AdWords is a great way. Once you begin your PPC campaign, the moment you gain substantial traffic data and have a good handle on your strategy, it\u2019s the right time to optimize your PPC strategy. Simply analyze your AdWords data and make strategic decisions to optimize your PPC campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay-Per-Click is great for driving immediate traffic but it’s just like a band-aid fix. It will drive to your website only till you pay for the PPC campaign. The moment you stop paying for the campaign, the traffic will stop too. This is one of the major differences between SEO and PPC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PPC is a quicker way to drive traffic to your website whereas SEO<\/a><\/strong> is a slower process that will drive more traffic to your website over a period of time. Even if you stop your SEO strategy, you won\u2019t lose the search value of your links and content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog, we have shredded light on the various metrics that can help you simply optimize your PPC campaign. The following are a few questions and answers that can help you optimize your PPC strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n

1. What is My Click-Through-Rate (CTR)?<\/h2>\n\n\n

When the number of clicks received by your small business\u2019 ad is divided by the total number of times your ad is shown i.e impressions, it\u2019s called Click-Through-Rate (CTR). It\u2019s vital to follow your Pay-Per-Click strategy\u2019s CTR to understand the performance of your small business in your overall marketing strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CTR of a keyword is a powerful indicator of its relevance to the user. For instance, when we compare a well-targeted keyword with a general keyword with a non-specific text, the former one is more likely to have a higher CTR. The more your keywords and ads are related to each other and your niche, it’s more likely that a user will click on your ad after searching it on your keyword phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lower CTR is a clear indication of poor performance and that there is a need for keyword optimization. Hence, you can use CTR to monitor what keywords and ads are performing better for your business and then easily optimize them.<\/p>\n\n\n

2. How Many Ad Groups Should Be Used?<\/h2>\n\n\n

When you organize similar keywords in multiple ad groups, you have a better opportunity to have higher CTRs as well as quality scores. The quality score is a Google rating that ranges from 1 to 10 i.e. not relevant to highly relevant. You need to score high so that you will be eligible to bid lower for higher placements. If your ad groups have various unrelated keywords, then Google won\u2019t be able to identify highly relevant words. Hence, you will experience a low-quality rate due to lower CTR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, if your small business\u2019s Pay-Per-Click ad campaigns have a 7 or higher quality score<\/a><\/strong>, you are good going. But you need to regularly monitor it and change strategies as per requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n

3. What is the \u201cServe Percentage\u201d of My Ads?<\/h2>\n\n\n

When the percentage of your ad is shown in relation to the rest of your active ads within the same ads group, it\u2019s called the AdWords Ad Serve Percentage. It\u2019s very normal to gain different ad served percentages or impressions for different ads in the same ad group. <\/p>\n\n\n

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4. What are the Factors that Influence the Number of Times a Given Ad is Served?<\/h2>\n\n\n

According to Google, there are three main factors that influence how often a given ad is served. <\/p>\n\n\n\n