Anybody's Quality Scores Suddenly Plummeted?

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by muchacho79, Oct 27, 2010.

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    Now if this had happened to just 1 account I'd have taken it as a slap (albeit mistakenly slapped but this is Google so what's new?)...

    But it's happened to every account in my MCC and some other accounts away from my MCC too so cannot have been done on an account by account basis as the odds of that happening are pretty low.

    So I'm wondering if other people have experienced the same thing over the last day or so.
     
    muchacho79, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  2. skymaster729

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    Hi

    Yes, ours dropped right down, from 7s and 10s to 3s, 4s and 5s ... all happened last night. We are right in the middle of a major account update and re organise though... so we are assuming we have done something drastically wrong. An ad group thats had a QS of 7 for months and months, and CTR or 9%+ hasn't been modified by us.. and the QS has dropped down to 3!!
     
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  3. muchacho79

    muchacho79 Active Member

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    Bizarre stuff.

    Google have never had Adwords working in a fair, efficient way, so I'm hoping it's one of their many temporary 'cock-ups' and they sort themselves out soon.
     
    muchacho79, Oct 27, 2010 IP
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    yes ours has dropped as well from between 7 and 10 to 4 or 5 can anyone shed some light on why this happens,
     
    davie303, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  5. muchacho79

    muchacho79 Active Member

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    A temporary change of algorithm could be possible... but what's more likely is that they've done it most accounts to try and get us to up our bids past the 'first page bids'.

    One thing I wouldn't bother doing - contacting them.
    Whoever they employ are all as thick as a duck plucker's wick and reply with pre written templates... they may as well be robots.
     
    muchacho79, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  6. Lucid Web Marketing

    Lucid Web Marketing Well-Known Member

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    There is a problem today and Google has confirmed it and working on the problem.

    Don't Panic.
     
    Lucid Web Marketing, Oct 27, 2010 IP
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    Yes, a search on google 'blogs' reveals plenty of posts and threads about it... all written today! It's really annoying for us. We spent all day yesterday making chages to the account. And all day today trying to trouble shoot! We have learned a few things along the way though. Some useful points from you Lucid (on other posts) thanks!

    Julian
     
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    Seem to be Google has resolved the problem . Is it right?
     
    howcan, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  9. muchacho79

    muchacho79 Active Member

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    I don't think so, no, not yet.
     
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    yes.
    why all this could happen?...
     
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    There seem to be much more of these glitches lately.
     
    Levp, Oct 28, 2010 IP
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    I wonder how much money the 'glitch' made for google?
     
    skymaster729, Oct 29, 2010 IP
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    A minor re-shuffle is pretty common in 'the pack' so to speak.

    Don't worry, it'll sort itself out.
     
    jbtooloo, Oct 29, 2010 IP
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    any update on this? Has it been resolved?
     
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    I am not sure what happened with me!! I paused my campaign for a week and when I resumed, my quality score has gone down! from 7 - 5
     
    voucher-codes, Nov 1, 2010 IP
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    yes is it right
     
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    Hey Guys, Anyone Still facing the same problem with the Quality Score??
    Has it anyhow impacted your CPC( Cost Per Click ), CPA( Cost per Acquistion ) and the Number of Leads/Registration/Purchase.
     
    Funky_Clowns13, Nov 8, 2010 IP