How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ?

Tony M. · 11-03-2008, 04:02 AM

I'm managing the Adwords account for a company that sells to the French-speaking market.
We have far too many clicks coming from countries that DO speak french but DO NOT have Paypal accounts and/or Credit cards and/or money for that matter.

Clicks and prospects from Algeria, Congo or Morocco never made us a dime, and are a sheer loss of time and money.

How do I keep them away from seeing my ads ?

My current targeting says :

Language : French
and Locations :

Quote:

• Belgium (Country)
• Canada (Country)
• France (Country)
• Guadeloupe (Country)
• Italy (Country)
• Luxembourg (Country)
• Martinique (Country)
• Monaco (Country)
• Switzerland (Country)

and still I get more than 10 to 20% clicks from Africa...
How do i get rid of these ?

innocent07 · 11-03-2008, 07:13 PM

Put a title on the top of your page saying

"IF YOU ARE FROM AFRICA, THEN PLEASE LEAVE THIS SITE CLICKING THE EXIT BUTTON"

David McAnulty · 11-03-2008, 07:25 PM

I believe you problem is that some of the places you are targeting (ie Martinique) have a portion of the population that speaks African languages. My guess is that your targeting of this place is creating the traffic you speak of.

Try this:

Remove this location from your campaign and see if you get the results your are looking for. My bet is this will clear up a lot of your troubles.

Tony M. · 11-04-2008, 01:33 AM

OK, thanks for the idea. I'll try this out right now.

John Hocking · 11-04-2008, 02:09 PM

Try This
Log into Adwords

Click on your Campaign

Click on Edit Campaign Settings

Go to Bottom of page and click on Locations: edit

When the popup window opens click browse

Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on show all countries

Now put a check next to each country you want to target and remove

checks next to any country you do not want to target

Click done

Click Save Changes

Tony M. · 11-07-2008, 07:13 AM

Thanks for the advice, however if you look at my targeted countries list, there's absolutely no country from Africa.
I'm not targeting them and still they do click my ads.

dburk · 11-07-2008, 10:06 AM

Hi Tony,

It sounds like there is a problem within the AdWords system. I think you should report this to the AdWords support team and let the have a look at the problem.

indexphp · 11-07-2008, 01:30 PM

Blasted GeoTargeting... call G and tell them to refund you.

When I am running campaigns in the US... I am sure to painstakingly select every state because Adwords GeoTargeting isn't perfect.

I would call them.

11-03-2008, 07:13 PM	#2
innocent07 Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 604 Thanks: 37 Thanked 39 Times in 34 Posts	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? Put a title on the top of your page saying "IF YOU ARE FROM AFRICA, THEN PLEASE LEAVE THIS SITE CLICKING THE EXIT BUTTON"

11-03-2008, 07:25 PM	#3
David McAnulty HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 188 Thanks: 1 Thanked 44 Times in 22 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? I believe you problem is that some of the places you are targeting (ie Martinique) have a portion of the population that speaks African languages. My guess is that your targeting of this place is creating the traffic you speak of. Try this: Remove this location from your campaign and see if you get the results your are looking for. My bet is this will clear up a lot of your troubles.

11-04-2008, 01:33 AM	#4
Tony M. French Copywriter War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: France Posts: 242 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 10 Thanked 22 Times in 9 Posts	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? OK, thanks for the idea. I'll try this out right now.

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John Hocking 10minuteexpert.com War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montgomery City, MO , USA. Posts: 1,190 Thanks: 90 Thanked 125 Times in 93 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? Try This Log into Adwords Click on your Campaign Click on Edit Campaign Settings Go to Bottom of page and click on Locations: edit When the popup window opens click browse Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on show all countries Now put a check next to each country you want to target and remove checks next to any country you do not want to target Click done Click Save Changes
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Tony M. French Copywriter War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: France Posts: 242 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 10 Thanked 22 Times in 9 Posts	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? Thanks for the advice, however if you look at my targeted countries list, there's absolutely no country from Africa. I'm not targeting them and still they do click my ads.

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dburk Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 4,485 Thanks: 137 Thanked 641 Times in 553 Posts Contact Info	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? Hi Tony, It sounds like there is a problem within the AdWords system. I think you should report this to the AdWords support team and let the have a look at the problem.
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indexphp Custom Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 835 Thanks: 3 Thanked 140 Times in 93 Posts	Re: How do I exclude Africa from my Adwords targeting ? Blasted GeoTargeting... call G and tell them to refund you. When I am running campaigns in the US... I am sure to painstakingly select every state because Adwords GeoTargeting isn't perfect. I would call them.
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