Anybody else seeing this? I'm in my office (Purchase, NY) and google.com is showing me Seattle targeted ads (including one of my own which is targeted to a 50 mile radius of Seattle.)
smallcompany
7:43 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
What would your IP belong to?
Have you tried Ad Preview Tool with identical settings?
abbottsys
7:58 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Yes, same results in the ad preview tool. The problem is this: I'm in New York (my IP address shows as correctly registered to my location in New York), but when I search on Google I get Seattle Ads. For some reason Google's IP location has broken, at least for my IP address. Why?
PayMePerClick
9:40 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Does your search query contain a geo-qualifier like "seattle"? That apparently negates geo-targeting in some cases.
abbottsys
4:08 pm on Nov 25, 2009 (gmt 0)
No, my search query does not include any geo. When I use one of those public "IP Location" services they all get my address correct. But Google's IP location algo does not. Conclusion: there are some IP configurations that can break Google's IP location algo and thus cause ads to be served incorrectly. OK, I'm on a corporate network, which I'm sure is the issue, but why is Google's algo not as robust as all those free IP Location services. I would expect it to be better!
