daroz - 11:13 pm on Feb 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

GG,

First off, I think everyone (even Google detractors) appreciate the fact you come by and spend time talking to us here -- (but push the button will ya?).

I've been a supporter of Google for some time, but it doesn't mean I've always agreed with everything. (But, I'm in the thread you cited about Overture) I wonder if Froogle gets updated enough... (Hell the whole index for that matter) But I can understand the complexities involved.

I guess my whole concern over the AdWords Content 'thingie' is how bad it looks when it doesn't work.

Heck, slashdot and cvs.sourceforge.net have become my personal poster-children for AdWords content grone wrong. (Though occasionally cvs.sf.net isn't too bad, 1 drugstore ad out of 2)

I think it comes down to 'too new', 'too hidden' and not enough information to make everyone get that warm-n-fuzzy. (Though I do admit you can't please all the people all the time.)

AdWords (search) works so well, and I like it so much greatly due to the fact changes are instantenous -- You can immediately see what effect your bid / keyword / copy change is having on your stats. You can go search for terms and get a result...

... Right now AdWords Content is this nebulous cloud.

I just went 6 rounds with AdWords support trying to see if they are understanding what I'm saying but when you get back bits and pieces of ready-to-copy text (for the most part) it's hard to tell if they grocked what you're telling them.

GG - I think we just need more insight and control. CVS is not just a drugstore, and if I were advertising on that keyword I would want to disable that keyword for content pages (see cvs.sf.net). At the same time I would want to know which of my keywords is generating impressions on the content sites.

Ok, this has gone too long. I'll shut up now. :) I hope you understand what I'm trying to get across..

/me steps off soapbox...