Google slap - is my domain dead forever?

by enderZ
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Im desprate for some help with good news...:confused:

I started a huge campaign yesterday, after 2 hours most of my Ads had almost no Impr, 1 Ad god like 4000 Imr with no clicks... I immedately stopped her, but...

All my keywords in all my other ad groups went from Great to Poor!!

When I open a new campaign every keyword gets immediately poor QS, and the minimum bid is 40$(and above!).

Now, I cant change the domain, I guess I f**cked its history in 2 hours! So, what can I do???
#dead #domain #forever #google #slap
  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    I think somebody at Google reviewed your campaign and decided that your website was not of high quality. It has got nothing do with your domain. If you change the content to their specifications, things should return to normal.
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    Hmm... nop, thats not the case, I have talked to google, and sent my landing page to their "landing page" specialist and they said there is nothing wrong with it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
      Have you got a privacy page, contact page and about us page? Also, does your landing page offer anything other than a general squeeze page or is it part of a bigger website? Are your keywords in your adwords ad the same as the keywords on your landing page and is your landing page title optimized to your main keyword?

      Originally Posted by enderZ View Post

      Hmm... nop, thats not the case, I have talked to google, and sent my landing page to their "landing page" specialist and they said there is nothing wrong with it.
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      • Profile picture of the author enderZ
        Originally Posted by Steve Crooks View Post

        Have you got a privacy page, contact page and about us page? Also, does your landing page offer anything other than a general squeeze page or is it part of a bigger website? Are your keywords in your adwords ad the same as the keywords on your landing page and is your landing page title optimized to your main keyword?

        Hmm... forgot to mention, I have been doing adwords PPC for over 3 years to numerous number of clients and many for my myself as an IM, ofcourse that all the basics are covered, its a real site, all is well optimized etc.

        I had a Great QS for couple of hours, it dropped dead after a lousy CTR, I cant believe this is a coincident.

        Some more new info, I tried a diffrent domain the redirects to my original domain, QS remains, Im strating to think its a matter of "account bad history" and not "domain bad history"

        Ideas?
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        • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
          How are your other ads comparing to this one in your account? Also, does the domain have any history before you bought it? I find it hard to believe your whole account would suddenly be flagged as bad if you have been going on fine for ages.

          I have had one of my adwords accounts for nearly 5 years now and 90% of the time I get some excellent QS if I follow there rules on my campaigns. However, every so often I do get an inexplicable slap which never makes sense.

          Originally Posted by enderZ View Post

          Hmm... forgot to mention, I have been doing adwords PPC for over 3 years to numerous number of clients and many for my myself as an IM, ofcourse that all the basics are covered, its a real site, all is well optimized etc.

          I had a Great QS for couple of hours, it dropped dead after a lousy CTR, I cant believe this is a coincident.

          Some more new info, I tried a diffrent domain the redirects to my original domain, QS remains, Im strating to think its a matter of "account bad history" and not "domain bad history"

          Ideas?
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          • Profile picture of the author enderZ
            Originally Posted by Steve Crooks View Post

            How are your other ads comparing to this one in your account? Also, does the domain have any history before you bought it? I find it hard to believe your whole account would suddenly be flagged as bad if you have been going on fine for ages.

            I have had one of my adwords accounts for nearly 5 years now and 90% of the time I get some excellent QS if I follow there rules on my campaigns. However, every so often I do get an inexplicable slap which never makes sense.
            What do you mean by other ads? on the same campaign? I created this account only for this specific campaign(talked with google about it and its fine by them in this case), the domain is also quite new and was never published under Adwords...
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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    Can't you talk to Google again on this? It would be interesting to see an update on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author enderZ
    I have talked to google again, their reply was: there is nothing wrong with your landing page or ads, the CPC is your problem, raise it and all peace will come...
    I said: WTF???? do you mean that CPC effects my QS?
    google: yeap, it does
    me: I thought CPC will effect my position and hence my CTR and hence my QS but not directly my QS
    google: well, hmmm... look... well... raise your CPC
    me: ok, thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
      Are they seriously saying you must boost your minimum bid to $40?

      Originally Posted by enderZ View Post

      I have talked to google again, their reply was: there is nothing wrong with your landing page or ads, the CPC is your problem, raise it and all peace will come...
      I said: WTF???? do you mean that CPC effects my QS?
      google: yeap, it does
      me: I thought CPC will effect my position and hence my CTR and hence my QS but not directly my QS
      google: well, hmmm... look... well... raise your CPC
      me: ok, thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author enderZ
        Originally Posted by Steve Crooks View Post

        Are they seriously saying you must boost your minimum bid to $40?
        nop, they are serious saying I need to increase my CPC, but they never said to how much... I say 40$ casue thats the "minumum bid for 1st page", when I had Great QS it was 4$!!!

        Ok, I raised the bid to 25$... lets see what will happen
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        • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
          WOW... That must be some niche!! I hope your budget can cope with such a high CPC.

          Originally Posted by enderZ View Post

          nop, they are serious saying I need to increase my CPC, but they never said to how much... I say 40$ casue thats the "minumum bid for 1st page", when I had Great QS it was 4$!!!

          Ok, I raised the bid to 25$... lets see what will happen
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          • Profile picture of the author enderZ
            Originally Posted by Steve Crooks View Post

            WOW... That must be some niche!! I hope your budget can cope with such a high CPC.
            It wont cope for more then several days, I really hope that in few hours my QS will get back to normal.
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