Update of campaign figures

Its taking longer than 3 hours

[Essex_boy]

I know Ive only got low impression ad's running but MR G (blessed is his name)hasnt updated the account section figures for around 36 hours.

Is this normal?

[skunkmark]

Sometimes it's updated in less than an hour (for me) and other times it takes more than 3 hours. Sometimes I keep checking it over and over and it never seems to change at all. Then I realize I had set the view to "Yesterday."

[AdWordsAdvisor]

Normally stats will run up to three hours behind, and this works rather consistently.

I think skunkmark's comment is very perceptive, and this may well be the issue at work in your account Essex_boy.

skunkmark's comment also brings up another point worth mentioning:

When you login to your account for the very first time ever, the date range is set to 'yesterday' by default. However, if you change this date range while working in your account, it is a 'sticky' setting. In other words, the next time you login, the date range will default to whatever it was set to when you last worked in the account.

Bottom line: while you are evaluating your stats, it is an excellent idea to take a quick glance at your date range!

I have been 'fooled' by this enough times that I find myself checking it as a matter of routine. Good habit to get into, IMO.