Carolyn Miller - MSFT Latest search engine news blog articles from Carolyn Miller - MSFT. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/author/Carolyn+Miller+-+MSFT.html Carolyn Miller - MSFT News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12905 We hope to see you at Pubcon , coming up soon in Las Vegas. Be sure to check out the full agenda , and register . Here are some speakers from Microsoft who'll be participating in panel sessions. Tues. Nov. 11 10:00 - 11:20 PPC Engine Vendor Panel. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:43:53 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12867 For those of you interested in learning more about optimizing your campaigns for the holidays, I wanted to make sure you saw the Holiday Advertising Guide on advertising.microsoft.com . The guide includes some interesting data: Online retail shopping. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:56:18 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12862 adCenter Help has been updated to reflect the many changes since last week's release . New topics include Pause an ad and Pause a keyword . The Microsoft adCenter Help URLs spreadsheet is updated as well. This spreadsheet allows you to bookmark Help. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:56:15 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12767 Many of our adCenter blog posts refer to a free tool we offer called the adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007 . I wanted to call this tool out specifically, in case you are not familiar with it - the Add-in can help you expand your keyword lists and plan. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:23:12 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12493 Over the weekend, we upgraded the adCenter interface and added new features to help make managing your adCenter campaigns easier. Several of these features were requested right here in the community, so we want to thank you for your feedback. Your feedback. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:37:53 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12489 New editorial upgrades include a faster review process to help your campaigns go live more quickly, and enhanced inline information and help for disapprovals and character limits. Ads and keywords are now reviewed independently, and their editorial statuses. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:22:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12490 Our customers have expressed a need for more account and user role options in adCenter, and we now offer more flexibility in this area. These improvements will help you and your teams manage your adCenter accounts more efficiently and ensure that your. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:22:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12491 After our upgrade, you can now get keyword bid suggestions and performance estimates for your content ads - features that were previously available only for search ads. On your Keywords page, you can help boost the performance of your content ads by. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:22:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12488 Our upgrade includes several new features in the campaign management area of adCenter. We're excited to share these features and improvements because they've been requested by customers right here in the community â€" we're pleased to deliver. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:22:21 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12196 To follow up on Kelley's post from last month announcing the new adCenter Learning Center , I wanted to delve a bit into the content you can find there. The Learning Center includes content to help you with your adCenter campaigns, with articles and. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:03:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12073 As we're gearing up for the holidays here on the blog, we're going to be offering some posts to help you get into the holiday mindset and start planning your holiday campaigns. To start, we've posted Top 5 Tips for Winning in Retail Over and. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:42:29 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11956 Earlier this week, the Live Search Blog posted about a new deal with Facebook in the U.S.: Now Facebook users in the U.S. have the option to "Search Facebook" or "Search the Web." In addition, adCenter is delivering search ads alongside. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:01:23 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11699 The holiday season is almost here, and soon we'll be releasing the adCenter Fall Upgrade with new features that you've been asking for. We've been listening to your feedback, requests, and great ideas for new features in adCenter, and throughout this. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:27:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11680 SMX East starts Monday in NYC - we hope you'll stop by and see us in the Microsoft booth and meet with adCenter and Live Search team members. We'll also be representing Microsoft in some of the sessions: Monday, October 6, 2008 1:45-3:15pm -. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:31:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11523 I wanted to draw your attention to a feature we launched here on www.adcentercommunity.com in August, which is the categories feature . Every time we publish a blog post, we categorize it so that you can easily find all blog posts related to a certain. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:22:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11421 SMX East is coming up in October in New York City - be sure to check out the agenda and register . Also be sure to stop by our booth to meet with adCenter team members and find out the latest adCenter news. We hope to see you there! Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:51:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11418 Popular topics in adCenter Help for the past few months have been: Contact Support About finding your ad in search results Editorial Guidelines The About dynamic text topic was popular as well. I wanted to remind you about our Microsoft adCenter Help URLs spreadsheet that allows you to bookmark these as well as any other Help topics you refer to often. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:30:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10917 Good news for our U.S. advertisers - beginning today, you have an extra ad placement opportunity with the addition of a fourth ad in the mainline above the organic results. (Mainline ads are the ads that appear above algorithmic results, and right-rail. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:05:48 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10784 Today I'm following up on one of Mel's posts from SES covering our colleague Pavan Lee (Peiwen Li)'s presentation at the Searcher Behavior Research panel at SES. Pavan's done some interesting research around the effects of combining search. