Now, you can use tokens in your Content & Placement campaigns just like you can in your Search Campaigns.

This is great for dynamic landing pages or getting the keyword in your text ads.

NOTE: The tokens only work in the Text Ads not the Image Ads. We are working on a solution for possibly implementing that, but we wanted to go ahead and give you the Text Ad Token capability.

Best wishes,

Jon

This is the first version in the direction we are taking to remove the manual proxy maintenance and to automate it.

Here are the changes:

• Filtering Section, Step 7 – Now you can pre-filter your additional stats collection based on the initial stats of the keywords returned by the Google Keyword Tool.  This allows you to only get data for the keywords that meet a minimum criteria you specify.
• Proxies are global – Proxies are now global across all projects and are only tested the first time KR is launched and a project is started.  They are not tested on each project like before, you now only select which country you want to filter the proxies to in Step 8 of the project settings.

Bug Fixes

• Image Ads should work for all text entered now.
• Yahoo & MSN campaigns work for Content Network Campaigns (no more missing keywords)
• Project Running but no data being returned
• URL Seeds return data

This version has a good bit of improvements in speed and also general bug fixes based on the feedback we have gotten from you.

Looking forward to releasing more improvements over the next few weeks.

Best Wishes,

Jon

Some of the newest features and improvements include:

• You can now stop/resume a running project and it will give you the option of completing the remaining tasks or re-starting the entire project
• Better feedback on task completion using a visual chart
• Import Public Proxies by clicking a button
• Animated .Gif generation for Content Network and Placement Targeted Campaigns
• Better Domain Availability Reporting that includes Search Volume information
• Support for MSN & Yahoo PPC Campaigns

Version 2.0 of Keyword Rockstar marks the maturing of the software as a powerful data retrieval platform and ppc campaign generation tool.

I am very proud of this version and it is just the beginning of what we plan for Keyword Rockstar as both a Keyword Research tool and PPC Campaign Builder.

Best Wishes,

Jon

This version includes several new features that will tremendously improve the speed at which you generate PPC campaigns.

It also includes a few bug fixes and a change to the output of the Generated Campaigns.

New Features

1) Super Powerful Adwords Search Campaign Generator

2) Generate Content Network Campaigns and Create Adgroups Based on the original Seed for the keyword

Bug Fixes

1) The generated image ads should work much better now for various length text ads.

Output Change

1) All of the generated campaign output is now “Tab” delimited instead of “Comma” delimited so that you can use commas in your ads without causing a problem.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to make the training videos for the new features yet.  But they will be ready early next week.

Here are just a few of the ways you can use the new Powerful Search Generator:

1) Append keywords to original keywords

2) Prepend keywords to original keywords

3) Both Prepend and Append keywords to original keywords

4) Pair Keywords

5) Auto-Generate Domain Name variations from keywords

6) Auto-Generate Misspellings for Keywords

7) Include Auto-Generated Tracking Id’s for keywords

Include Tracking 202 Pro Parameters Automatically for Destination Urls.

9) Use Tokens to build ads and destination urls from your original or final keywords

10) Creates .csv text for all keywords and their tracking id’s

11) Specify how many keywords you want in each adgroup

12) Specify how many adgroups you want in each campaign

13) Includes 50 pre-populated lists to quickly generate Geo-Targeted or Industry Targeted Campaigns, such as US Cities, UK Cities, Australia Cities, Top 1000 Actors, Top 1000 Movies, Occupations, Baby Products, etc..

14) Specify individual bid prices for Broad, Phrase, & Match types.

15) Much More!!

I can’t even do it justice in this blog post.  It is so flexible and powerful, you will be amazed!

We’ll have the videos up next week.  We would get them up sooner, but we are going to PPC Classroom Live in Las Vegas this weekend to share some Keyword Rockstar love!

If any of you are there, be sure to look for me.  I’ll be easy to spot with my Keyword Rockstar shirt on.

Best Wishes,

Jon

This version includes some major enhancements to the Google Content Network Campaign Generator, including automatic grouping of adgroups around theme seed keywords.

It also includes a new Google Placement Targeted Campaign Generator.

Both of these generators are able to now automatically generate Image Text Ads in all the sizes that Google accepts for banner advertising.  You can also include your own banners in the campaign generation.

Please watch the new advanced training videos at http://www.keywordrockstar.com/videos.php

Other Features/Bug Fixes include:

• Delete Button on Keyboard will now delete selected keywords in Results Grid
• Duplicate Keywords Returned by Google for a project are automatically filtered out
• Duplicate Placements are automatically filtered out
• Log To File Functionality to Help Us Trace Individual Problems More Easily
• Selecting All Results in Grid using Ctrl-A and Then Copy to Clipboard Menu Option Bug Fixed

NOTE: The next version released will contain a Search Campaign Generator to complete all PPC Campaign Generation functionality.

Best Wishes,

Jon

This release was more of a maintenance release to address a few issues with the database timeout that some of our customers were experiencing.

However, we did add a couple of features to make it easier for you.

New Features

1. Import Proxies from text file
2. Content Network Campaign settings automatically save

Bug Fixes

1. Database Timeout too short

We are working on some great new features that should be released towards the end of this week/weekend, along with video examples of how to use them to make money with PPC.

Best Wishes,

Jon

It includes one new feature that was requested by one of our customers and three new features that we thought you should have. It also includes a bug fix for filtering the average cpc column.

New Features:

1. Auto Generate a Google Adwords Content Network Campaign for your selected keywords.
2. Collect a new SEO category statistic using the advanced search feature that Google offers called “allintitle:”
3. Show/Hide Grid Columns Easily
4. Minimize Status/Progress Area to Maximize Screen space when looking at results

Bug Fix:

1. The Estimated Average CPC column will now filter properly.

There will be a video in a separate blog post, showing how to take advantage of these new features. However, here is a little more detail on each one.

Auto Generate Google Adwords Content Network Campaign –

I have created a video for our users that shows how you can take a CPA offer and generate a Content Network Campaign with over 1500 relevant keywords using Keyword Rockstar in under 30 minutes, with only about 10 minutes of your time.  The remaining time is the automated collection of keywords for the campaign.

If you haven’t seen that video, you MUST watch it at http://www.keywordrockstar.com/viptraining.php

At the end of the video, I use this new feature and show you how to easily get the campaign generated into the Adwords editor and upload it to your account.

New “AllInTitle” Statistic Option -

This great feature was actually requested by one of our customers.  We felt that it was an excellent suggestion and decided to go ahead and put that functionality into this release.

It allows you to automatically collect the number of competing pages that have the keyword in the title of the page.  It is the same as using allintitle:kw when you search google.

One thing to remember is that Keyword Rockstar distinguishes between the various match types.  Most people will want to see the exact match AllInTitle statistic because that is the same as doing the following when searching Google:  allintitle:”kw”

So, be sure to not collect this stat for anything but Exact Match type in Keyword Rocsktar if you are only interested in the keyword being surrounded by quotes when it searches.

Show/Hide Grid Columns

This feature allows you to quickly hide columns in the grid that you are not interested in looking at or don’t have data for.  It allows you to focus only on what you want to see in the grid. 

Once a column is hidden, you can easily show it again.

Minimize Status Bar Area

This is another feature that is meant to help you see as much data at once as you can.  Now, you can simply minimize the “Star Bar” area whenever you want.  This is especially useful for people that are using smaller monitors or laptops.

Things to Come

We have a lot of features planned over the next few months that we are going to give you.  Also, if there is anything that you would like it to do, please use the feature request to let us know.  We will do our best to make it happen.

Best Wishes,

Jon