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IP address as display URL

         

deep_alley

5:38 am on Feb 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Anyone tried this? Wanted to know if it is possible. I know google states that there has to be an appropriate extension (.com, .net, etc) to the display URL. I wrote to google, but havent got a satisfactory answer.

poster_boy

8:36 am on Feb 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Why would you want to do this? It would look goofy and draw unqualified clicks as a result.

robertskelton

9:30 am on Feb 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The display URL should be the same as what appears in the browser after clicking on your ad.

If your reasons are to get around a Google rule, then they will say no to it (if they do their job properly...)

Rob.

Israel

3:51 pm on Feb 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Oddly Robert, they allow you to file such an ad. I just did a test thinking I'd get kicked out for an invalid TLD. However, the ad filed fine.

If indeed it's against Google's policy, ad entry would seem to be the best place to put it. I get ads that won't file for grammatical reasons that an English Professor would let slide ;)

For the original poster, as others have suggested, you'd best have a compelling reason for wanting to use an IP address in lieu of a true URL in your display.

IMHO, it will scare away some, intrigue others to simply click to find out what's behind there and would just look plain odd amongst the standard ads.

On the other hand, perhaps you've thought of an innovative, but valid technique that none of us ever considered ;) -- We all want our ads to stand out and be eye catching!

I wonder has the issue of a destination URL that consists of an IP address ever been tried. I was going to enter a 'test' ad like that but I can't get into the UI at the moment....

Good luck, I think you'll need it (though I may eat those words!)

Israel

jtara

6:05 pm on Feb 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

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It's being done as a novelty, I presume.

Could work if it is for a product that has something to do with DNS, etc. In this case, be careful about the rule regarding reference to the display URL line. You can't "continue the message in the display URL". So, you can't say, for example, "What If Internet Users Had To Type Addresses Like This?

No stranger than that ad that consists of nothing but the first four letters of the alphabet!

deep_alley

7:32 am on Feb 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Haha, no no none of this was to get more clicks or catch the attention of searchers. I had a problem where I could not display client name in the URL. Thought if I had an IP as display, problem would be solved. Didnt test it though, cause problem got sorted out.