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:21:31 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10550 We've heard from many of you that you'd like to try the adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel with Excel 2003. Good news - we're now piloting a new version of the Add-in that's compatible with Excel 2003. If you're interested, fill out our. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:32:04 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10505 I wrote about this back in May but wanted to remind you about the navigation links in adCenter, in case some of you may not know they're there. These are horizontal links right underneath the Microsoft adCenter logo on the top left-hand side of the. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:17:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10373 With Microsoft Content Ads Beta (available in the U.S.), you can place content-targeted advertisements on relevant web pages across the Microsoft network and partner sites, including WSJ.com , FOX Sports , MSN Entertainment , RunnersWorld.com , and more. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:26:21 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10301 Our latest release included features requested by customers in the community, including the "bill me now" feature and the ability to remove a credit card from adCenter. I just wanted post a reminder on a couple ways you can provide feedback. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:10:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9657 SES is fast approaching - August 18-22 in San Jose, CA. We'll have quite a few people from Microsoft there, both speaking and at our booth. Please stop by - we'd love to meet you. Monday, August 18 9:45am-11:00am: Universal & Blended Search - Todd Schwartz, Group Product Manager, Live Search 11:15am-12:30pm: Semantic Search: How Will It Change Our Lives? - Scott Prevost, General Manager and Director of Product, Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9494 Microsoft Content Ads Beta , available in the U.S., places content-targeted advertisements on relevant web pages across the Microsoft network and partner sites including WSJ.com , Barrons.com , FOX Sports , MSN Entertainment , MensHealth.com , RunnersWorld. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:27:48 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9334 Want a way to access Help content directly, without having to open Help from adCenter? You asked for it, and here it is: an alphabetical listing of all the Microsoft adCenter Help topics and their corresponding URLs. Just download this Microsoft adCenter. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:13:46 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8690 We're piloting a new campaign management application, the adCenter Desktop Beta , that enables you to manage your adCenter accounts and campaigns from your desktop. The adCenter Desktop Beta allows you to: Quickly navigate through multiple accounts. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:03 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8631 Just a quick refresher on how to contact adCenter support , which is a common question we hear from customers. When logged in to adCenter, you'll see a "Contact Support" link in the footer of the user interface. You can also access the Contact. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:15:28 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8335 Today Microsoft and Rodale Inc. announced an agreement in which the two companies will collaborate to deliver relevant advertising to Rodale's portfolio of branded health, wellness and fitness Web properties. Under the agreement, Microsoft becomes. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:58 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8272 We've heard our customers asking for more information about how adCenter determines quality. So today, we'd like to share some tips with you to help improve the quality of your advertising campaigns as well as some resources from adCenter Help that. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7687 As a follow up to yesterday's post about adCenter billing thresholds and the monthly billing date , here's more on billing. adCenter customers frequently have questions about payment methods and credit card declines, so here's a Q & A. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:49:02 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7580 For those of you looking for assistance with your adCenter campaigns, the adCenter QuickLaunch or Performance Improvement services could be right for you. The program is designed for advertisers in the U.S. and Canada and has two options. QuickLaunch. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:15:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7011 This morning during his keynote at SMX Advanced , Kevin Johnson, President, Microsoft Platform & Services Division, mentioned a new adCenter tool we're piloting called the adCenter Desktop Beta. The adCenter Desktop Beta is a free tool that enables advertisers and agencies to bulk manage their adCenter accounts from a desktop application which can be uploaded to an adCenter account. This is the first time we've offered offline campaign management for adCenter customers. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:18:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6783 Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced is in Seattle next week (June 3-4). Here are some folks from Microsoft who'll be speaking: Tuesday, June 3 9:15am-10:00am: Opening Keynote - Kevin Johnson 1:30pm-2:45pm: Bot Herding - Nathan Buggia Wednesday, Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 28 May 2008 23:23:44 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6567 Don't miss the opportunity to get hands-on training and valuable tips from search marketing industry expert Mary O'Brien on how to get the most out of your search campaigns. Mary will cover topics and strategies from keywords and ad copy optimization to bidding and targeting. You can choose from half or full-day workshops in select cities for both beginner and advanced search marketers. Limited seating is available. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 22 May 2008 16:59:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6509 We have several updates to share today, starting with the launch of our new business-to-business brand, Microsoft Advertising . Our new look unites the power of MSN and Live Search with advanced platform technologies such as adCenter, Atlas, and DrivePM. What this means for you: actionable insight into your campaigns, more ways to drive advertising and media performance, and comprehensive expertise"all aligned to help you respond to a constantly changing marketplace. Now, Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 21 May 2008 17:28:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6404 For those of you who may not have noticed this, I wanted to mention a sometimes-overlooked feature of adCenter: the horizontal navigation links (also known as "breadcrumb" navigation), right underneath the Microsoft adCenter logo on the top left-hand side of the UI. Click the green arrow next to the ad group or campaign in the horizontal navigation list, and additional navigation links will appear in a drop-down list. