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Old 06-07-2006, 02:33 AM  
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Originally Posted by fallenmuffin
Just starting doing adwords for one of my sites.. Has said "Your ad is now active and should be getting impressions soon" for a week.. :/

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Originally Posted by fallenmuffin
Well I just switch from starter mode to advanced and seems my keywords had a buyin of $5.00 or something and since its capped at $30/mo thats an avg. of $1/day lol no idea what i'm doing
Ok I can tell you that with a $30 a month budget and $5 per keywords it's no wonder you aren't getting any impressions.

First of all $5 is WAY to high to be bidding. You shouldn't even be bidding $1 for any keyword.

Second $30 a month is WAY to small of a budget. Even if you were only paying 5 cents per click that would be too small. I can tell you that usually you'll spend maybe a 1/3 - 1/2 of what you actually budget for. If my budget was set at what I actually spent I would get maybe 1/2 to 1/3 the clicks I get. $1 a day means they won't charge you more than $30 a month not that they will actually charge you $30. If you really only want to spend $30 a month you should set your monthly budget to at least $75. which would be $2.50 a day. But like I said $30 is WAY to small. If you are just "testing the waters" you're better off spending that $30 over a week, but even that is too small. If you're not willing to spend at least $100 then maybe you shouldn't get into AdWords. So $100 over a week is $14 a day so I would set my daily budget at $30 minimum in order to be able to spend that $100. Not like you can't pause your ads if you are spending too much.

Also I will tell you that with adult content your ads and keywords will be reviewed before they go live. Google didn't use to do this but they do now. I've been using AdWords for 4 years now and go through $30 in a few hours and I get treated like this. Also sometimes they are a little slow reviewing so if you ad hasn't started after a day then e-mail them or call them 1-866-2GOOGLE and ask why your ads aren't showing. Also forget changing your ads or adding keywords Friday-Sunday they won't be reviewed until Monday. And you won't get anyone to answer e-mail or the phone then either.
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