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[Lang]

Our Analytics and Adwords accounts are properly linked and communicating nicely.

Within Analytics, I would like to be able to compare Cost vs. Revenue at the Keyword Level. It seems difficult to clearly compare the two - which obviously would be supremely beneficial.

In Analytics I can go to Traffic Sources > Adwords > Adwords Campaigns.

Within that subset, I can drill down to the Keyword level. From there I can see Revenue on the Ecommerce tab & Cost on the Clicks tab. But I can't figure out how to group them together to easily compare and furthermore - the Ecommerce tab & Clicks tab do not have the same sub-levels - meaning I can't sort them by a common metric.

Am I missing something? This seems purposely difficult.

[Lang]

Should I try this in the [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showforum=19]PPC forum[/url]?

[SelfMade]

Within Analytics, I would like to be able to compare Cost vs. Revenue at the Keyword Level. It seems difficult to clearly compare the two - which obviously would be supremely beneficial.

Lang, Why do you feel the need to do this via analytics??

Why not just drill down into your adgroups in GOad and monitor your cons? Any keywords that aren't performing...delete them.

[Randy]

I don't think it'll help to post in the [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showforum=19]PPC forum[/url] Lang.

The issue is basically that you're trying to get some tools to do something they were never designed to do. Unless the tools are tweaked it's simply not going to be info you'll have available in the way you want it.

[Lang]

As a general practice, do you all monitor the cost in Adwords and compare that with Revenue in Analytics? Clearly I'm no Adwords expert, but I just don't see how to view both within Adwords.

Edited by qwerty, 21 February 2010 - 06:52 PM.

[SelfMade]

As a general practice, do you all monitor the cost in Adwords and compare that with Revenue in Analytics? Clearly I'm no Adwords expert, but I just don't see how to view both within Adwords.

You can't compare direct adword campaign revenue via analytics. As you say you do not sell a "product" in the literal meaning of the word, so what do you want to analyze?

Hits? From a PPC point of view, merely observing hits is gonna tell you nothing!

You say you provide a service? Can this service be purchased directly from your site? If so, this can now be classed as a conversion if you SELL that service.

In that scenario you will need to place conversion tracking code into a page only purchasers will see...like a 'thankyou' page.

You can get this code for free from google, just type in a search for [google conversion tracking].

You can now track your conR against keyword performance that you have bidded for just select....Campaigns>your campaign name>Keywords and boom! You will have several columns 1 of which is specific to Conversions.


Now supposing...you had 3 keyword phrases 'get bread and butter' 'buy bread and butter' and 'bread and butter sale'GoAd tells you that you had 200 searches for 'get bread and butter' and ConR of 0.12% (for example).

You also have 300 searches for 'buy bread and butter' and conR of 1%.

Your 3rd phrase 'bread and butter sale' has 200 hits and a ConR of 3%...which keyword phrase should be dropped?

'get bread and butter' because for every 100 clicks 0 converted!


Analytics imo is for organic sites...it's not designed as a metric for ROI.