Hi, another quick question. Its very annoying when people put their phone numbers in their adwords ads, which then display on our websites - it is intended that viewers of the ad will call the number instead of clicking on the ad thereby these people get free advertising and we dont get paid. I have emailed google about this but no answer (surprise!) I try and block them with the competitive ad filter but I have around 80 sites and you cant monitor them 24 hours a day. Does anyone know a way around this? Any help/advice much appreciated.
no way around it, i wouldnt loose time with this. if google see that those ads dont earn money they would have been banned. google is same as you and want money
I just have 4 or 5 sites but I never really noticed this. Personally I cannot imagine this making much of a difference. I don't think many people will call a phone number first if they can just click on it and go to a website. I certainly wouldn't waste my time trying to ban all of them.
You cannot do anything with this... Just concentrate on more creative things than finding out excuses.
You made a very good point though.Yes it is decreasing our revenue.Google should pay attention on that.