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The 3 Mobile PPC Search Metrics That Matter
1. 3 Paid Search Mobile
Metrics That Matter
Presented by: Larry Kim
Founder/CTO, WordStream, Inc.
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About Me
Larry Kim (@larrykim)
•Founder / CTO of WordStream
•Commander of Quality Score
Rebellion
•Had Kid 5 Months Ago! #ppckid
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Agenda
• SEM Metric Comparison Across
Devices
• 3 Mobile Metrics that Matter
• How to Compete on Mobile
(without busting the bank)
8. Ad Rank and CTR By Device
DESKTOP TABLET
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MOBILE
9. Ad Rank and CTR Segmented by Device
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10. Ad Rank and CTR Segmented by Device
• Mobile CTR drops off
45% faster than
desktop or tablet!
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Mobile Ad Position Has Similar CTR as
Ad In Desktop
Position
1 1
2 3
3 4
4 6
19. Mobile Impression Share
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Competition
is FIERCE!
• Mobile Ads are much less likely
to be shown, even in position 1.
• Below position 2, forget it.
• No accounts had mobile position
below 4.3.
21. Mobile Metrics that Matter
CTR CPC Impression
Share
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Mobile CTR drops off
50% faster than
desktop or tablet.
Search CPCs have
been rising
dramatically for
mobile over the past
12 months
Mobile impression
share penalty is
more dramatic than
it’s desktop
counterparts.
1 2 3
23. Improve Mobile CTR
Speak to a mobile audience
• Cater to an audience on-the-
run
• Keep language short &
sweet
• Make it easy to interact
with your ad
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Present a mobile CTA
• Make sure your offer is possible
on a mobile device
• Avoid offering whitepaper
downloads or demo/trial
downloads
• Give option to call in and ask
questions
25. Use all available extensions
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Location
Call
Sitelinks
27. Budget for Mobile CPCs
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• Revisit search/mobile budget strategy
• Don’t be afraid to raise mobile bids
Device Search
Clicks
Search
CPC
Desktop 139 $0.30
Mobile 2,322 $0.12
Tablet 17 $0.35
CASE STUDY: A client
targeting a mobile audience
decided to pivot more spend
to the platform on certain
campaigns. All of these
campaigns actually use a
+300% MBA. Even with bids
3x that of desktop, their
actual mobile CPC is still
considerably cheaper than is
on desktop:
29. Summary: Mobile Search Check List
1. Speak to mobile audience
2. Present a mobile CTA
3. Use all mobile extensions
4. Ecommerce: Have presence on Google Shopping
5. Make sure you have appropriate bid adjustments in place
6. Don’t be afraid to raise mobile bids
7. Don’t let lack of a mobile website hold you back
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So, mobile has lower CTRs and is losing more impression share due to rank. Convention would have us worried about mobile searches to have a lower quality score than it would on desktop. Let’s try some data to see if we can prove that.