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A/B testing mistakes PPC marketers make and how to fix them

Search Engine Land

Have you ever implemented the top-performing variation from a PPC ad copy A/B test but don’t actually see any improvement? A/B testing works – you just need to avoid some common pitfalls. Not running tests long enough to get sufficient data. This happens more often than you’d think.

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Best Practices to Establish a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) for A/B Testing

ConversionXL

And you can’t trust the outcomes of your tests if you don’t know you’re looking at accurate metrics. That’s why you need to build your testing program around a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) dataset. If you can’t, even the simplest A/B test will lack value. What is A/B testing. Let’s consider an example.

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A/B testing alternatives for low-traffic websites

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In a world where A/B tests are done by over 70% of online businesses , choosing not to follow a data-driven methodology to make informed decisions on website changes might seem unreasonable. Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? Alternatives to A/B testing for low-traffic sites.

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18 Top A/B Testing Tools Reviewed by CRO Experts

ConversionXL

Finding a proper A/B testing tool isn’t the problem anymore. If you work in conversion optimization – whether at an agency, in-house, or as a consultant – you almost certainly run A/B tests. AB Tasty offers A/B testing, split testing, multivariate testing, and funnel testing capabilities.

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Beyond “One Size Fits All” A/B Tests

ConversionXL

If you’re invested in improving your A/B testing game, you’ve probably read dozens of articles and discussions on how to plan and run A/B tests. One widely used testing platform solidifies this idea by imposing account-wide significance levels. Costs in A/B testing ROI analysis. Let’s see why.

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How to Minimize A/B Test Validity Threats

ConversionXL

You have an A/B testing tool, a well-researched hypothesis and a winning test with 95% confidence. There are factors threatening the validity of your test, without you even realizing it. Quite simply, validity threats are the factors that threaten the validity of your A/B test results. Not so fast.

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How to Segment A/B Test Results to Find Gold

ConversionXL

You run an A/B test , and it’s a winner. Does it mean that the treatments that you tested didn’t resonate with anyone? If you target all visitors with the A/B test, it merely reports overall results – and ignores what happens in a portion of your traffic, in segments. Follow up tests. Probably not.