Comments on: Top 10 Reasons Why Your Ads Aren’t Showing in Google

By: Soul Support Counseling

Soul Support Counseling — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:08:53 +0000

Thanks for the help, pretty easy to miss one of these things if you are a newbie.

By: Philippa

Philippa — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:07:01 +0000

My problem is random ad results – I had an enquiry from someone looking for a cut glass chandelier to hire. If you put glass chandalier hire in google my ad appears – but neither glass nor chandelier are keywords in my ad campaign. The guy was angry that ‘I’ had wasted his time – I’m angry if I’m being charged for something I don;t want. Any ideas?
Many thanks
Philippa

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:23:02 +0000

… if the ads don’t come back in a day or two i would live chat a google rep.

Live Chat a Google Rep? If that were possible, all my fears, frustrations, stress and misery would be cured! If there is a way to contact a live chat rep I would love to know about it.

I found this information helpful, but unfortunately have not been able to solve my problem. It’s now been 8 days and my ads status continues to show “Showing ads right now? NO”. I’ve been using adwords for over 2 years. It’s mind boggling that I can’t figure this out.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:33:37 +0000

Hi all,

I am new to adwords and I have just set up my account. I’ve put in all the details, but the ads are not showing, and I have this message:
“Your keyword is not triggering any ads because all text ads in this ad group are paused.”

I’ve been searching for an unpause button but I just can’t seem to find one. Can anybody please help me? I would really appreciate it.

By: new york city

new york city — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:06:32 +0000

slicy dicy geotargeting also confuses groggle
best practice is use their prefab metros like new york city, brooklyn, etc.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:32:23 +0000

another reason you ad might not be serving is people hijacking your ads by using your display URL and outbidding you. This is a common practice with affiliates.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:57:35 +0000

Don’t recommend outsourcing anything to India, especially pay per click. I have been in the game awhile and India is pretty much unreliable and with a down global economy many individuals there are setting up SEO/PPC mgmt firms because there is an industry for them. However, it does not mean they can help you take your PPC account to the next level or that they truly can understand your product and can raise your quality scores.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:37:08 +0000

Ok I increased my budget to $15.00 a day and decreased my cpc bid to $1.00 a day,.. how does that sound ? is an average cpc usually below a dollar or over a dollar ?

My ad serving is set to standard.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:09:49 +0000

@elise Well said, I agree with your comments.

@Steve I would agree that your budget is set a little to low. A monthly budget of $150 is fine if your average CPC was below $.50. But at $1.75 cost per click, a $150 budget is a stretched a little thin to see impact for a pay-per-click campaign. Yoru only going to see 3 clicks a day. Try increasing your daily budget (perhaps to $15-$20) and see where that gets you, that will give Google more to work with a higher CPC. As @elsie said, that doesn’t mean your budget will be spent. At the very least, you can pause your campaign towards the end of the month if you are over budget.

Do you have our ad serving set to Accelerated or Standard?

By: elise

elise — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:07:25 +0000

Just by upping your daily budget by $2 let my ads run consistently. If your monthly budget is at $150 than I would increase it slightly to $180/$200, this will give you a daily budget around $6.50.

If you’re bidding up to $1.75 per click that means you can only have 3-4 clicks before your daily budget of $5 is exhausted. This will cause Google to limit your impressions and show your ads less frequently. Upping the daily budget gives it a chance to show more throughout the day.

Remember, just because your budget is set to a certain amount doesn’t mean that it will be spent. Just be sure to monitor the account so you don’t go over your target spend.