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Hotels under pressure to respond as OTA competition for guests lead gen explodes — SHR Group’s Hotel Industry Trends Report 2024

Hotel Speak

Increased bidding on key search terms, including ‘brand searches’ that identify particular hotels, has sparked a sudden increase in cost-per-click, with Google Ads rising 62.5% In fact, the extra investment driving this change is making itself felt in other ways too. from $0.16 to $0.48 (up 128.6%).

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Keyword Research for Hotels

Travelboom Marketing

Searcher Intent Looking at your hotel keywords list, envision what type of content you would create to rank for that keyword. If you can’t fulfill searcher intent you probably shouldn’t target that keyword. Keep in mind the searcher’s intent. Think of independent hotel websites as David, and OTA websites as Goliath.

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PPC for Luxury Hotels – 9 Key Strategies for Optimization

MediaBoom

Analyze your overall marketing budget and allocate a portion specifically for pay per click advertising. Consider factors like the cost-per-click (CPC) in your market and the potential return on investment (ROI). These keywords are crucial as they determine who sees your ad and the ad’s intent.

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PPC Management – Control Your Ad Spend with These Tips

MediaBoom

Next, gauge the click volume by multiplying your average click-through rate (or your anticipated CTR) by impressions. Now you’re ready to narrow your ad spend by multiplying your average cost per click by the click volume. Keywords should go in groups based on relevancy and search intent.

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What is Search Impression Share in Google Ads?

gcommerce

Search context: While targeted keywords are a great start regarding relevance, sometimes intent can get lost in a user’s search. Search Impression Share Lost to Budget This metric represents how often your Paid Search ads lose an auction due to an insufficiently low daily campaign budget or Cost-per-click (CPC) bid.

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Google Display Ads — Capture the Audience Wherever They Are

MediaBoom

This will help you target high-intent customers, capture more traffic, and ultimately increase sales and revenue. Then you tell Google precisely who to target with keywords or specific landing pages with their “custom intent” category in audience targeting. Viewable Cost-Per-Thousand Impressions (vCPM) — based on ad viewability.

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Hotel Search Engine Marketing – Top 10 Insights & Strategies

MediaBoom

Create Engaging and Relevant Landing Pages Your landing pages are the destination of potential guests who click your PPC ads, so you must make them relevant and engaging. They should align with search intent and provide valuable information to increase conversions and enhance the user experience.

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