Boost Your Keywords
by Mastering the
Google Search Term
Report
Who am I?
Advisor for Google’s own
equity fund Capital G.
Who am I…
Gianluca
Voted 2nd Most Influential
PPC Person in 2019.
Binelli
We’re the best* scientific performance marketing agency
Who is Booster Box...
* we are the best according to our mums and now that we’ve won an award as the Best small PPC agency in Europe, it’s official: mums are always right.
That’s quite a mouthful, but it’s just a way to say that we love
numbers and the scientific method.
We have been running wildly successful international Paid
and Brand Media Campaigns since July of 2016
1. STR is at the core of optimization
2. This is getting harder due to changes to match types
3. Key ways to automate the STR
Agenda
STR is at the core
of optimization
BIDDING is
automated
AD TESTING
is automated
https://www.slideshare.net/MartinRttg
erding/debunking-ad-testing
...but STR is not
automated quite
yet
But we have
the solution!
https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-to-limit-search-terms-reporting-citing-privacy-340137
Keywords
Keywords
+advertise
Search
Volume
+how +advertise
+online
[how to advertise my
small business online]
Count of words in Keyword
Keywords
+advertise
Search
Volume
+how +advertise
+online
[how to advertise my
small business online]
Count of words in Keyword
- Low CR
- Low IS
- Low QS
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Keywords
+advertise
Search
Volume
+how +advertise
+online
[how to advertise my
small business online]
Count of words in Keyword
- High CR
- High QS
👍
Automating the Search
Term Report
Create New Keywords
+advertise
Search
Volume
+how +advertise
+online
[how to advertise my
small business online]
Count of words in Keyword
[best online advertising]
The bigger the number of KWs, the better
advertise my website website advertising website marketing
Search Terms
Keywords [advertise my website] [website advertising] [website marketing]
Block bad search terms
+advertise
Search
Volume
+how +advertise
+online
[how to advertise my
small business online]
Count of words in Keyword
[best online advertising]
“free”
Keyword research
is getting harder
Keywords are getting less “matchy”
N. of Triggering Queries per KW
EXA
ORDER
EXA
TYPOS
2010
BMM
2014 2017
EXA
MEANING
2018
BMM &
PHRASE
MEANING
2019
Similarity
between
KW
and
ST
Keywords are getting less “matchy”
N. of Triggering Queries per KW
EXA
ORDER
EXA
TYPOS
2010
BMM
2014 2017
EXA
MEANING
2018
BMM &
PHRASE
MEANING
Similarity
between
KW
and
ST
BMM = BROAD
Keywords are getting less “matchy”
Before Now
KW
QUERY QUERY
KW
QUERY
KW
QUERY
KW
QUERY
This used to be a good plan
advertise my website website advertising website marketing
Search Terms
Keywords [advertise my website] [website advertising] [website marketing]
Less so now
advertise my website
Search Terms
Keywords [advertise my website]
website marketing
[website advertising] [website marketing]
website advertising
So, actually more like this
Search Terms
Keywords
website marketing
[website advertising] [website marketing]
website advertising
advertise my website
[advertise my website]
BROAD Match Type Dispersion is Growing
But Especially for EXACT Match Type
NOISE INCREASE
Dispersion
Dispersion Index
DI =
Identify queries triggering certain keywords that are not containing the initial
keyword
SUM OF IMPRESSIONS
from Queries not containing the initial KW
TOTAL KW IMPRESSIONS
Dispersion Index
1000
CAR VEHICLE
+CAR +VEHICLE
100
Dispersion Index
1000
830
a) +CAR Tot Impressions = 830
CAR VEHICLE
+CAR +VEHICLE
0.8
0.3
100
Dispersion Index
1000
800+30
a) +CAR Tot Impressions = 830
b) Impressions from Queries not
containing the keyword + CAR = 30
CAR VEHICLE
+CAR +VEHICLE
0.8
0.3
100
Dispersion Index
1000
830
a) +CAR Tot Impressions = 830
b) Impressions from Queries not
containing the keyword + CAR = 30
c) DI +CAR
= 30/830 = 3.6%
CAR VEHICLE
+CAR +VEHICLE
0.8
0.3
100
Discover Your Account Noise Level!
