Use Google Analytics to go beyond the Search Query Performance Report
Posted by Matthew Umbro
March 10th, 2010
Search Query Performance reports for pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns are extremely valuable for finding new and negative keywords, but another helpful indicator of search terms can be found within Google Analytics (GA). Two filters work in conjunction with each other to override your PPC keywords and grab the exact terms that users are typing in when clicking your ads. So what’s the big deal? Don’t Search Query Performance reports tell me this information anyway? Yes, but these override filters tell you what happens post-click and, as I always say, PPC cannot be done in a vacuum. You need to analyze the whole process from search query to conversion.
Tags: google analytics, Pay-Per-Click (PPC)
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