Can you please tell me the best place to find quick helpful tips on how to use Google Adwords? thanks.
Just from my current and past reading and learning about adwords, id suggest that its dangerous to consider there being quick tips to learn adwords. If your completely new to it you must either read a lot about it or take on a service from someone offering to manage your ppc campaigns. As you suggest for a beginner, i need to point out theres so much going on when it comes to ppc. Try googles own learning center for adwords as a start, i know lots of reading can seem boring but sometimes its neccessary.
adwords has a help center where you can read articles or watch videos and after each session you can take a quiz to see how you are doing. this is a good place to get started for beginners.
could someone tell me how could I see the IP's of people clicking on my ads? as i have a feeling the competitors just clicking me out..
Check your server logs. If you think someone is screwing with you, shoot an email over to Google along with your server logs as proof.
get a free $50 credit for starting a new account (there's google offers all the time), and test a campaign. start low and slow and go for cheap clicks. it takes time for everything to sink in. good luck!
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