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New Tools Menu

Is some stuff missing now?

         

Israel

5:12 pm on Feb 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Okay, I give up.

Will someone more observant than I please tell me what was changed on the AW Interface Tools Menu? The keyword tools are on their own screen now. Did they introduce any new features?

Anyone notice anything else different?

Thanks!

Israel

cline

4:29 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The bid tool is gone.

cline

5:00 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Looks like they just rearranged things. Everything is still there, but it's in an new "Advanced Search and Editing" menu.

dave741

5:02 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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This tool is also missing:
It is impossible to replace choosen text (or URL) in ads, that fulfil choosen criteria.

dave741

5:04 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I do not see "Advanced Search and Editing" menu :-(

EarleyGirl

5:15 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I do not see "Advanced Search and Editing" menu :-(

Check above the search field on the right. Tabs are on the left, search field is on the right and advanced search is above it. [adwords.google.com...]
Maybe that's the one cline was referring to?

dave741

5:29 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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So, we have a bug here:

If I go directly to the account, then I can see Advanced search link.

But if I go via MCC into the same account, the link is not there.

poster_boy

6:02 pm on Feb 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Why won't Google TELL us what changes they're making?

Again, Google - YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS, PLEASE SHARE THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING!

(Why keep us guessing?)

Kings on steeds

9:55 am on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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For Not being able to see the "advanced search link" via the mcc, a fix

1) login to your mcc
2) goto the account you would like to see the menu for
3) paste the link below into the browser

[adwords.google.com...]

you will see it!

dave741

10:12 am on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Ya, it works :-)

inbound

7:14 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The work-around that has been suggested is not working for me.

I can get to the Advanced options and go through with setting up changes but it comes back saying no matches were found. This is very annoying.

If anyone from Google is lookin, please fix this and do better testing the next time. I love AdWords, but I don't want to be put off by a poor interface. Manually changing 1,000+ bids at a time is not my idea of fun.

poster_boy

7:27 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I'm experiencing the same issue: X # of instances prepared to change, 0 changes processed.

AdWordsAdvisor

7:50 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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...But if I go via MCC into the same account, the link is not there.

Yep, engineering is working on this as a priority. Thanks, dave741, for the heads-up - and my apology to all for the inconvenience.

Why won't Google TELL us what changes they're making?

Again, Google - YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS, PLEASE SHARE THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING!

(Why keep us guessing?)

Poster_boy, although the WebmasterWorld TOS prevent me from being more specific, or providing a link, there actually is a place online where new features are announced, as they occur.

Quoting from the announcement related to this topic (but minus several links which were in the original announcement):

Advanced account search

Here's a tip from Ann-Lee, on the account management tools team:

This week, you may have noticed an Advanced Search link next to the search box on the Campaign Management page, as well as on the Tools page of your account. These new links bring you to our suite of account management tools, such as the Find and Edit Max CPCs tool. While we haven't changed the way you use these tools to make account-wide changes, we hope this makes searching your account easier and faster. So, if you need to find ad text across multiple campaigns or keywords that meet certain criteria such as number of clicks, average position, or clickthrough rate, these searches are now just a click away.

As always, check out our past posts to get a refresher on how to leverage these account management tools or to read up on our latest additions.

AWA

dave741

9:13 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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AWA thanks for the fast answer!

I am sure that the engineers are very busy know, but please add this problem

[webmasterworld.com...]

to the list. If they solve it, I will be very happy :-)

And if they solve the next one - then the sky will be more blue every day :-)

Now, I can access campaing stats via AdWords API without any problem. I am using this service

[google.com...]

But there is no way, how to access via AdWords API the campaigns that are in Cross Channel part :-(

poster_boy

9:27 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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AWA, where are these annoucements located? Via email? I can't any such place within my account...

Maybe there should be an annoucement that there are annoucements. ;)

dave741

9:35 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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poster_boy, type Inside AdWords into you favourite search engine ... and you will find it soon :-)

poster_boy

9:40 pm on Feb 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Perfect - thanks, Dave!

Dummies like me need a bread crumb trail to these things ;)

jtara

3:32 am on Feb 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

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there actually is a place online where new features are announced, as they occur

And wouldn't it be nice if they were announced BEFORE they occur?

Eurydice

1:16 am on Mar 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

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But this change does not make it easier or faster to use. What's the point of the "3. Specify Changes to be Made..."? That's just an unnecessary click.