[derek west]

anyone got any stats on the above.
reason i ask is my adwords credit ran out yesterday and so was not on today yet i got 4 calls and 2 emails from google.
starting to wonder if ad words is not that good, does analytics let you know if clicks are from adwords or generics, or is there no way (other than turning on and off) of finding out?

derek

[suffolkclean]

Hi derek - I just did a search & your 3rd one the first page, which is great I wouldn't want to pay for ad words now. Looks like all the clicks has now got you pretty near the top of the first page.

[Carpet Dawg]

Create a sub page on your site and direct the google ad words traffic to that page. Forward this traffic to ur homepage easy

its the easiest and most accurate way to know exactly how much traffic google ads is sending you. 
Google Analytics anit that accurate at all, (looks great i know but not accurate) the only stats i trust are the ones found in your Hosting plan. Awstates in Cpanle for example

Tony

[derek west]

Hi barbara what did you search for? or what were the keyphrases you typed in for the search?
derek

[A+CleaningService]

Just spent the day doing a course on internet traffic, websites.  Me personally would rather pay someone who specialised in adwords, or pay per click.
Sorry, but not answer to your question.

[derek west]

google specialise in adwords, its in there interest to set up the best campaign they can for you, only costs a fiver and includes 30 days assistance.
derek

[Carpet Dawg]

I just anwsered the question  tis the only way  :

Carpet Cleaning Cheshire: 1st postion in google with your carpetcleanerscheshire site and  postion No10 with the affordablecleaners.

Who created your sites? the metatags need a bit of work 

Tony

[derek west]

i thought google scrapped meta tags?

derek

[Carpet Dawg]

nope  who told you that? lol

[clinton]

You should be pulling work from your site now derek on he natural listings as i get jobs and calls from mine..

[derek west]

sure i read it in webpro news, could be mistaken. i only browse the emails i get off them, its not like i know seo.

but if i'm at number 1 and theres room for improvement, i'm well happy

derek

clinton.
i wish, its dead, might sell up and start up a wool and knitting stall on the market, you just can't get wool round here for love nor money and i really need a scarf and a willy warmer.

[clinton]

It will pick up derek and dont forget half term, firework buying and lots going on hols at the mo mate

Ye il order some as well from you in large size

[derek west]

yeah and if youve got a bit left you can use it for the willy warmer

derek

[clinton]

 

[Mike Osbourne]

The general consensus from those who use adwords a lot is a No1 organic listing gets 10 times the traffic a No1 sponsored ad.

You need to track everything so you know where it's come from right down to keyword. If you are spending money on adwords and don't know where you traffic is coming from that's scary

[suffolkclean]

Derek I typed Carpet cleaner cheshire & there you were

[derek west]

scary?

mike
another great belitteling post from you as always, any chance of you telling me how to track instead of telling me i should be doing what i actually asked and therefore want to do.

barbara
its funny how one "S" can drop me 2 places, i'm number 1 for carpet cleaner"s" cheshire. and i'm number 1 2 3 and 4 for my home town of northwich, woohooo.

maybe i should drop adwords for a week or so and see if my phone calls drop any, then work out if its worth the money.

derek

[JandS]

Think your right about the meta tags bit Derek, just been reading a report from a
guy about Google and he thought the same thing.
Although he did say keep using them as it don't do any harm and other  search engines
do recognise and use them.

John

[Mike Osbourne]

Derek

What are you on about again? You are bloody paranoid. Apart from the fact you do open yourself up to critisism with all the stupid stuff you come out with, I'm just saying it would scare me silly if I was spending money on some form of advertising and didn't know what my ROI was.

[suffolkclean]

I would drop adwords derek - no point spending money where you obviously now don't need to - its good news to be so high up the first page.