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	<h1>Analyzing brand and generic paid search: The cardinal sin of paid search</h1>
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			<span class="post-date">Jul 10</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/612-sayak-dutta">Sayak Dutta</a>				in <a href="/resources/sigmaway-blog/analytics">Analytics</a>			</span>
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	<p style="text-align: justify;">The performance metrics for ads shown against brand and generic queries can differ majorly, many advertisers choose to analyze these two categories separately. Many advertisers with paid search campaigns advertise on queries mentioning their brand (e.g., “Motorola smartphone” for Motorola) and also on generic searches (e.g., “smartphone reviews”). A new feature is introduced, that automatically identifies brand-aware paid search clicks tracked in Google Analytics,to make analysis of brand and generic performance easier. It involves a combination of signals (including the click through-rate, text string, domain name and others) to identify query terms showing awareness of the brand. Back in 2012, George Michie from the Rimm-Kaufmann Group, a leading online marketing agency, called analyzing brand and generic paid search together “the cardinal sin of paid search”. To know more go to:<a href="http://analytics.blogspot.com/2014/06/segmenting-brand-and-generic-paid.html" target="_blank">http://analytics.blogspot.com/2014/06/segmenting-brand-and-generic-paid.html</a></p></div>

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