fdgsdfgfd

[bcc1234]

Keyword: fdgsdfgfd

Inactive
Increase quality or bid $5.00 to activate

I'm speechless.

I just finished writing a new e-book and was launching a test campaing, and all keywords I try from the keyword tool show a min of $5 (and some $10).

So I tried fdgsdfgfd and it also shows $5.

Can it be that my account is flagged based on the past campaigns that are completely unrelated to this one?

[La_Valette]

Maybe your ad wasn't relevant to selling fdgsdfgfd. Are you sure you're not promoting totally unrelated products like fdgsdfgfe or fdgsdfgff?

[NickV]

I wonder what happens if you actually bid $5 for it. Since you will obviously be the one advertising on it, when somebody clicks you should still expect to pay 5 cents or even 1 cent. Care to try?

I am speculating that if it is actually a keyword people search for and click on your lone ad Google will soon lower the bid to a low minumum.

[eWhisper]

I wonder what happens if you actually bid $5 for it. Since you will obviously be the one advertising on it, when somebody clicks you should still expect to pay 5 cents or even 1 cent. Care to try?

According to Google, you should be paying $5 as that's why it's called a minimum bid.

I've seen some 'in trial' type words (i.e. received impressions while below the minimum bid) only pay $0.05.

[bcc1234]

I tried adding keyword test to one existing campaign and it said the minimum is $0.20, and in another existing campaign it was $5. Neither of those campaigns have anything to do with the word test.

[FromRocky]

According to Google, you should be paying $5 as that's why it's called a minimum bid.

I'm questioning this statement. It was minimum bid but when you match your maximum CPC to this minimum bid value, it becomes your maximum CPC. I believe it is the max value you can pay. In other word, you can pay less than the minimum bid.

[momotan]

Yes. Lets end this myth right now. I run several hundred campaigns since I am one of those dreaded Ebay affiliates. Any keywords that came in at ridicoulus numbers i activated anyway. What your minimum bid equals is the maximum your willing to pay for the click. If you have no competition on that keyword, you will pay 1 cent thanks to the discounter. For some reasons, the algo is out of whack with some of the more obscure keywords and giving crazy minimums. I have seen my overall traffic rise and my CPC decline despite the high minumums on many keywords. A day or so after the keywords got some history to them, i was able to drop the minimums back to where they were before the big change.

[Import Export]

Now let's really kill this argument.

I think it is important to point out that if your ad quality was higher by using the "fdgsdfgfd" term more often throughout it, it *WOULD* cost less.

Since "fdgsdfgfd" is not a recognized word, you will not be able to place this in your ad copy - thus RAISING the minimum bid $amount.

You *probably* also did not include "fdgsdfgfd" as your only kw (inc match options) thus RAISING the minimum but $amount even further.

:o)

[bcc1234]

Import Export, read my original post again, I don't think you got the point there.

Here it is again:

...and all keywords I try from the keyword tool show a min of $5 (and some $10).

So I tried fdgsdfgfd and it also shows $5.

[bcc1234]

momotan,

This sounds good, and actually makes economical sense.

But the problem I see now is that it's impossible to get 3-5 spot with a new ad and keywords.

I always set my new ads somewhere in the middle and then work my way up. And with the next setup, it seems that you a forced to be number one if there were any existing advertisers with old bids.