Low Quality Score-Need Advice!

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by Credit Hammer, Nov 16, 2008.

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    I have an affiliate site for credit cards and related products.I signed up for Adwords.My ads and keywords are all "active".The message " poor quality score" follows each keyword so my ads are not showing.When I used their suggestions they say my keyword relavancy is fine but my landing page has no relavancy,but my landing page is directly related to the specific card in the ad.All input is greatly appreciated.
     
    Credit Hammer, Nov 16, 2008 IP
  2. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    There may be some something missing from the landing page that you have overlooked (still learning myself) but reading a lot about ad relevancy, landing page quality, contact, privacy, terms page in place etc
     
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    bappag Peon

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    The formula that Google uses to determine quality score may take many factors into account but there are two things that will kill your score in a heartbeat. A lower quality score means that you are going to pay more for your AdWords placement.

    1.) Landing Page

    In the eyes of Google the landing page must be true to the letter of your ad. If you promise a free report or e-book, then your landing page must have an open link to the download. No squeezing allowed.

    Honestly, Google and AdWords are not against the use of squeeze pages; however they are against advertising something for free and then requiring your visitor to exchange their name and email address for your product. As Google sees it, free means free, not in exchange for something.

    The best way to get around this is to NEVER use the word "free" in you AdWords copy if there is not an open download link on the landing page. If you insist on doing this, Google will penalize you.

    A few words of advice on landing pages.

    Keep your landing page relevant to your AdWords copy. Google loves sites that have relevant, high quality copy. Sites that are not relevant to their ad copy are considered low quality and while Google will not ban them they will raise their costs so high that using AdWords is no longer economically feasible.

    Avoid redirects on your landing page. The the use of sneaky redirects seems to be a part of the underside of the internet marketing business and is a "black hat" technique we all pay for. Google hates redirects used on landing pages and in the future these pages my not be indexed or may even be de-indexed.

    Do not use hidden text or links. If Google observes your site to have hidden text or links and deems them deceptive in nature, you may find that your site has been removed from the Google Index.

    2.) Floating Layer and Hover Ads

    Google and AdWords hate these things. Simply put, these types of ads will destroy your quality score. Get them off your landing page as soon as possible. Replace these ads with a static opt-in form built into your landing page.

    3.) Pop Up or Pop Under Ads

    Google sees these types of ads as a hindrance to navigation on a site and will ban your landing page from AdWords if you use them. They will only re-activate your AdWords ads when you have removed any type of pop up or pop under ads.

    If you are using any of the points outlined here on your site then you are only hurting yourself. Clean up your site and you will find that your ad position may climb while you costs may drop!
     
    bappag, Nov 16, 2008 IP
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    McDonalds|Chicken|Selects Peon

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    mix up your titles and meta tags, also add contact, privacy, TOS pages at the bottom of your page. also try to have your site HTML validated