Bid for Position

Have you tried it, and does it increase ROI

[Hubie]

I've talked to one or two experts on this subject - very interesting. Let me ask the masses of WebmasterWorld

Have you tried bidding for a specific position? Findings? Questions I have:

(lets assume we're bidding for position 3)
1. Does this kill your #1 ranked words -- will adwords move it down to 3? could your CPC go UP while your position drops? Or do good ads override the bid system.

2. Best ROI? #1, 3, 5, etc? IN MOST CASES (obviously there will be outliers) what has performed the clear cut best based on ROI? How about in lowering CPC? Does bidding down a few spots REALLY lower your cost, while barely hurting your conversions?

I have some other questions, but I'd love to hear what those with true experience have to say first.

I feel this is a very POWERFUL tool, if used correctly. If used improperly it could destroy an account - like mine!

Hubes

[Hubie]

bump

[sailorjwd]

I tried it for a few weeks.

It increased ROI tremendously.

Unfortunately it was Google's roi.

[sharewarepro]

I've tried this with a few accounts.

With most of them it was disastrous.

With one account it was superb.

I never did understand why. Give it a try for a few days and see.

Dave Collins

[poster_boy]

I've never gotten position preference to actually work. It seems like showing your ad in every position other than the precise positions that you specified is "expected behavior."