Is anyone else battling google adwords!?!

Can't get a break on my adwords:(

[gilamonster]

I am wondering if anyone else is having problems with their adwords campaign. They don't let me get more than 20 keywords anymore. I go and expand them out to 50 or 100 and they slow my account or put them all on "in trial" or "on hold" etc. Half the time they don't even tell me what keywords aren't performing they just slow my account. Just wondering if I am alone in this, is there any suggestions about how to grease the wheel, or anything?
Thanx,
Gil

[kaylowe]

"I am wondering if anyone else is having problems with their adwords campaign."

YES, YES, and YES!

But it's not only recently; it's been off-and-on all along.

Scenario - I have a campaign going; fairly competitive. It rocks along, getting occasional sales, just enough for me to keep the campaign open. Then at some point, I start seeing commissions rolling in! I check my position and I'm in the top 4 for this keyword! Obviously getting into AOL search is very lucrative. I have commissions rolling in all weekend. I gear up to keep it going, and suddenly it drops to almost nothing. I find that the kw that was converting has been "disabled". And, so far, nothing I do can get my position back with that kw! I've tried re-writing ads, increasing bids, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum. No luck; if I make the first page that kw will quickly be disabled.

Can someone please tell me what it takes to keep a kw going? How does one assure themselves of keeping the required CTR? I check my ads, and they certainly seem as good or better than those that have those top positions. Whattup? THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!

[cnoonan]

Well, my advice is to breakdown your campaigns to specific topics, and make each group as specific as possible. I would not have more than ten keyword terms per ad group.

Also, verify your daily spend amount is enough to last all day. If you start to get close to daily limit, Google will start slowing your ads down to help balance money for the day.

[Import Export]

Gilamonster. It sounds to me that you might need to review some information about keyword status and campaign optimization.

First, I think you can get some helpful information regarding why your ad's are being placed "on hold" or "in trial" at:
[adwords.google.com ]
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[adwords.google.com ]

Additionally, the "Keyword Evaluation Flow" diagram might be good to reference at:
[adwords.google.com ]

Then, I think it would be good for you to look at some basic tips on optimizing your campaigns at:
[adwords.google.com ]

Good Luck

[gilamonster]

Thanks for the advice and that knowing I am not alone in my battle! I have been to the optimazation section a lot, I even get reports and gleen my keywords once a week. My biggest frustration is the fact that a very relevant KW or phrase will be put on hold after only 5 impressions(at least that was the case today)! Every once in a while I get a wild hair up my butt and just throw a bunch a KW's up with new thoughts, then trim them down...at least I try to before they S...L...O....W...my account down.

I will try a couple of the other things that were suggested, thanx for your time, advice and support!

Is adwords equalizer worth it, has anyone tried it?

Thanx,

Gil

[idonen]

Hmmm, in my latest campaign, I had my top performing keyword, which was giving me a 1.1% ctr, disabled, and many keywords which only had 2 or 3 impressions put on trial. Seems kind of arbitraty to me...