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A CPC spike is one of the most frustrating things in paid search: your costs shoot up overnight, and nothing in your campaign has changed.
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Are you noticing that your PPC budget doesn’t go as far as it used to, while targeting options now seem more limited than ever?
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“I’m running ads, adjusting bids… so why isn’t performance improving?
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