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Localizing Keywords

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ztalk112

2:40 am on Aug 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Guys, I'm interested to hear your take on the following quote I saved from an article I read recently relating to the new Adwords geo-targeting options:

"It's important to remember that regionally targeted ads still compete for placement with national ads based on relevancy and price per click since any one keyword can still have a mix of national and regional ads.

So, if you are a local advertiser, you might want to include region specific wording in your ad copy and keywords."

I guess a simple example might be a local pizza parlor operator who advertises on the keyword 'Seattle Pizza Parlor' in competition with a national advertiser who broad matches on the term 'Pizza Parlor'.

The local guy is still going to be competing for placement with the national advertiser for a search on 'Seattle Pizza Parlor'. . . is he not?

So I'm wondering what advantage the commentator thought would accrue by doing this.

I can see that he might have advantage if his ad (and the headline in particular) included the location . . . but what am I missing apart from that?

Thanks in anticipation.

FromRocky

3:07 am on Aug 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Why only for eWhisper & AWA? Just use sticky mail if
you don't care for the rest!

ztalk112

3:25 am on Aug 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



My apologies FromRocky . . . new on the block and didn't notice the sticky note.

Be obliged to hear from anyone, it was just that I had a conversation with eWhisper earlier in a related thread.

BTW; is there an 'advanced' (filtered) search option avail for this board?

TIA