I changed my ad to include kw={keyword} in the destination url to help with tracking, and the CTR got wiped out(* see below). AOL now shows 4 ads for the keyword, but mine isn't one of them, despite the fact thay my ad still appears 3rd in google's results (the 4 ads now displayed by AOL hold positions 1,2,4 and 5 on google). Does AOL have a minimum CTR requirement before it shows google ads?
* on a side note, I saw a warning on the 'find and edit' tool for ads saying *any* change would result in the ad being deleted and re-created, however, I've read in this forum that the URL destination can be changed without affecting the ads CTR so I emailed adwords support for a definite answer. I was told that changing EITHER url will not effect CTR, so I went ahead and changed it and what do you know? ad deleted and recreated, 0 impressions, 0% ctr. ggggrrrrrr......
