Not showing in searches

[rangermatt]

I just started a campaign a few days ago, and am not showing up when I do a search for my keywords. I'm not talking about just the top few positions, but not any position at all. Is it because I just started it recently or maybe because my daily budget is relatively small ($30/day)?

Thanks for any input/help you can give me.

[jimbeetle]

Yeah, depending on your bids, search volume and a (relatively?) low budget your ads might not show when you do a search.

What do your stats reflect?

[rangermatt]

Stats show it is getting served, half of the keywords right around what was predicted, the other half way at the bottom and no where near what was predicted. Less than 100 impressions a day and no clicks (probably due to the fact that half of the impressions are no where near the first page even tho they were predicted to be in top 10).

I ran a successful campaign for a online retailer the last couple of years and got good results. We were really tight with keywords (no where near 1000's of keywords, less than 100 actually) and got good results.

My new venture is a niche market and I just do not want to use 1000's of keywords that are not going to bring quality leads just for the sake of traffic. I did kind of expect my positioning and number of impressions to be pretty much in line with what was predicted based on the results of the last campaign I ran but they are nowhere near those predictions.

The main reason I expected to see my ad when I did the search is because of no clicks yet so I figured G would impress my ad until my daily budget was used up.