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Are The Ads In Blue Atop The SERP AdWords?

If they are, what's the criteria for being listed there?

         

Christyl Stevens

9:45 pm on Jun 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Please explain what it takes to have your ad placed there.

Also, why do I see the same ads on 3 or 4 pages and then on the 5th page it changes to different ads?

Thank you.

RedWolf

2:08 am on Jun 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



The top two spots are adwords ads that meet a certain secret threshold of Actual CPC and CTR with CTR having a slightly greater effect. There can be two, one, or none displayed. Do a search on premium position and you should be able to find some more info.

The sudden appearence of new ads on later pages could be caused by advertisers with a limited budget that doesn't allow their ads to be displayed constantly. Google spreads their impressions over the day, so it is possible to have have several rouns of impressions before seeing the ads.

Another possiblility is that there really are a lot of ads and all the first 4 pages are different ads, but just phrased the same. I've seen some searches where all the affiliates for different or even the same company write almost the same ad copy. Add in the dynamic keyword insertions in titles and expanded broad match and some searches produce repetative "junk" ads. If I even see a third of the ads on the first page like this I'll usually ignore the whole group and concentrate on the natural SERPs because I've found that the ads in these cases are pretty much worthless affiliate pushers instead of real sites.

eWhisper

9:32 am on Jun 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Post 24 has some more info about premium positions by AWA:

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