It has taken me forever to edit and post this video to YouTube. I hope you can learn more about PPC marketing on AdCenter with it. Microsoft introduced a new KW expansion tool that will basically generate insanely huge keyword lists - but I would debate the quality of these keyword lists. The results of one of their searches for “cars” didn’t seem relevant. Most PPC marketers will agree that though the volume on MSN and Live.com are a lot less than Google Adwords; it can offer higher converting traffic for a minimum click of .05. Editorial review and campaign de-activation are becoming a nuisance though.

I was amazed at the incredible number of worthless tools to be found at Microsoft’s Ad Center Labs - there wasn’t one useful tool that a PPC marketer could use (please comment if you beg to differ).  Clearly Microsoft doesn’t get search engine marketing; hence the Yahoo purchase.  However, if Yahoo gets gobbled up by Microsoft doesn’t that mean they will be destroying one already deficient product, eating it, and pooping out an even more deformed product.  Sorry for the human digestive analogy; another good analogy I heard on TheStreet.com: “Microsoft buying Yahoo is like taking two people in a race that are weak runners and tying their legs together.  They still aren’t going to beat the third runner, because the third runner is faster and stronger.”  Check out the screen shots below for Microsoft’s Ad Center “labs”.  If you can find anything that is valuable to an online marketer, please let me know.