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Time to
automate
Do you really think that manually
doing the Search Term Report is
a good idea?
Imagine you could spend the
hours needed to find the right
keywords in watching cat
videos…..
STR
REPORT
AD
REPORT
SETTINGS
- Time Range
- ROAS/CPA
- Min. Clicks
- Min. Impressions
- Target
- Conversion Action
STR
REPORT
MAGIC
AD
REPORT
SETTINGS
- Time Range
- ROAS/CPA
- Min. Clicks
- Min. Impressions
- Target
- Conversion Action
STR
REPORT
MAGIC
BUDGET
BURNERS
MONEY
PRINTER
AD
REPORT
SETTINGS
- Time Range
- ROAS/CPA
- Min. Clicks
- Min. Impressions
- Target
- Conversion Action
Key ways to automate the STR
1. Find budget burners
2. Find money printers
3. Find patterns with N- grams
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1. Find Budget Burners
Identify Underperforming Queries
A query can be considered Budget Burner
when is underperforming either in terms of Conversion or CTR
BUDGET BURNERS
Identify Underperforming Queries
A Query can be considered Budget Burner when is
underperforming either in terms of Conversion or CTR
CTR KILLERS
Query CTR < AVG Ad Group CTR
LOW PERFORMERS
CPA > n*tCPA or ROAS < ROAS/n
0 PERFORMERS
Conversion = 0
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2. Find Top Performers
Identify New Performing Keywords
A Query can be considered Money Printer when it is delivering
enough volume of Conversions and is below tCPA/above tROAS
MONEY PRINTER
2 Options ahead
1. Add the keyword in the AdGroup
a. If we operate with DKI
b. If we operate with non-manual bidding
2. Create a dedicated AdGroup
2 Options ahead
1. Add the keyword in the AdGroup
a. If we operate with DKI
b. If we operate with non-manual bidding
2. Create a dedicated AdGroup
● KW is generated from the Triggering Query
● KW is generated from the Triggering Query
● Headline1 as well is generated from the Query
● KW is generated from the Triggering Query
● Headline1 as well is generated from the Query
● All other elements are copied from the Triggered Ad
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3. Find Patterns with N-Grams
n-Gram
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
online advertising
how to advertise
ad online
STR
n-Gram
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
online advertising
how to advertise
ad online
STR
n-Gram
how (3)
to (3)
online (4)
advertising (2)
...
how to do online
advertising
how to advertise online
online advertising
how to advertise
ad online
STR UNIGRAM
n-Gram
how (3)
to (3)
do (1)
online (4)
advertising (2)
...
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
online advertising
how to advertise
ad online
STR
how to (3)
online advertising (2)
...
UNIGRAM BIGRAM
Aggregate et Impera
advertising
n-GRAMs COUNT
CPA
advertise
online
ad
how to
online
advertising
cheap
advertising
n-GRAMs COUNT
CPA
advertise
online
ad
how to
online advertising
cheap
advertising
n-GRAMs COUNT
CPA
advertise
online
ad
how to
online advertising
cheap
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
how
online
advertise
Smarter than n-Gram….Smart n-Gram
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
how
online
advertise
Smarter than n-Gram….Smart n-Gram
WORD
ROOTS
how to do online advertising
how to advertise online
how
online
advertise
Smarter than n-Gram….Smart n-Gram
WORD
ROOTS
> Create new broad keywords
> Block low intent language
Aggregate et Impera
n-GRAMs COUNT
CPA
advertise
online
how
Summing up
1. STR is at the core of optimization
a. Block bad search terms
b. Create new keywords
c. Show the right ads to the right person
2. This is getting harder due to changes to match types and data
limitations
3. Key areas to automate
a. Find budget burners
b. Find top performers
c. Find patterns with N-Grams
gianluca@boosterboxdigital.com
growth@boosterboxdigital.com

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