A question about the positioning of Adwords Ads

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by JackR, Oct 22, 2005.

  1. #1
    Until two days ago, all google searches for my keywords returned my Ad on the left in position #1 (above the 'organic' results). But for the past 48 hours ALL UK ads have been returned on the right hand side of the page ...

    Does anyone know if this is a permanent change to the positioning of the Ads?

    If so, when did this change take effect?
     
    JackR, Oct 22, 2005 IP
  2. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Sometimes you ads will appear on the top...other times they will be on the right. Here's what Google says about it:

     
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  3. JackR

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    Apologies if my initial post wasn't clear: What I'm saying is that google appears to have abandoned the blue 'sponsored links' section above the search results ... search for 'London Escorts' to see what I mean. All results for that search term are now displayed to the right ...

    This is bizarre. Doing a search for 'books' for example still returns the blue sponsored links section ...
     
    JackR, Oct 22, 2005 IP
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    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    The top ads don't always show. It's not a bug or a penalty or anything like that.
     
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    I see. Thanks for the reply. It does seem strange that they've not been showing above the search results for several days.

    I only noticed because my CTR has halved over the past 48 hours!
     
    JackR, Oct 22, 2005 IP