Tried to test for search volume on adwords and got slapped. What to do?

[3afash]

I was just testing for which keywords have a search volume that matches that of the google keyword tool which is unreliable, and google slapped all my campaigns after a few hours. I created a campaign for each keyword and only was only bidding for exact match keywords. Now most of the ads I wrote were very irrelevent but that was because I didn't want them to be clicked on so maybe that's why the campaign were slapped. What should I do to continue testing for search volume on adwords without getting slapped?

[Swiftace]

Make your adds relevent to the keywords, yet not compelling enough for anyone to click on.

[3afash]

any other advice on this?

[paulgl]

There's no way that was a good idea.

Using one's adwords account for non-click testing just does not seem wise.

Everything is about clicks and relevancy.

It may seem like I'm talking both sides, I think your approach was
"novel," but it should be done using ads that GET clicks!

"Novel" because I can't say adwords should be used for anything
except getting clicks. But on the other hand, testing is testing.
I just think you were testing a negative when you should have
tested a positive.

Anything you do to not get clicks is going against adwords from
top to bottom. You were bound to get slapped.

Paul

[indchris]

The slap has nothing to do with keyword research. Take a look at your site and LP. That's where the problem is. Anwya if all your campaigns are slapped, don't repeat the same mistakes that caused it. You lose a lot of money that way. Cheers

[D Baker]

You should use relevant ads and you should accept the fact that testing will cost you a little money.

Once you understand that this will cost you money, you should be fine. Think of it as an investment as it can save a lot of time that you might waste chasing a keyword that Google made you think gets thousands of searches but in reality, only gets a few dozens...

[3afash]

I actually woke up today and found that most of my ads were back. I played with the campaigns a bit to make the ads more relevent overall and i'm averaging #1 position for most of my KWs so my ad is hopefully showing all the time and I'm surprised how unreliable google's KW research data is.

[tryinhere]

Originally Posted by 3afash

Now most of the ads I wrote were very irrelevent but that was because I didn't want them to be clicked on so maybe that's why the campaign were slapped. ?

? that has to be the strangest thing i have read in a long time, to get a good q score and have the ad show everything must be relevant and working, I am not even sure if it is possible to / (a) write a poor ad and (b) have it show well enough to serve the purpose of counting accurate impressions without getting a click. / is that even possible ?

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