Are ads reviewed on weekends?

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by Forcefield, May 6, 2006.

  1. #1
    Are new ads reviewed by the Google team on weekends?

    Thanks!
     
    Forcefield, May 6, 2006 IP
  2. Micromag

    Micromag Well-Known Member

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    No, only on business days. But only content network ads need manual review.

    in other hand Search Network ads do not need manual review to receive impressions.
     
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  3. Forcefield

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    Hmmm...I wonder why my ads aren't appearing on Google search then?

    All keywords are active and my bids are certainly high enough.

    I just started this campaign on Friday afternoon, any ideas?

    Thanks again, Micromag!
     
    Forcefield, May 7, 2006 IP
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    Micromag Well-Known Member

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    are you getting 0 impressions on the ad group or you can't see the ads when you search on Google?

    How many Keywords have your ad Group?
     
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    andheresjohnny Well-Known Member

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    Same here ... I started my adwords campaign on Friday afternoon, and I have yet to receive a single impression on the search network.

    I've set my bids very high trying to trigger an impression ... but so far no go.
     
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  6. Micromag

    Micromag Well-Known Member

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    Very strange this. You should start getting impressions after 3 hours or less.

    is this a new AdWords Account?

    How Many Keywords do you have in this group?
     
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    andheresjohnny Well-Known Member

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    My adwords account is a year old. I've performed maybe 35 campiagns over the past year.

    My latest campaign consists of 1 ad group containing 7 key phrases. One keyphrase (broad match) gets over 30,000 searches a day (Overture).

    I don't get it either.
     
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  8. Forcefield

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    I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. ;)

    I have around 40 keywords in my ad group.

    There's little or no competition for my keywords, yet when I do a search on Google my ads don't appear like they should.

    I even checked my other ad campaigns and they seem to be working just fine, so I know it's not my account.
     
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    #9
    only on business days but not all ads needs manual review
     
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  10. Micromag

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    All Content network ads need Manual review to receive impressions.

    Search Network do not need Manual review to receive impressions - they are manual reviewed as soon it trigger automatically some of the editorial rules flags (use some not allowed word for example) - but they run normally until the manual review.
     
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  11. Forcefield

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    andheresjohnny > any luck yet?
     
    Forcefield, May 7, 2006 IP
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    Forcefield - I'm experiencing the same problem. I have 20 keywords, and only one is showing impressions. The other 19 keywords I'm targeting show zero impressions and Google is not displaying ads for these keywords. (Yes, they all show as active and they have high enough bids.) I've posted in this thread...

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=82520
     
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  13. andheresjohnny

    andheresjohnny Well-Known Member

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    Still not a single impression. It's been well over 48 hours.

    I've set my bid to an insanely high amount with nothing to show for it.
     
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    Very weird! I guess we'll have to wait until Monday to see if anything changes.
     
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    andheresjohnny Well-Known Member

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    Today has been 5 days counting and I still didn't receive a single impresson in the Google Network for my ad.

    I finally emailed Adwords support with my problem.

    They just emailed back telling me that ads won't appear in the Google Network until they are manually reviewed. Mine hadn't yet been reviewed.

    5 days seems rather long to me.
     
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    You told that your ads are Search Network right?

    This is new for me: Content network ads including CPM takes normally 5 days to be reviewed.

    But my Search network ads does not need manual review to receive impressions.
     
    Micromag, May 9, 2006 IP
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    andheresjohnny Well-Known Member

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    Yes, my ad is search network. The adwords support person even referenced it as such.

    This was strange to me too. I've never had to wait before. And I don't use the content network.

    The support person reviewed and ok'd my ad before replying to my email. I'm just happy the ads are showing now.

    Unfortunately, I forgot that I had put my max bid up to the stratosphere trying to trigger an impression. I got burned on several clicks until I changed it back.
     
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    This is not all wasted as it push your Quality score.

    Also Thanks for giving us feedback here.
     
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    I also e-mailed Google and they responded with the same answer.

    It's interesting to note that as soon as Google responded to my problem, my ads immediately started showing. I guess the squeaky wheel (or wheels in this case) always get the grease. ;)
     
    Forcefield, May 9, 2006 IP