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Atlas One Point And Google

         

jogrady

5:43 am on May 22, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I am having a problem with my Atlas OnePoint account. It reports false number one rankings of my Google ads. As a result my bids lower did to my minimum bids because the system thinks I am retaining the number one position. This effectively takes my whole campaign offline.

Atlas is aware of the problem. They say the issue has to do with Google's API passing data incorrectly, but that the issue only affects a small percentage of accounts. In other words, although it’s a known issue it is not their biggest priority.

Atlas says they are waiting on Google to fix their API.

Google says, “Who’s Atlas?”

I have tried several fixes that Atlas has recommended.

1. Delete Channel and then add it back again.
2. Change from pixel to java tracking.

Do any of you who use Atlas OnePoint have similar problems? What did you do to resolve it? I find it hard to believe that I am just one of the unlucky few who have this problem.

shorebreak

3:35 pm on May 22, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



[Disclosure: I'm with a keyword portfolio management firm]

In the past two years I've met with at least 200 of the top 1000 ppc advertisers. I have yet to find an advertiser whose use of AOP on Google goes well.

While it's true that the SE's API's tend to have more downtime than a Yugo, IMO AOP doesn't work well on Google because

a)it relies on Google's Traffic Estimator, which is 30% off at the individual keyword level 70% of the time.

b)it has a undereducated Google click model.

mike_ppc

4:01 pm on May 24, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



What is Yugo?

It it that small nice car produced in Yugoslavia?