Dlocks
msg:3751775 | 9:23 am on Sep 25, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I'm seeing the same. For a lot of keywords I see the estimated minimum bid for first page are 5 times higher then the bid I use for those keywords while the average position for those keywords is 3, 4 or 5. So it doesn't make sense or in other words, the estimated minimum bid is useless. I really hope Google will put the active and inactive and minimum bid to activate a keywords back in place (or at least give the option to enable those fields). With the first page estimated bid it feels like having less control over the keywords.
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Nancy99
msg:3751912 | 1:49 pm on Sep 25, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Here is an example of what I am seeing Dentist in DC paying $7 or so getting average ad position 4 to 5. Google now says on the keyword phrase family dental care pay $57 to be on the first page of search results. Go figure. I had another AdWords person say that I was experiencing a Google Slap, but I think that this new 9-15 update has turned effective optimized accounts on their ear and is not a case of a poorly managed program.
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netmeg
msg:3751919 | 2:08 pm on Sep 25, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I wouldn't be surprised if there were still a few kinks to be worked out on Google's end.
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klauskl
msg:3751991 | 3:30 pm on Sep 25, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I have a keyword in exact mode with average of 3.4 and CPC 0.50
and google say
: Bid is below first page bid estimate of $0.55 is that a google error?
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Eliezer
msg:3752101 | 6:14 pm on Sep 25, 2008 (gmt 0) |
What is probably happening is that your first page bid estimate fluctuates throughout the day. At the time that you are viewing your adwords account, it is a higher amount than it was earlier in the day. The ads therefore showed earlier, but are no longer showing until it fluctuates back to a lower number.
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JBrown
msg:3752932 | 7:13 pm on Sep 26, 2008 (gmt 0) |
It does seem that Google has introduced more confusion instead of reducing it.
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edd1
msg:3753149 | 1:06 am on Sep 27, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I have never been so confused. This is just crazy. On a day by day basis I'm removing poor keywords to leave just great and a few ok. Then the next day all the greats have moved to ok and traffic has fallen. Nothing is clear and none. Adwords has become significantly harder to fathom.
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