Helpful Links & Resources For Further Use

We've compiled a list of the most valuable resources for learning more about PPC. The Beginner's Guide To PPC is not meant as an exhaustive, end-all destination which transforms you into the world's best PPC specialist. It's meant to give you a solid foundation and understanding of PPC strategies. There is more to be learned!

Google Best Practices

Google’s closest answer to a guide. This will provide helpful information if you’re looking for specific insight into how to use AdWords.

Academy For Ads

Google’s new home for certifications and study guides. It's worth going through their Fundamentals course, a few others, and getting certified.

Answer The Public

Answer The Public is a great keyword exploration tool which helps find similar terms, phrases, and semantic possibilities for your keywords.

12 Keyword Research Tools - The Next Web

A good listing of tools, both free and paid, to use for your research. Article published on The Next Web.

Infinite People Also Ask Boxes - Moz.com

Try using Google's infinite "people also ask" boxes for more keyword ideas. Useful article on the Moz blog.

Where Searches Happen On The Web - SparkToro

Information from SparkToro (from studies by Jumpshot) with helpful info about search market share trends.

Things you should know about Ads Quality

Help article from Google explaining what affects your ad's quality. Useful for troubleshooting low QS.

Search Engine Statistics 2018 - Smart Insights

Interesting article about current search stats.

SERPsim

Our favorite online tool for visualizing how meta descriptions and titles look in Google's search results.

Zyppy - 100+ Google Ranking Factors

More SEO related than PPC, but a very useful and very informed guide to various Google ranking factors. It's worth learning about this even if you only work in PPC!