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  • After Shock Media
    It's coming look busy
    • Mar 2001
    • 35299

    #1

    Adwords - WTF?

    Anyone else ever have an issue where you pause an add campaign and then out of the blue a few months latter you get an email along the lines of "you should increase your ad budget by x amount of cash because you have used your maximum per day for the past 15 days?

    So then I log in and discover it appears my ads had to have gotten turned back on about 3 months ago that had been paused way back then. So needless to say it has been using its max for the past 100 days or so and there is a good sized bill sitting there.

    First why the email now when I apparently had been using the max for way longer than 15 days. Most importantly why and how in the fuck do these ads get turned on again?

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  • SCORE Ralph
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2003
    • 2090

    #2
    I have heard from a few affiliates that are having this problem as well as having their ads showing up on 'content match' when they specifically set them to not show as 'content match'
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    • HomerSimpson
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      • Sep 2005
      • 13826

      #3
      G**gle is ripping you off
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      • After Shock Media
        It's coming look busy
        • Mar 2001
        • 35299

        #4
        Originally posted by HomerSimpson
        G**gle is ripping you off
        Um I figured that out.
        First time I have gotten plugged in the ass over a seasonal ad.

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        • d-null
          . . .
          • Apr 2007
          • 13724

          #5
          that's f-ed up

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          • GrouchyAdmin
            Now choke yourself!
            • Apr 2006
            • 12085

            #6
            Google learned how to have these 'accidents' from AdBrite.

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            • xmas13
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2004
              • 5176

              #7
              You should have bought GOOG stock
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              • After Shock Media
                It's coming look busy
                • Mar 2001
                • 35299

                #8
                Originally posted by xmas13
                You should have bought GOOG stock
                I have some, they just managed to steal a couple shares back.

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                • d-null
                  . . .
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 13724

                  #9
                  WTF! IS RIGHT!!

                  I just looked at my adword account that I haven't used in months, and it shows 9000 ad impressions today?? I have no funds in the account, and haven't turned anything on or touched anything in months.

                  Is google's auditing software that fucked up?

                  it shows 1 click on 9000 impressions today, which is fucked up in itself.

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                  • papill0n
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                    • Oct 2007
                    • 15547

                    #10
                    something is not right there thats for sure

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                    • pixiewillow
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 252

                      #11
                      weird, I have never had that happen before

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                      • 2012
                        So Fucking What
                        • Jul 2006
                        • 17189

                        #12
                        they charged me a bunch of hits "keywords" I didn't pay for. and credited me later ... you have to monitor your shit daily even though thats impossible sometimes..
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                        • After Shock Media
                          It's coming look busy
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 35299

                          #13
                          Originally posted by fartfly
                          they charged me a bunch of hits "keywords" I didn't pay for. and credited me later ... you have to monitor your shit daily even though thats impossible sometimes..
                          Why in the living hell should I have to log into google every single day for an add campaign I run seasonally? That makes zero fucking sense. I mean if you turn something off it should um stay off by default no? Then if they need to do some sort of odd fucking reboot or whatever that could cause it, maybe have it return ads to off and not on by default if thats the case. Hell I have no idea. I just need to vent and wait until sometime tomorrow when they claim they will respond and before I explain I will charge that shit back.

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                          • d-null
                            . . .
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 13724

                            #14
                            keep us posted in this thread on what they say

                            makes you wonder how the company that runs the whole internet can do that right when this kind of strange stuff happens, I always thought the whole adwords system is really clunky and the interfaces for adwords and adsense seem a little patchy

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                            • Vick!
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                              • Nov 2005
                              • 6882

                              #15
                              It never happened to me, but I have heard a couple other people complaining. It sucks, anyways.
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                              • After Shock Media
                                It's coming look busy
                                • Mar 2001
                                • 35299

                                #16
                                Return email - Sorry for the inconvenience...yes we see that you paused ad XXXXX on June 23rd....blah blah.. then you turned it back on a few minutes latter.

                                blah blah blah hope to do more business with you... blah blah blah oh here is how you pause an ad... no shit really?

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                                • Vick!
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2005
                                  • 6882

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                  then you turned it back on a few minutes latter.
                                  fuckers ..
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                                  • evildick

                                    #18
                                    Adsense stats have been fucked for a few days as well. Not showing channel data for some reason.

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                                    • Subway
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 584

                                      #19
                                      I got the same problem, i thought maybe my campaign was still running

                                      $ 150 gone i guess ?

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                                      • GatorB
                                        The Demon & 12clicks
                                        • Oct 2001
                                        • 18208

                                        #20
                                        To be honest if you're retarded enough not to monitor your adwords account for weeks or months at a time you almost deserve to get fucked over.

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                                        • DamageX
                                          Marketing & Strategy
                                          • Jun 2001
                                          • 14293

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by GatorB
                                          To be honest if you're retarded enough not to monitor your adwords account for weeks or months at a time you almost deserve to get fucked over.
                                          To be honest, if you're retarded enough not to have a solid grasp of the English language then you shouldn't post. You obviously missed the part where he said it was a SEASONAL ad.
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                                          • Furious_Male
                                            Doing the grind since 99
                                            • Oct 2003
                                            • 16884

                                            #22
                                            Sorry to hear that happened to you. I haven't seen anything like that before with my account.