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 19 May 2008 18:32:17 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5577 We wanted to remind you about our interest form where you can sign up to participate in future Beta or Pilot Programs with adCenter. One of the products we're piloting right now is the Microsoft adCenter Desktop Beta (formerly known as ACE), a campaign management application where you can manage your adCenter accounts and campaigns from your desktop. The adCenter Desktop Beta allows you to: Quickly navigate through your accounts. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:00:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5512 This past weekend the adCenter team upgraded the user interface to add some features to make it easier for customers to manage their adCenter campaigns. In our last post, we covered campaign management changes ; today I wanted to share changes to the reporting section of adCenter. When you visit the Report Center, Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:29:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5448 Over the weekend the adCenter team performed an upgrade to the user interface. Here are some details about some of the features you'll be seeing when you log in, some of which came about due to feedback from our customers. One request we've heard from you is to add performance totals to the data tables throughout adCenter - so we redesigned these tables to provide this information. You're now able to see total impressions and clicks of your campaigns, ad groups, ads, Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:03:31 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5277 To follow up on Jason's post yesterday, where he highlighted the adCenter Add-in for Excel tutorial, I just wanted to follow up and remind you of a couple of the features you can access with the Add-in . Keyword Extraction: extract a list of popular keywords from a specified Web site. Keyword Suggestion: generate a list of relevant keywords based on a list you provide. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:08:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5082 Come learn the latest for advanced search marketers at Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced in Seattle this June 3-4. Check out the packed agenda , with organic and paid search tracks. Register now with code SMX10MSFT for 10% off. We hope to see you there! Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:40:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4716 Learn all about pay-per-click advertising at the PPC Summit in San Francisco this May. The PPC Summit offers interactive how-to workshops to teach you how to best manage your PPC campaigns. Jorie Waterman from the Microsoft Keyword Services Platform (KSP) team will be speaking about Keyword Research and the Campaign Lifecycle - keep an eye on the blog next week for Jorie's sneak peek post. Register before April 28 to get $200 off plus 10% discount. Use invitation code MS10 . Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:08:04 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4601 We value customer feedback here at adCenter; the feature requests and feedback we receive from you help us to shape and evolve our products and tools. We keep an eye out here on www.adcentercommunity.com as well as other blogs and forums, and we also track feedback we hear from our customers via other channels, such as our feedback form , and service and support teams. Then the adCenter team reviews your ideas and figures out if and when they will be released to the product. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:45:15 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4007 Today, adCenter customers in the U.K., France, Canada, Singapore received notice of an upcoming update to the adCenter Terms & Conditions. (These revisions were rolled out for U.S. customers earlier this year.) For a recap of the revisions, check out this interview to find out what the changes mean for you. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:07:29 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3969 In adCenter, the ad title character limit is 25 characters and the ad description character limit is 70 characters. To stay within these limits when you are using dynamic keywords or placeholders, simply insert default text. This default text will display if one of your dynamic keywords or placeholders exceeds the character limits, and will help you avoid disapprovals for exceeding character limits. Here are some dynamic text options and examples. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:49:04 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3643 This spring, Microsoft is a sponsor of the e-Commerce Summit in New Orleans, April 22-24. Come join us and gather best practices, technology & infrastructure advice from attendees and members of the E-commerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA). You can also learn more about adCenter from members of the adCenter team. And, on behalf of Microsoft adCenter, enjoy $100 OFF the show registration. Register now and enter invitation code ecom08 . Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:35:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3502 Have you heard? Microsoft adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007 is the buzz for keyword research and optimization. News about this adCenter tool has been positive. And, it's easy to use " right in Microsoft Excel 2007. Simply download the Add-in Beta and click Ad Intelligence on the Excel ribbon. Then you can start building out or expanding keyword lists and plan strategy based on a wide range of attributes " relevance, historical cost, volume and more! Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3504 In January, we announced that Microsoft will become the exclusive provider of contextual and paid search ads for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (WSJDN). Today, we're here to share some tips for how to get more quality clicks from our contextual network, which includes WSJ.com , Barrons.com , Marketwatch.com , as well as MSN Money , CBNC.com , EDGAR Online , FOX Sports , MSN Entertainment , and other partner sites . Microsoft Content Ads Beta , available in the U.S., Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:03:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3505 Are you interested in helping to test new adCenter products or tools before they're widely available? If so, we've launched a new interest form where you can sign up to participate in future Beta or Pilot Programs with adCenter. These programs help us gather your feedback on new products early in the development cycle. Becoming a Beta or Pilot Customer offers you: Early access to future adCenter tools. Search Engines News SEO News Carolyn Miller - MSFT Carolyn Miller - MSFT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:02:00 GMT