I've been managing Adwords accounts for about a year, and as I take more and more consulting work, I think it would help my credibility with potential corporate clients to complete the Google Adwords certification program. How difficult is the certification exam? I've definitely met the spend requirements, and I've read over some of the training material provided by Google, I guess I just need to know how hard I should study before I drop $50 and take the test. Thanks in advance
If you've been running campaigns for a year you will probably know a lot of the info. Some of the more useless information like what credit cards you can use is something you'll pick up if you go through the tutorials a couple of times.
If you can split screen, have the Google Adwords tutorial on one screen, and the exam on the other. You can also do it in tabbed browsing just need to flip back & forth when you get stuck for an answer. You can do a copy paste into the Adwords tutorial search box, find the answer and ace the exam. But I didn't say that if anyone asks
Ya, they should have made you go to a testing center like Cisco and Microsoft cert exams. "Open book" tests like these are a bit of a joke.
Well, if the clients don't know how ridiculous the exam is then go for it. However, everyone else knows it's just a waste of your time...
Hi, I don't know what you are talking about. But I also want to learn google adwords PPC. So please somebody tell me some ppc tutorials. Thanks in Advance.
Hi there, Exam is really really difficult because question style is different such as which of 3 is right or etc.. Besides time duration is very limited, you dont have time to look outside the screen, no time to copy paste or search on second PC or etc. Your time is flowing even you have answered all or not, when time finished, screen is locked. I advice you to study really hard, actually I ve studied 15 days without doing anything than Adwords Learning Center. Wishing you success..
Its not bad at all, just watch your time because you only get an hour. So don't skip over to many questions, if you don't know the answer then just guess and move on to the next. I would say its more about the actual interface and where to find what, and what does what, than anything else. So basically memorize the interface, theres also a few tricky ones about geo-targetting. You only need a 75% to pass, but overall i don't think the test is that difficult if you've been using the interface steady. -TP
It's not terribly difficult, especially if you have some experience with adwords. What can make it challenging is that about 20% of the questions are either very ambiguous and/or outdated. I recommend the following: 1. Study every tutorial in the adwords learning center before you take the test 2. Try to move quickly through the questions. Don't overthink them. Time does become a factor if you work at a slow pace. Good luck!
whats the relevance of MCC accounts when taking the Adwords account? I have an Adwords account which i believe has acheived the required spend amount however there seems to be occasional mention of requiring an MCC in order to retain the Adwords Professional Logo/Status... is an MCC a prerequisite to obtaining Adwords Professional Logo/Status?
Below is a lot of good stuff on anyone interested in Getting Google Certified: My answer to the above post about where to get training for ADWORDS is.. I would give you the google adwords training URL but I don't think we are supposed to post url's here so simply google "adwords training" and dig in they have tons of free training...tons of free videos and tons of free articles... I am compiling 1,000 multiple choice questions for anyone getting there certification to use for practice... let me know if anyone wants one... its all free and fun... There is lots of articles on the web but for cert I would stick with the google training center as you can be sure they will cover al of the test for you. At this moment I am studying for my Google Certify now and I am not looking forward to the test.. So far I have about 2,000 hours study.. now I just need someone to back me for the practical test....here is how it works....I am already extremley knowledgagle in every phase of adwords and google analytics and am running a couple of campains right now, so if you want to get taken by hand and trained free and then have the entire campaign turned over to you after 90 days... all 20,000 keyphrases all set running with negative keywords and all.. gererating automatic reports for you daily... all you have to do is pay for your own adwords expense direct to google... so what do i get.. zip zero... but the practical exam says I have to under google's watchful eye set up and manage a campaign that spends $1,000 dollars in 90 days... that equates to a budget of about 10 bucks a day... you don't pay me a dime. You pay google direct and then only what they charge for the montly ppc charge... which will be around 10 bucks a day... but hopefully with 60 days we (excuse me I mean you) should be making a hundred bucks a day, all yours.. not mine...