Same keywords & Campaign BUT Differents websites

Are both ads going to appear together?

[Gaba]

Hi,

I have 2 sites selling the same stuffs.
I've created 1 campaign and 1 group of ads per site but use the same keywords to promote both sites.
- If somebody does a search using one of my keywords, are both my ads going to appear at the same time on Google or only one of them?
- What do I need to do to make sure both appear together?

Many thanks

Gaba

[Gmorgan]

I'm fairly new to Adwords but I would think that so long as you have the same CPC and budget for each then they would both appear next to eachother at the same time

Can you see both on the campaign log-in page or do they have different log-ins and are totally seperate?

[Gaba]

When I search for my ads on Google, I can see only one. Never both together. I assume this answer my first question.
Now, what do I need to do to make them all appear at the same time?

[RedWolf]

If they are both in the same account, then only one will appear. As they are now, they will alternate probably with a slight bias determined by CTR and max CPC, but I'm not sure of the last.

Having two accounts to display both ads in the same SERP is very iffy thing as far as the TOS goes since you own both websites. If they are selling the same product, then I would say there is no legal or moral way to justify it. If they are selling different tings and just happen to both show up on a broad keyword, you might could morally justify it, especially if it was Googles Expanded Broad Match that caused it, but it is still a grey area in the TOS.

[Gaba]

Many Thanks.

I think I know what I have to do now.

[dkoller]

I have the same problem. In my case I want to advertise 2 totally independent companies that happen to sell much of the same product (hence similar keywords). In this case, is it ok to open a second account and put the ads there? If you have the same CC number / address will google flag the account?

Have you opened another account Gaba? If so please let me know how it goes.

Thanks.

[Gaba]

I think you should give it a try Dkoller.

[jkwilson78]

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From AdwordAdvisor:

In as few words as possible, the bottom line here is that Google strongly believes that one individual should not occupy two spots for a given keyword.
With a limited number of spaces available, this is simply not fair to your competitors - most of whom also want to appear towards the top of the first page.

please note, however, that if you use the same keyword in multiple Ad Groups or campaigns, only one ad will appear at a time for that keyword. It is a strongly held value that one advertiser should occupy only one spot for a given keyword.

Maybe it can be done but what happens if you get away with it for a while and then they shutdown everything? Very tempting but I'm too scared to lose what I've already built.