Has this been answered yet? Google bug?

Google Ad Group Bug?

[alextc]

I saw a post here sometime this month that suggested to someone that a Google bug exists wherein it is not advisable to pack a combo of broad, phrase and exact match all together in only one ad group.

It mentioned the better way was to create a separate ad group for each. Say instead of packing together these keywords for "blue widget" in only one ad group:

Ad Group 1

blue widget
"blue widget"
[blue widget]
-red

He said there was a bug, so this would entail three ad groups for the keyword "blue widget".

Ad Group 1

blue widget
-red

Ad Group 2

"blue widget"
-red

Ad Group 3
[blue widget]
-red
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AWA, Adwords Advisor, pls. confirm if this bug does exist. Do I really have to make three ad groups for one keyword to fight this bug? Help, it's confusing....

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Alextc

[edited by: Shak at 11:28 am (utc) on Dec. 10, 2003]

[AdWordsAdvisor]

alextc, I did address this in another thread that I can't put my finger on at the moment.

In that post I said that I was unaware of such a bug - and this still holds true.

Do I really have to make three ad groups for one keyword to fight this bug? Help, it's confusing....

As far as I'm aware there should be no problem with one Ad Group having the keyword options you mentioned:

blue widget
"blue widget"
[blue widget]
-red

I would suggest giving it a try. And if you do see odd behavior (I never did learn what the alleged 'bug' was supposed to have caused, actually) please report it here. I'll follow up on it.

AWA

[AdWordsAdvisor]

Just a quick update: consulted with some techy types, and, like me, they are not aware of an issue.

Please let me know what you are seeing that seems 'buggy'.

AWA

[eWhisper]

I can't find this thread anymore. We had a problem with this a while ago. I have no concept of time, but I think it's been at least a month since I've seen this affect us, so I'd assume it got fixed along the way.

The bug that seemed to affect us was that if we put all 3 in the same ad, G didn't show the ad at all. If we seperated them out, then G did show the ad.

[alextc]

Thanks for the quick reply, AWA. Much appreciated. =)

We'll give this time. I do hope this has really been fixed. We'll keep you updated.

Advance Merry Christmas!

Sincerely,
Alex