Has adwords changed?

Hello everyone , Last time I used Adwords was November 2007, I thought Id have another go at it and notice that my ad is over to far right hand side now in "Sponsored Links"

My ad use to show up above the other search results..

is there a way to get it back to above the other results, instead of way over to the right hand side?

Many thanks

 

Adjust your bidding, Achieve a GREAT quality score and high click through rate

 

I already have a "Great" score..... Same as last time, but It always use to be above the search results not over to the side.

My clicks also arent showing up on google analytics.... any idea why?

 

whats the url for your site, its hard to understand what your talking about without seeing it.

for me anyway
Aaron

 

You are never guaranteed the top position above organic results. As mentioned, you need a great QS and higher bid prices and Google may reward you once in a while, maybe more often than not, with a position above the organics.

As for Analytics, did you keep the box checked for auto-tagging of your campaigns for analytics when you set up? If not, they may be lumped in with Google organic clicks as Yahoo and MSN AC clicks are with their organics unless you tag the landing page URL to identify them as paid clicks.

 

not adwords changed, your ad had changed. Try to adjust you bid.

 

I cannot find a box to check for "Auto tagging of campaigns"

Adwords says I have 200+ clicks however none of those have registered in analytics at all...

@3936296. My add hasnt changed, it is identical to always same bid, same wording..... just was always above the searches not over to the side like it is now

 

Google did tweak the algo for having the top spot about a year ago -
http://searchengineland.com/070808-170001.php

the main difference was using the maximum cpc instead of the actual cpc, I think.