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Ensuring a positive ROI for your Google Adwords campaign requires attention to detail. Following a few simple steps has the potential to dramatically improve the profitability of your Google Adwords campaign.

When you get ready to actively market your business online more than likely your first stop will be with search engine optimization (SEO).  The most important ingredient to search engine optimization will be properly conducted keyword research for your website. Keyword research alone could make or break your online game,,.

I was asked by a photographer friend of mine the other day for some help with her ad words copy. Though a little rusty since I ran a full campaign I figured it was a good excuse to blow the dust of my Ad Words hat and familiarize myself with the Google search marketing tool again.

I'm getting a little tired of all these newsletters and articles, "TOP TEN TIPS" and "Do These 4 Things and Make Millions", it's all about some golden check list that you MUST follow, if you don't your face will fall off and you will turn an off color green

Now here's a service Google has offered for some time now which is yet to get enough recognition, Google Trends.
Google Trends is a brilliant service giving you insight into historical search trends, complete with pretty graphs.

I was looking into URL shortening services recently - there are literally THOUSANDS out there! Of course, I didn't count them all but there does appear to be an abundance.

What is a URL Shortening Service? Good question:

They shorten long URL's making them engaging and easier to work with, really?!

So why do would I want to shorten a URL in the first place? Firstly, if I link to a long unsightly URL within HTML then I could do this via text aka "hyper link" making it appear more orderly. Secondly if I am sending an email, writing documents or on twitter, it optimizes space and makes things look much cleaner.

After a bit of thought I realized, there must be something more to it, what other bits of Internet traffic gold could I get out of these services?

Since I placed myself on the twitter bandwagon I've been using a URL shortening service http://is.gd. I've always wished I could see how many of my twitter URL's are getting clicked, which would give me a greater understanding of what I should be venting and sharing (as I do like the sound of my own voice).

This got me thinking........