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Negative Keyword Bug

Ads gone due to extreme glitch

         

your_store

6:46 pm on Oct 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about a bug affecting the Adwords system. It seems that *some* ads with negative keywords are no longer showing for all the keywords associated with the ad.

For instance, my ad will show for "blue widgets" but not for "red widgets" even though both of those are listed as keywords for the ad. It's even more frustrating for me; because, many of ads were at the premium spot. Now they're gone.

I did talk w/ a Google rep, and she said they are aware of the problem. However, there is no estimated time when the glitch will be fixed. Thankfully, she said "all engineers" have pulled from their projects to fix the system.

The only way I've been able to get my ads to show is to remove my negative keywords. Usually, I wouldn't even consider this, but I am missing out on some very time sensitive traffic.

Tropical Island

5:06 pm on Oct 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I would like to report that as of 1 PM today all the extensions I used to show for on the broad terms are now appearing.

Hopefully this indicates that the system is now working better and not because they put a little grease on my squeaking wheel.

ferfer

6:32 pm on Oct 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Same here, yesterday night I started to see the ads I wasn't able before, and I got more clicks too!

Although I have not received the official reply yet, but now I am happy with results and I could not replicate the bug anymore...

Fer

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