Adwords Questions

KellyClawson · 09-20-2006, 11:45 AM

I've read some of the posts on this board and there seem to be quite a few VERY intelligent people out there so I'm hoping you can help me.

I've been running adwords campaigns for a few years. Recently, the minimum bids for many of my highly targeted words have been upped from $.35 to $5 or even $10 a click. I'm confused as the keyword is already four to six words long. My other confusion comes in when I'll choose a word or group of words that no one is doing search marketing on, and I will come in at $5 or $10 as a minimum bid.

Was there a HUGE pricing change I'm unaware of? I thought the purpose of adwords was to sell the keyword to the highest bidder, and when there is no highest bidder, you can't say that the #1 spot is for sale for $5 a click??

I would love it if someone could explain this to me.

THANK YOU!!

angel2017 · 09-21-2006, 03:14 AM

I am an adwords member too. You may PM me for more detailed information and tipstrick...

KellyClawson · 09-24-2006, 10:16 AM

Guys - I know someone out there knows what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to optimize - and how? I've pored over all the help online I can find...

angel2017 · 09-25-2006, 02:42 AM

Never give up! That's a way you can still exist in Adsense!

kevgibbo · 09-25-2006, 06:28 PM

It's likely that the recent a href="http://blog.seoptimise.com/2006/07/google-adwords-click-arbitrage.html" target="_blank"Google AdWords click arbitrage/a algorithm update, to rank the quality of landing pages, is penalising your site for using AdSense.

angel2017 · 09-26-2006, 02:27 AM

Thanks for the information, gibbo!

09-20-2006, 11:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
KellyClawson Noogle Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Adwords Questions I've read some of the posts on this board and there seem to be quite a few VERY intelligent people out there so I'm hoping you can help me. I've been running adwords campaigns for a few years. Recently, the minimum bids for many of my highly targeted words have been upped from $.35 to $5 or even $10 a click. I'm confused as the keyword is already four to six words long. My other confusion comes in when I'll choose a word or group of words that no one is doing search marketing on, and I will come in at $5 or $10 as a minimum bid. Was there a HUGE pricing change I'm unaware of? I thought the purpose of adwords was to sell the keyword to the highest bidder, and when there is no highest bidder, you can't say that the #1 spot is for sale for $5 a click?? I would love it if someone could explain this to me. THANK YOU!!

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09-21-2006, 03:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
angel2017 Senior Googler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Heaven Posts: 157 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am an adwords member too. You may PM me for more detailed information and tipstrick...

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angel2017 Senior Googler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Heaven Posts: 157 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Never give up! That's a way you can still exist in Adsense!

09-25-2006, 06:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
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angel2017 Senior Googler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Heaven Posts: 157 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the information, gibbo!

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