DavidDeprice - 2:43 pm on Aug 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Dave!

I am right, you just did not read the post carefully. All of my existing keywords stayed at whatever price they were (except for the inactive ones). BUT all new keywords I added started at 10 cents, even the ones that I know no-one bids on.
Essentially, we are repeating Overture's situation - we (existing advertisers) will have lower grandfathered bids at 5 cents (or less in some instances). BUT as soon as you start adding new keywords, you'll be paying a minimum of 10 cents for them, at least during the initial stage. MAYBE, you'll be able to lower bids later, after the campaign ran for some time, but the effective new low is 10 cents, not 1 cent as advertised (it was during the short couple of hours when the new system was available).
If you don't believe me, just add any gibberish as a keyword, like "jfjdfkdfj1" - and believe me, you can't trigger that keyword, unless you bid 10 cents (in the new algo, not the old one). So right now, when they reverted, I am adding new keywords like crazy, because I can still add them at 5 cents before the new system becomes permanent.