Preview Tool shows old ads

Google's fault, or advertisers fault?

[zett]

We all know that the Preview Tool is not the best piece of software around. We all know that it's notion of showing "sample ads" instead of ads that really show.

But today I came across an ad for an event, that apparent has happened some time ago, around mid May. That's almost a month ago!

Now, Google is certainly unaware of the meaning of the ad copy (they certainly can not be blamed for that), but I am still wondering whether the ads really show on my sites? In other words: has the advertiser disabled the campaign, and Google is still showing an old copy of what used to show? If yes, then it would be Google's fault to show this ad in the Preview Tool. If no (i.e. ad is still active) then the advertiser is probably not too bright or does not care about the money.

[marcel]

Mother's Day? Do a quick search for it and you will find loads of ads still running. Most of them seem to on the content network.

Even a quick search for Christmas related websites will show lots of ads for the Holiday Season :)