cline - 1:59 pm on Sep 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

Another thing that's particularly aggravating is when expanded mismatch decides to match on a keyword that already exists in the campaign -- but, of course at a higher bid.

For example, Adgroup 1 contains the keyword "cheap widgets" bid at $0.20. Adgroup 2 contains the broadmatch keyword "expensive widgets" bid at $1.00. Expanded mismatch decides that Adgroup 2 should deliver impressions on "cheap widgets" and that the bid for this should be $1.00, so it's okay to charge the advertiser $0.98 for those clicks -- even though the advertiser has specified that they are willing to bid only $0.10 for "cheap widgets".

I call that theft.