New campaign not showing up in the serps

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New campaign not showing up in the serps

My new campaign is not showing even for my name!

matrix_neo

5:24 am on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have set up a campaign yesterday and it is not showing up for my keywords though there is no adword ads for those. I am targeting global my forecast clicks are about 500 a day but I got only 6 clicks yesterday. And my daily budget is ok. Can anybody suggest what should I do.

submitx

6:27 am on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

Check your account to see if Google might have paused it due to any problems, such as your title, Description or URL having a problem. Test it with few other keywords and new campaign to see if you have the same problem. If so contact Google.

matrix_neo

6:34 am on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the response. My impression is growing and clicks too, now I have 9 clicks but there is no relation between the predicted 450 clicks. And I am not seeing my ads on google probablly it is displayed on content network only. Is it because I have set my cpc to 0.05? I would like to know why my ads are not displayed on google, provided there is no other ads for those keywords (I have a keyword list not just a few).

AdWordsAdvisor

4:23 pm on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

I would like to know why my ads are not displayed on google, provided there is no other ads for those keywords (I have a keyword list not just a few).

You may need to contact AdWords support, matrix_neo, as they can take a look at your account and give you a much more accurate answer.

I wonder if you have a daily budget which is lower than that required to show your ads all the time? This can certainly be the case, even if your daily budget is not being met. Take a look at the recommended budget link on the Edit Campaign Settings page.

BTW, your ads always begin by showing on Google - so it will not happen that they'll show on content partner sites, but not on Google.

One thing really puzzles me about your question. Essentially, an estimate of 500 clicks per day, combined with the fact that there are no ads showing for your keywords seems very peculiar.

I would have guessed that you had 'sensitive' keywords which have not yet been reviewed, but if this were the case, they would be getting no impressions.

I think your best bet is to contact AdWords support, being specific about the campaigns, Ad Groups, and keywords involved.

AWA

bumpski

10:01 pm on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've repeatedly had difficulties with campaigns that attempt to run ads where there are virtually no competitive ads. Usually you'll do fine exceeding the minimum CTR for a day or two and then boom, your keywords jump right to disabled, skipping the intermediate states. Another factor may be the keywords tend to generate results in the millions.

I believe there is a large delay in the "disabled" indication so the ad can stop a day before you see your keywords have been disabled. It has been like this before and after the recent algorythm update. I can sticky mail a keyword pair that constantly has this problem. One might say the ad isn't targeted enough, but it does exceed the 0.5% minimum CTR (looking at the keyword itself) and I believe even with the "search network" disabled.

Adwords, please show the actual CTR being used to alter the keywords state in the Ad Groups keyword list!

I have a support request in now regarding this topic. In the past the reply has been "improve CTR", but from my perspective all the CTR criteria have been met. Do I have to hit 4% CTR? How much? There are no other ads showing most the time.

This does get a little frustrating when the product does not perform according to the documentation.

TerriGW

10:41 pm on Nov 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

I use the new Ads Diagnostic Tool to if my ads are showing or not, along with searches, etc.

[adwords.google.com...]

matrix_neo

4:22 am on Nov 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

One thing really puzzles me about your question. Essentially, an estimate of 500 clicks per day, combined with the fact that there are no ads showing for your keywords seems very peculiar.

I have a list of keywords for my ad for some of those keywords there is no ads. BTW my ads started showing yesterday itself. But I still got only 9 clicks against the predicted 450+ clicks and today there is no impression at all? I wonder about this incosistancy. Thanks for your help adwordsadvisior.