Ads Vanishing Everywhere

[outland88]

In my areas I’m seeing thousands of ads vanish. In fact with many competitive keywords I’m now seeing no ads. Even with some of the most popular keywords I’m only seeing a couple of ads or strictly comparison site ads. Anybody seeing the same? Impressions are way down.

Its like Google is saying if we can't get the maximum amount no ads or its some filter. Started on February 8.

[ellegitimate]

hmm...Is there anything particular to your area? I haven't seen any impression drops.

[outland88]

I'm looking in other areas outside my own and it doesn't seem quite as drastic or present. There do seem to be cuts in the longtail traffic.

As I look at it seems they have put some minimum spend in place except for new accounts in my areas. Only the most popular keywords seem to be in play for everybody. They’re definitely cutting the long tail to nothing.