http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/comment-page-1/#comment-3458 Paul Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/#comment-3458 Todd, My experience is much the same. I set up an adwords account and it worked fine the first day. On the second day, all of the keywords were inactive and the cost-per-click had doubled. My keywords are very specific and relevant and for some of them nobody else is bidding. Looks like the policy is to get you hooked with a low price, then crank up the price. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Paul Todd,
My experience is much the same.
I set up an adwords account and it worked fine the first day. On the second day, all of the keywords were inactive and the cost-per-click had doubled. My keywords are very specific and relevant and for some of them nobody else is bidding. Looks like the policy is to get you hooked with a low price, then crank up the price.

Paul

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/comment-page-1/#comment-3457 Jeff Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:18:34 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/#comment-3457 I have noticed the same thing on my account. a good portion of my adwords have shot up to to £2.50 for no reason. I wonder what Google is playing at. I have noticed the same thing on my account. a good portion of my adwords have shot up to to £2.50 for no reason. I wonder what Google is playing at.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Jay Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:36:21 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/#comment-3456 My experience with Adwords is simple, I disabled it all and haven't turned it back on in about 2.5 years. I ended up in a bidding war with the eBay bot, and it ended up costing a pretty penny when all said and done. Even some of the lower priced adwords ended up being really expensive. Funny thing is, my server logs didn't log much of a difference between the traffic from when my adwords were active, and when they weren't. Go figure. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Google is very good at making it very expensive for small advertisers. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Jay My experience with Adwords is simple, I disabled it all and haven’t turned it back on in about 2.5 years. I ended up in a bidding war with the eBay bot, and it ended up costing a pretty penny when all said and done. Even some of the lower priced adwords ended up being really expensive. Funny thing is, my server logs didn’t log much of a difference between the traffic from when my adwords were active, and when they weren’t. Go figure.

Google is very good at making it very expensive for small advertisers.

Jay

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/comment-page-1/#comment-3455 Greg Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:35:21 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/16/google-adwords-something-is-fishy/#comment-3455 Yeah, had the same problem. my theory is that related to google earnings. Seems to happen before the end of the quarter and/or early into the quarter. Yeah, had the same problem. my theory is that related to google earnings. Seems to happen before the end of the quarter and/or early into the quarter.

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