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Google Adwords, Google Checkout, And Junk Clicks?

Adwords, Google Checkout, Junk Clicks

         

dsellers

12:38 am on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I do a lot of AdWords advertising and am considering getting Google Checkout, which will create the dominant Google Checkout button under my AdWords ads. Almost none of my competitors use Google checkout so I expect my AdWords ads to get higher click through rates because of the attention that the button will bring to my ads.

At the same time, I often bid several positions down so that I don’t get junk clicks from impulsive people who tend to click on the first position (these clickers often have much lower conversion rates). I’ve found that by bidding several positions down often gets site visitors that are more serious and more likely to convert to sales.

With a Google Check out button, this may change. Even if I’m down several positions, I can imagine that I may get more junk hits because of the visual effect of the button. Has anyone noticed this or done any testing to determine the difference between having a Checkout button or not? Thanks for any ideas.

limoshawn

11:31 am on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I have found that having the Google Checkout logo certainly brings many more eyes to our ads, especially ads on the right. At the same time it screams, "hey, we’re SELLING stuff on this site" which seems to weed out the first position lookie-loos. I for one have been very happy with the logo.

dsellers

11:46 am on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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limoshawn - that gives me some hope. Yea, I probably have some more educational based landing pages that I don't want to emphasize "come spend money." That brings up a good question. I've tried to find out with little success - Do you know if you can have some adwords ads with the check out button while also having some ads without it?

bava_seo

11:47 am on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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hi,
how to add google check out button logo for our ads in google, let me know if u dont mind.

limoshawn

1:46 pm on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Do you know if you can have some adwords ads with the check out button while also having some ads without it?

I’m not an expert, maybe AWA will chime in, but I have some ads that have the logo and some that do not. I believe that the checkout code must be on the landing page for the logo to show in the ad. Therefore if the checkout code is not on your "educational pages" then the logo should not show on your ads that link to those landing pages.

netmeg

5:08 pm on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I'm all for the Google Checkout logo - I think it helps. I just wish more of my clients could use it, but there are limitations on it that won't fit within some of my customers' businesses. If you participate in Google Products (you should) it is also prominently displayed there, plus people can search giving preference to Google Checkout vendors.