Comments on: The $75,000 Google slap http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/ CDF Networks - Pay Per Click and Affiliate Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Recent pay per click shake ups | CDF Networks - Affiliate Marketing Blog http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-7059 Recent pay per click shake ups | CDF Networks - Affiliate Marketing Blog Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:59:55 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-7059 [...] account managers and friends. Thankfully, this one totally missed me! I have been hit hard by other Google slaps in the past, but I guess the Google karma was good for me this time around. I have been hearing [...] […] account managers and friends. Thankfully, this one totally missed me! I have been hit hard by other Google slaps in the past, but I guess the Google karma was good for me this time around. I have been hearing […]

]]> By: Geld http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-6643 Geld Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:30:06 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-6643 Astonishing amount of money, but this is the way Google works. Fortunately you didn't actually lost $75,000 :) Astonishing amount of money, but this is the way Google works. Fortunately you didn’t actually lost $75,000 :)

]]> By: Matt http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-6529 Matt Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:48:09 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-6529 Its because if this kind of issues we need a real competitor to Google, when they slap us we slap back by going else where Its because if this kind of issues we need a real competitor to Google, when they slap us we slap back by going else where

]]> By: Trevor Nash-Keller http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5827 Trevor Nash-Keller Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:26:10 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5827 Unfortunately, this is one of the things we have to deal with. I will agree however that for the amount of money I spend at Google, Yahoo, and MSN I sure do not get treated like an appreciated customer. What sucks even worse, and I hate to say it is...Yahoo is just as bad as Google. I have encountered many BIG flukes and errors occurring on their end, and if I wouldn't have caught it and brought it to their attention it would have never been recognized. This is one thing that makes us unique from others, when something like this google slap occurs, we are quick to adapt. Unfortunately, this is one of the things we have to deal with.

I will agree however that for the amount of money I spend at Google, Yahoo, and MSN I sure do not get treated like an appreciated customer.

What sucks even worse, and I hate to say it is…Yahoo is just as bad as Google. I have encountered many BIG flukes and errors occurring on their end, and if I wouldn’t have caught it and brought it to their attention it would have never been recognized.

This is one thing that makes us unique from others, when something like this google slap occurs, we are quick to adapt.

]]> By: Curtis http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5817 Curtis Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:44:54 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5817 Google just does not like landing pages in any format anymore, it's as simple as that. When I first got slapped, I tried desperately to try and meet their requirements of building the landing page into a mini-site. They are totally not helpful whatsoever. Your campaign goes down and there's a 'we don't care' attitude. I added contact pages, terms pages, info pages, and my quality score always stayed poor. Once you get hit you're screwed unless you move to another domain name (but you can't do that all the time). All of my campaigns were targeted with keywords in the ad being the title and h1 tags and were included as text in the page. It wasn't like I was lying or anything. But the fact that the page was set up to transfer people to the actual source and I was just the intermediary (even though I had unique content), screwed me over. It's amazing that Google has that much money that it can just brush advertisers aside. I was spending money with them as an advertiser and there was absolutely no desire to help me or even explain why my account was basically stopped cold. Usually companies want to keep their advertisers happy! Anyways, I stopped using AdWords because I got tired spending time setting up campaigns and then finding out my bids were $12 each. Again, I understand if the page has nothing to do with the ad. That makes total sense. But when the keywords, ad, and web page all gel, there shouldn't be problems like this. So now what are we all to do? I use Yahoo but it's just a drop in the bucket compared to Google... Google just does not like landing pages in any format anymore, it’s as simple as that. When I first got slapped, I tried desperately to try and meet their requirements of building the landing page into a mini-site. They are totally not helpful whatsoever. Your campaign goes down and there’s a ‘we don’t care’ attitude. I added contact pages, terms pages, info pages, and my quality score always stayed poor. Once you get hit you’re screwed unless you move to another domain name (but you can’t do that all the time).

All of my campaigns were targeted with keywords in the ad being the title and h1 tags and were included as text in the page. It wasn’t like I was lying or anything. But the fact that the page was set up to transfer people to the actual source and I was just the intermediary (even though I had unique content), screwed me over.

It’s amazing that Google has that much money that it can just brush advertisers aside. I was spending money with them as an advertiser and there was absolutely no desire to help me or even explain why my account was basically stopped cold. Usually companies want to keep their advertisers happy!

Anyways, I stopped using AdWords because I got tired spending time setting up campaigns and then finding out my bids were $12 each. Again, I understand if the page has nothing to do with the ad. That makes total sense. But when the keywords, ad, and web page all gel, there shouldn’t be problems like this.

So now what are we all to do? I use Yahoo but it’s just a drop in the bucket compared to Google…

]]> By: Daniel http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5803 Daniel Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:53:21 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5803 Greg, great comment with some really good tips. Greg, great comment with some really good tips.

]]> By: CPA Affiliates http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5796 CPA Affiliates Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:45:39 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5796 even the best laid plans at times get a wrench thrown in them ... I have been hit before but honestly sometimes it isn't google it is company backing off on spend or pulling an offer or getting slapped by google yes it sucks but it does happen which is why you have to make the money while u can :). even the best laid plans at times get a wrench thrown in them … I have been hit before but honestly sometimes it isn’t google it is company backing off on spend or pulling an offer or getting slapped by google yes it sucks but it does happen which is why you have to make the money while u can :).

]]> By: Shawn http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5785 Shawn Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-75000-google-slap/#comment-5785 Wow. Definitely let us know how it works out. Wow. Definitely let us know how it works out.

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