Hello all. I am running a PPC campaign for the search network only. I am advertising a towing service. However I am getting some clicks for shop.ebay.com. and other non-related sites. Where do I go in Adwords, or can I even block these domains from my ads showing on them. Thanks in advance for everyone's help.
Maybe I'm missing something but, if this is the search network, how can they be coming from other domains? Your logs should all show coming from google.com
Looks like you've opted to be included in search partners, rather than just google search. The solution is to opt out of search partners
Yes I think that is the problem. I am advertising for towing services strictly in a local area. So is the search partners not local even though I have set it to show only in the area that I have chosen?
Thanks Magda. Was not thinking of the search partners. The search partners should be local. So if you are targeting say Chicago and someone uses the search at ebay.com for your keywords, your ads will show if they are from Chicago. I would check your keywords to be more specific. If you use "tow truck" as a keyword, there are likely a lot of people searching for that term in conjunction with "toy" not only on ebay but on Google too.
Ok thanks for everyone's help. I am at a loss for what to do. People search for my services a million different ways. For example: I get a lot of people that search for tow truck and then a specific zip code. Or tow truck and then a street intersection. I really think that the only way that I can improve my CTR is to have a all encompassing negative keyword list. Fortunately my ROI is high so non-related clicks dont hurt my bottom line as it would other PPC advertisers. I probably throw away 2-300 a month on bad clicks.