A quick recap:

I have restarted my campaign with a changed product.
Expanded set of keywords.
Improved my ads.
Adjusted my keyword spend based on the previous campaign.


Goal: Keywords to display in positions 4-8 at the least possible cost.

Each day I do the following:

I use the average from the beginning of the
Keywords with Position > 8 - increase max cpc by .10
Keywords with Position 0-3...

Some of my learnings:

1) Google Adwords takes several days before it kicks off.
2) When you have an end date for a program - it peters down the last Day.

Bottom line - When setting your budget - you won't hit your daily spend for three days, the day before your end date won't be effective. So - you can add a couple of extra days in your budget.

If you want to test a full week - see how different days do it - run the test for 10 Days - 7 days of...

I am trying out the QUOTE stuff - I hope I get it right
(I wish there was a preview function)

Steven - Thank you for your time and effort in answering my postings.


T202Steven wrote: wrote: ...

Ok - Somethings are going well.
My CPC is going down and getting more clicks for my $)
There is a clear winner in terms of which ad draws more. Since I added the new ads in the middle of the week - i am going to wait patiently to see the results.

On the other side - I have not heard from either affiliate manager - the one I am sending clicks to and the one I am thinking of switching to.

I checked the whois for both companies - while the content could...

Hi Wes and other readers,

Thanks Wes for your input. I realize you are very busy.
This post history is only tangibly about T202. But, I like posting here because T202 has really helped me focus on the business side of things.

I had read that link. It makes it clear that I need to set preferences on a day by day basis.

I think one of my problem is with the advertiser.
Yesterday I had 140 clicks to the advertiser, over the last three days...