Wordtracker and Overture along side AdWord Accelerator are familiar tools for PPC managers. They are useful for sifting out the keyword and bid price competition and help highlight the best performing ads. However you might benefit from using others that have uncommon features that make them desirable tools. They are Adword Analyzer (http://www.adwordanalyzer.com/) and Keywords Analyzer (www.KeywordsAnalyzer.com)



When you need a screwdriver and you head to your toolbox chances are that you will have both a Philips and a slotted screwdriver. You have uses for both, so you keep both to use as needed. It is the same story for keyword tools. They all have their uses, and having more of them is like owning a complete set of tools.

And there's more to learn still. The first list of keywords you come up with, even if it's a long one, will be incomplete. AltaVista once reported that 20 percent of all its searches were totally unique in the history of AltaVista. You never know what people are going to hunt for. So here are some fresh ideas for successful PPC management:

Be sure to have plenty of synonyms and relevant subjects in your hoard of keywords to be certain that you are connecting with those who are looking for what you have.

Though you will have to deal with copyright headaches, you can attempt to bid on brand names. Google has dealt with many legal issues just for allowing AdWords users to bid on brand names. Even still, company names, periodicals, associations, well- known people, and well-known places may just be relevant to your advertised goods. Two examples are "Buddy Rich" for "drums" and "Jeremy Jones", the well-known pool player, for "billiards".

Did you know that misspelled words are a great way to get high click through rate without competing with a lot of other advertisers? Why? Because so many advertisers don't bid on misspelled keywords. For example "Tolkien" (correct spelling) got half the click-through rate of the misspelled "Tolkein" on a "Lord of the Rings" promo.

LexFN.com is a web site that is very useful and interesting for PPC management. It's an elaborate thesaurus that uses web technology to find scores of synonyms and related concepts. This can be a very fun site to play with! If you just bid on the obvious generic version of a keyword like WalMart and you don't bother with other variations like Wal-Mart and Wal Mart, Google's "expanded phrase matching" feature will attempt to match this for you, and usually succeed. However, those clicks will almost always cost you more money than bidding on the exact keyword. It's better to bid on the exact variations, the same way people type them in.