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Not showing on AOL...

Was there, now gone.

         

faithgear

2:45 pm on Feb 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I had 7 adgroups "active", 4 days ago I deleted 1 of them. Now none of my ads show up in AOL, or the other affiliate searches. Why is this?

Thanks for the help.

eWhisper

3:41 pm on Feb 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



In campaign settings, content search is affiliate sites, and the search settings are partner sites like AOL.

If you have recently changed the settings or edited an ad, it must be reviewed again before being shown on AOL & partner sites.

However, I am seeing several results for AOL that do not match the ads on G's page. These include ads that aren't even advertised on G for that KW, but do appear for similiar KWs.

(i.e.)
widget blue = company x not on G
widget blue = company x ad on AOL
widget blues = company x ad on both

This could be a case of: [webmasterworld.com...] optimizign words differently on G vs partner sites - which would be a significent change.

Are these particular KWs broad, phrase or exact matched?

faithgear

11:22 pm on Feb 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



They are "phrase" keywords. If I delete 1 adgroup within a campaign, do all of the other adgroups have to be cleared again before showing?

eWhisper

2:59 am on Feb 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Nope, deleting a group should not change how anything else works in your campaign.

AdWordsAdvisor

9:46 pm on Feb 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I had 7 adgroups "active", 4 days ago I deleted 1 of them. Now none of my ads show up in AOL, or the other affiliate searches. Why is this?

When one's ad does not appear on AOL, it usually means one or both of the following things:

* The ad has not been reviewed and approved. This applies to both new and edited ads. So be aware that if you have an ad that has been running on AOL forever, and then you make an editorial change to the ad or URL - then the ad must be reviewed and approved before it can go back to AOL.

* Only the top four approved ads will be sent to AOL. (Well, four at the top of the page at any rate.) Be aware that this can include the ads in the top 'G-spots'. So the forth ad down on the right might actually be the sixth ad on the page - and wouldn't go to AOL as a result.

If your particular case is not addressed by the above, then I'd suggest contacting AdWords support and asking for a deeper look.

AWA