301 Redirect and Poor new QS

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by avuilleumier, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    This is my first massage here and i hope you can help me.
    We have just changed our TLD from .com to .de with a 301 redirect just for the german language.

    By doing this we had to update our campaigns with the new urls (ads kws and display urls) because google wont accept the .com urls anymore.

    Our landing page is exactly the same but the qs went from 9/10 to 4/10 saying that the "page is not relevant".

    Someone had to face the same issue? I am still waiting for an answer from google..

    Thanks
     
    avuilleumier, Jan 9, 2009 IP
  2. SDunroe

    SDunroe Member

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    Could you please post the new URL, Google may be taking into account the redirection page which would have no content on it at all and therefore be 0% relevant in turn reducing your quality score.
     
    SDunroe, Jan 9, 2009 IP
  3. avuilleumier

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    The new url is www.venere.de. We don't have a "redirection" page set on this domain. The redirect it just on www.venere.com/?lg=de

    Is it possibile that google hasn't complete spidering the site as result it has duplicate content and the .com site is still prevailing?
     
    avuilleumier, Jan 9, 2009 IP
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    How long ago did you make these changes. It might take a little while for G to properly evaluate the quality of your landing pages.

    Are your ads in English or German? You might be getting knocked on you QS because the language of the ad isn't the same as language on the landing page.
     
    AgrInd, Jan 9, 2009 IP
  5. SDunroe

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    AgrInd makes a good point, what language are your keywords and adverts in? It won't have anything to do with Google spidering the site as they usually make a quick check of the relevance of the keywords, advert and destination URL's content.
     
    SDunroe, Jan 9, 2009 IP
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    Both ads and landing pages are in German (as they used to be even with the .com tld). Changes were made 3 weeks ago!

    Any suggestion? Thank you in advance.
     
    avuilleumier, Jan 13, 2009 IP