{"id":414,"date":"2009-08-04T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocketclicks.com\/blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2009-08-04T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T17:05:30","slug":"official-launch-of-google-adwords-bid-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocketclicks.com\/industry-news\/official-launch-of-google-adwords-bid-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Launch of Google AdWords Bid Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"
Whether you\u2019re a novice or expert advertiser with Google AdWords, the ability to predict how many impressions, clicks, and how different bid prices would\u2019ve affected your search ad performance, has always been informed speculation and artful guesswork.<\/p>\n
The latest feature of the Google AdWords \u201cnew interface\u201d which Google debuted in a webinar in June, called the bid simulator<\/em>, brings clarity and Google\u2019s data-driven formulas to hypotheses about AdWords bid changes.<\/p>\n Although the bid simulator can\u2019t predict the future, the bid simulator will show you the potential impact of your bid on your advertising results. It essentially allows you to observe what could\u2019ve happened if you had set different keyword-level bids, according to Google\u2019s best estimates, which are well informed.<\/p>\n By using data from the past seven days, the simulator re-calculates the number of impressions your ad could\u2019ve gotten choosing a different maximum CPC. It also shows you how many clicks your ad would\u2019ve gotten, had you chosen a different maximum CPC, and also how much those clicks would\u2019ve cost (or how much those who clicked would’ve cost). This feature provides \u201cincreased transparency\u201d into the AdWords auction, while also giving advertisers more insight into making more knowledgeable bidding decisions. It also simplifies the bidding process while enabling a calculation of incremental cost per click.<\/p>\n This simulator is designed to help advertisers define the trade-off between click volume and cost, which in turn, should allow you to more confidently answer the following questions:<\/p>\n While it\u2019s not possible to factor bid simulator info into every bid decision you make in AdWords, it\u2019s added information worth reviewing for high traffic keywords.<\/p>\n The new AdWords bid simulator only works if you are not hitting daily budgets. <\/strong>Per Google, in order to generate simulations for budget-constrained campaigns, the algorithm needs to simulate both budget data and bid data, and at this time they do not have the capability to factor budget information into the permutations. <\/strong><\/p>\n The bid simulator factors into the equation your keyword\u2019s match type, and provides different results for broad, phrase, exact match keywords in your search campaigns. More so than other match types, bid simulator results can change dramatically with bid changes for broad match keywords.\u00a0 Per Google, even for a keyword with a very high average position such as 1.1, increasing a bid could make a significant difference in volume.<\/p>\n By Jerrold Burke<\/em><\/p>\n Paid Search Analyst<\/em><\/p>\n For more information on this feature you can visit: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b-FzSL66Zjg<\/a> or http:\/\/adwords.google.com\/support\/aw\/bin\/topic.py?hl=en&topic=22217<\/a><\/p>\n Sources: <\/em> Whether you\u2019re a novice or expert advertiser with Google AdWords, the ability to predict how many impressions, clicks, and how different bid prices would\u2019ve affected your search ad performance, has always been informed speculation and artful guesswork.<\/p>\n The latest feature of the Google AdWords \u201cnew interface\u201d which Google debuted in a webinar in June, called the bid simulator, brings clarity and Google\u2019s data-driven formulas to hypotheses about AdWords bid changes. Read about how it works, what its limitations are, and what’s planned for its future…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"tax_19014":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow The Bid Simulator Works<\/h3>\n
How Can This Help Me As An Advertiser?<\/h3>\n
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If You Max Out Your Daily AdWords Budgets, This Tool Is Not For You<\/h3>\n
Bid Simulator Results Do Vary (Greatly) By Match Type<\/h3>\n
Summary Points About Bid Simulator Functionality:<\/h3>\n
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\nhttp:\/\/adwords.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/bid-like-pro-with-bid-simulator.html<\/a> and http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b-FzSL66Zjg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"