Andrew Goodman

Andrew Goodman

President

Page Zero Media

Goodman is founder and President of Toronto-based Page Zero Media, a full-service marketing agency founded in 2000. Page Zero focuses on paid search campaigns as well as a variety of custom digital marketing programs. Clients include Direct Energy, Canon, MIT, BLR, and a host of others. He is also co-founder of Traffick.com, an award-winning industry commentary site; author of Winning Results with Google AdWords (McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 2008); and frequently quoted in the business press. In recent years he has acted as program chair for the SES Toronto conference and all told, has spoken or moderated at countless SES events since 2002. His spare time eccentricities include rollerblading without kneepads and naming his Japanese maples. Also in his spare time, he co-founded HomeStars, a consumer review site with aspirations to become "the TripAdvisor for home improvement." He lives in Toronto with his wife Carolyn.

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RECENT ARTICLES BY ANDREW GOODMAN

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5 PPC Iterations You Ignore at Your Peril

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Is Your SEM Focus Too Conservative? Questioning Your Winning Formula

Sep 6, 2013 - In the evolutionary struggle for business survival, it's vital to adapt. Comments

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Your Company's Looming Traffic Problem

Jun 28, 2013 - A growth strategy trumps a narrow ranking strategy in a no-growth environment. Comments

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12 Hidden Pitfalls in PPC Campaign Automation

May 17, 2013 - A completely automated approach to marketing will cause your analytical abilities and corporate capabilities to atrophy, so getting the mix right is... Comments

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Can Quality Score Be Gamed?

Apr 5, 2013 - We can still prevail over competitors if we follow strong hunches about the vulnerabilities of Quality Score and the effects of the overall formula... Comments

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2 Big Wins With Enhanced AdWords Campaigns

Mar 22, 2013 - Yes, there are drawbacks to the loss of some granularity in Enhanced Campaigns, but right now, I'm finding more wins than losses. Comments

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The Great Enhanced Campaigns War of 2013: The Surprising Winner

Feb 22, 2013 - As Google rolls out Enhanced Campaigns, many advertisers are petrified that prices will rise. Comments

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Building the Anti-Fragile PPC Campaign

Jan 11, 2013 - Learning better decision-making by understanding basic statistics. Part one in a two-part series. Comments

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The Big Secret to Quality Score

Dec 28, 2012 - Quality Scores on tough keywords are not a judgment that you've failed, they're simply benchmarks of intent matching. Part two in a two-part series. Comments

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PPC: Fast and Slow

Nov 30, 2012 - There might be pressure on you to hop into your PPC accounts and "drive them hard" at this time of year, but if you're ready for the season, there should... Comments

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Your Holiday PPC Strategy for 2012: Yes, It's Changed

Nov 2, 2012 - There is still some time left to adapt to some of the major upheavals that have rocked the PPC world in the past year or two. Comments

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Remarketing for Search Ads: Your Peeps, Less Creep

Oct 5, 2012 - Every so often it pays to ask yourself if you're using remarketing judiciously, or excessively. Comments

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5 Things Google Gives Away for Free

Aug 24, 2012 - Google Maps, Analytics, Gmail, YouTube, and, oh yeah, Search are all free. Maybe it's time to stop whining about ads. Comments

The New, New Quality Score: 1 Incredible Secret Revealed

Jul 13, 2012 - Google's definition of Quality Score, the importance of CTR, and writing winning ads. Part one in a two-part series. Comments

Are You Addicted to Negative Keywords?

Jun 15, 2012 - If you're emphasizing negative keywords for the wrong reasons you may need to admit you have a problem and start taking steps toward recovery. Comments

After Recent Revenue Grabs, Won't Google Be Right Back Where It Started?

May 18, 2012 - The problem Google faces is that, at the end of the day, it's running an auction. Comments

Match Type Mayhem: Did AdWords Just Exit the High Road?

Apr 20, 2012 - Yet another AdWords setting you should consider opting out of: "improved" phrase and exact match. Comments

Managing to Metrics: 3 Pitfalls

Mar 23, 2012 - How campaign managers are tackling bid automation today. Comments

3 AdWords Foibles That Are (Still) Costing You Money

Feb 28, 2012 - Why are so many advanced features being added to AdWords, while basic fixes to workflow that affect testing and targeting are not being fixed? Comments

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Feb 24, 2012 - Now is the perfect time to liberate yourself from the algorithm. Comments

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