                                            I do track my adwords account in stats remote so I would catch an increased spend like that. If you use stats remote be sure to add it so you can watch it on a regular basis.
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                                            • After Shock Media
                                              It's coming look busy
                                              • Mar 2001
                                              • 35299

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by DamageX
                                              To be honest, if you're retarded enough not to have a solid grasp of the English language then you shouldn't post. You obviously missed the part where he said it was a SEASONAL ad.
                                              Thanks for re explaining that. I have a few small seasonal ads I do. I have never had an issue like this pop up. I really do not use adwords in adult much at all anymore. So I tinkered with a few seasonal mainstream campaigns.

                                              Originally posted by Furious_Male
                                              Sorry to hear that happened to you. I haven't seen anything like that before with my account.

                                              I do track my adwords account in stats remote so I would catch an increased spend like that. If you use stats remote be sure to add it so you can watch it on a regular basis.
                                              Honestly never knew stats remote covered adwords, does it also cover any or most mainstream sponsors too? You never see that mentioned around here or other places much it seems. (Yes I lurk at many boards).

                                              I will bug them about it until they either credit my account or show me how I somehow turned it back on by turning it off and loging out.

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                                              • J B
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • May 2002
                                                • 1804

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                Honestly never knew stats remote covered adwords, does it also cover any or most mainstream sponsors too? You never see that mentioned around here or other places much it seems. (Yes I lurk at many boards).
                                                We've been supporting AdWords, Adsense and many others for years
                                                You can find all supported programs here:
                                                http://www.statsremote.com/programs.php

                                                One of the reasons StatsRemote was developed was to track the stats of ppcse. Back in 2001 I was spending $50K+ on ppcse traffic per month and it was crucial to monitor the traffic.

                                                BTW it happened to me several times already that a paused campaign in AdWords was somhow reactivated automatically and it also happened that our ads were shown on content match eventhough we had unchecked that option. We also had problems with other settings (language, regions, etc.) in the past but AFAIK none of these errors happened recently anymore. The last time I remember was last year.


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                                                • After Shock Media
                                                  It's coming look busy
                                                  • Mar 2001
                                                  • 35299

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by J B
                                                  We've been supporting AdWords, Adsense and many others for years
                                                  You can find all supported programs here:
                                                  http://www.statsremote.com/programs.php

                                                  One of the reasons StatsRemote was developed was to track the stats of ppcse. Back in 2001 I was spending $50K+ on ppcse traffic per month and it was crucial to monitor the traffic.

                                                  BTW it happened to me several times already that a paused campaign in AdWords was somhow reactivated automatically and it also happened that our ads were shown on content match eventhough we had unchecked that option. We also had problems with other settings (language, regions, etc.) in the past but AFAIK none of these errors happened recently anymore. The last time I remember was last year.
                                                  Good to know on the first part, and as I suspected I was sure others would speak out about strangeness happening in the past or currently. It is software after all and it does have glitches. Or at least every piece of software I have ever owned has.

                                                  I will really think of picking up stats remote before I play with any more PPC.

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                                                  • J B
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • May 2002
                                                    • 1804

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                    Good to know on the first part, and as I suspected I was sure others would speak out about strangeness happening in the past or currently. It is software after all and it does have glitches. Or at least every piece of software I have ever owned has.

                                                    I will really think of picking up stats remote before I play with any more PPC.
                                                    You've got mail... let me know what you think and/or if you need anything


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                                                    • After Shock Media
                                                      It's coming look busy
                                                      • Mar 2001
                                                      • 35299

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by J B
                                                      You've got mail... let me know what you think and/or if you need anything
                                                      Well damn wasnt expecting that. Saw email before post so I went clicked the billing link so I could see how much I should pay you all cause I was not looking for charity. Though one opps like I said about software. statsremote.com/clients Problem with connection to MySQL: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

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                                                      • J B
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                                                        • May 2002
                                                        • 1804

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                        Well damn wasnt expecting that. Saw email before post so I went clicked the billing link so I could see how much I should pay you all cause I was not looking for charity. Though one opps like I said about software. statsremote.com/clients Problem with connection to MySQL: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
                                                        No charity, just a free trial until the end of the month

                                                        As for the error you got... I just checked and everything looks fine from here. Do you still get the error?


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                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                          • 35299

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by J B
                                                          No charity, just a free trial until the end of the month

                                                          As for the error you got... I just checked and everything looks fine from here. Do you still get the error?
                                                          Working fine now.

                                                          Ok guess I will check this out sooner than expected. Suppose I can plug in my own sites for now and see how it runs.

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                                                          • J B
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • May 2002
                                                            • 1804

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                            Working fine now.

                                                            Ok guess I will check this out sooner than expected. Suppose I can plug in my own sites for now and see how it runs.
                                                            It's the full version... you can add all your affiliate programs and ppcse


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