(Is that guaranteed... no but I betcha you will be doing that easy..) After the 90 days of Googles watchful eyes making sure I don't screw up, I turn the live site over to you after the 90 days... and still provide you weekly reviews and recommendatons for site improvement in case you have any problems.... in other words if I did not train you good enough I will be there to help you some more.. I want you to succeed I might need you for a reference in the future..... keep in mind if it does not go as good as you thought it would, your budget is only 10 bucks a day and you can pull the plug any day any time and google will not bill you any further... in other words pause it and turn back on later or just shut down... its a win win only..... In addition to a Google cert requiring me to run a campaign for 90 days that has a total spend during the 3 months, of $1,000 bucks I need to pass a written exam of 120 questions and pay 50 bucks for that. I pay the test fee... so you be thinking... what happens if I fail the test... NO WAY. I won't hell I am gonna black it out.. it probably takes about 12 to 20 hours of study for an average person to pass..I am not even close to average.. I will ace the exam. I have more than 3,000 hours studying.... I am a perfectionist...so any way if i fail nothing changes.... you keep your site running as you need no cert anyway.... then I just study some more and pay 50 bucks and take it again.... but my passing or fail has nothing to do with my offer to you... if interested PM me and I will send you my Skype and email so we can talk... If you are leary.. you won't be after 5 min on the phone with me... and even better if you think you know an adwords Wizard, have that person talk to me and i will blow his mind with my knowledge.... (pat myself on the back hee... hee) I specialize in real estate and can whip out a fully functional money making campaign in 3 hours and would prefer to do that.... but I can setup any campaign....but I will give priority to anyone doing real estate especially if you need a campaign with something I am not familiar with in that particular subject you may be able to help me there.... NO PORN, or GAMLING or Pharmacy need apply..... I will advise those sites, but will not get involved directly google will not accept those sites for the certification practical exam.... I speak English only... so cannot help with campaigns in other languages.... I am very fluent in English so do not judge by my typos... I type faster than I can think.... Hope management does not consider this advertising and ban me, as it is nothing for sale,, totally free..and I hope to get in here daily and help answer some of these questions you guys are asking... Especially if you have any questions about the Google Certification exam.. just ask me I am an expert in exam rules and procedures... so much mis-information is going around the web in regard to the certificaton exam...pay no attention to it... Here is some examples of the mis-information you will hear... totally worng... Some say you have 120 questions non stop and cannot stop even for a toilet run... that is not true, it is a non stop test but you can pause the test and go eat or anything else.... trick is you have 5 days to complete the written exam.. but once you begin you cannot stop the computer as it has a 120 hours timer an it takes over your puter for 5 days.... locks the test on the screen.. but does have a pause button... you can pause and go to sleeep but be sure not to sleep 5 days.. and for god sakes don't turn off the puter.. some say if your computer fails say due to power loss and your puter has to be rebooted or you come back from a break and you soon is playing solitare and closed you out... all is not lost... simply log back on after reboot as it will save each question as you move to the next one... Word of warning... it does lock your puter so you cannot search for answers..on the web... and will not unlock until you finish or the 5 days pass or you reboot... some say you have 120 questions to do in 2 hours... so much bull.. that would be bitch one question per minute...whooeee that would be punishment.. not true... Can you skip some questions then back up to them later?... yessir you can go back... not sure if you can change an answer of one you previously answered but i KNOW the one you skip you can go back for later.. even 4 days later... heee... but you can bet your bippy I will know if you can back up and change your answer before I take the test... I am a stickler for details.. as with everythng I do, and you adwords campaign will be the best around..... hope to hear from someone soon as it applies to only one person... that is unless i get banned for this post.... my guess is management will love all this useful information in the Adwords area and myoffer to answer questions here now and in the future.... plus when this page gets indexed, I may have a swarm of outsiders visiting this forum and overloading this server due to too much traffic... That is what I like about this forum.. Most good posts will be indexed in google within 24 hours so many searchers will read this post before daylight... so LOCALS contact me quick before the stampede.... I am such a joker... why would i do this crap for free.... I am a retired USN guy after 33 years and if i don't wake up tomorrow I still get a paycheck.... so money is of no value to me... what I do I do for fun.....see you soon... Hell I am 65 now so I might not wake up in the morning anyway. When you get this freaking old when you go to bed you may not wake up in the morning...hee.. hee.
I spend 1 months to pass it with 88%. Not bad huh ? And I recommend that you should study only in Adwords Learning Center and you will pass it soon
Ya.. its really tough to clear the google adword exam.. you need to well prepare the exam .. as they ask the questions in a manner that several times you get confused.. also it is very difficult to achieve the 80% marks as it the minimum percentage to clear the exams..
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I would also like to take this certification. Is there someone here who can provide me some tutorials and tips?