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Ad Center Ad-In Webinar – First Impressions

Microsoft Adcenter has just released a beta version of a new plug in for excel 2007 to help you research new keywords in your ever expanding PPC and search marketing campaigns. Attendees of the webinar today got a taste of what this application is capable of.

MSN add-in offers some features that are just too valuable and way granular to pass up and I’m personally excited to make the switch over to Excel 2007 as soon as possible as MSN is still working on transposing the plug in across all excel product lifelines–which in my hyper-consumerist mindset can feel like eons.

Some of the bells and whistles for this plug in include:

-Confidence ranking – gives percentage of relevance between suggested keyword vs. website/relevant keywords

-Customized pivot tables for easy data sort of suggested keywords and confidence scores

-Automatically crawls website for all possible keywords

-Generate top keywords by verticals

- Demographic data delineated by months

- Historical data pulled from Adcenter, live search, MSN Passport users and 3rd party partnerships (all data is anonymous).

-Geo-targeting data from top states, countries and cities

In regards to first impressions this looks like a big step towards filling a void in what has been the bane of existence for all search marketers–obtaining accurate forecasting data to make appropriate keyword strategy decisions. Used in conjunction with other keyword tools you’ll just be a terror on the search marketing front.

About the author

Robert Yang Robert Yang was a former search engine marketing manager at e-storm International who contributed regularly to e-storm’s blog. A little information on Robert: Since joining e-Storm in 2006 Robert has provided search marketing strategies in the areas of web content and architecture, PPC management, copy development and blogger outreach. Currently he provides strategy and planning with a holistic approach to online marketing where SEO and PPC campaigns operate in tandem. Robert works with e-Storm’s online marketing team and has managed search marketing campaigns for SelectQuote, Karen Neuberger, National University System, Design within Reach, and Vayama. Previous to e-Storm Robert has worked at Continental Realty Advisors in Irvine, CA as an analyst in real estate markets and as Business Development Associate for Hotkeys (now part of Demand Media) in San Francisco. Robert holds a Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of California at Irvine and is fluent in German.

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