My ads positions are not appearing in adwords panel

[subhzash]

Hi,

I am running PPC for my site in Google. But the problem is for some keywords avg. positions are not displaying in adwords panel where as my ads are listing google 1st page.

Please tell me:-

Is this problem with my adwords campaign??

Is this problem with google adwords??


Thanks in advance for your reply



Regards
Subhzash

[incrediblehelp]

I dont understand. So you ads are not appearing where Google AdWords say they are?

[deepsand]

Even if your AdWords ads were not being displayed, the Control Panel will still show both their Status and Average Postition for the time period selected. If any data is absent from the Control Panel, such is owing to a problem at Google's end.

I myself have seen similar problems sporadically appear & disappear.

If the problem persists, you should contact Google support to get it rectified.

[Bookmauritius]

Subhzash,

It could be that your are running several keywords where at least 2 of them are similar, e.g. dancing clothes & dancing outfits, both displaying the same ad. One of them (say dancing clothes,) would not be showing (and has no average rank in the c.panel,) because the editorial team rejected it or the bid was too low.

If this was the case, you would be seeing your other keyword / ad online appearing when you type "dancing clothes" because it still contains "dancing" in it and you think it is your other non-validated ad which is showing.

I hope my explanation is not too confusing, it's still early in the morning, i get better as the day matures...

[subhzash]

I dont understand. So you ads are not appearing where Google AdWords say they are?

Thanks for your reply. My problem is I am running PPC campaign for my website. When i logged into my google adwords control panel avg. positions are not appearing. Where as my ad is displaying in google first page, second or third positions for the targeted keywords

Then Is this problem with my campaign or else with Google?

If it is problem with Google then whom to consult??




Regards
Subhzash

[subhzash]

Even if your AdWords ads were not being displayed, the Control Panel will still show both their Status and Average Postition for the time period selected. If any data is absent from the Control Panel, such is owing to a problem at Google's end.

I myself have seen similar problems sporadically appear & disappear.

If the problem persists, you should contact Google support to get it rectified.

If this is problem with Google end then whom to consult??

[subhzash]

Subhzash,

It could be that your are running several keywords where at least 2 of them are similar, e.g. dancing clothes & dancing outfits, both displaying the same ad. One of them (say dancing clothes,) would not be showing (and has no average rank in the c.panel,) because the editorial team rejected it or the bid was too low.

If this was the case, you would be seeing your other keyword / ad online appearing when you type "dancing clothes" because it still contains "dancing" in it and you think it is your other non-validated ad which is showing.

I hope my explanation is not too confusing, it's still early in the morning, i get better as the day matures...

I am not using similar keywords. I hope this is problem at Google's end. Do you know whom to consult??

[Peter (IMC)]

If you use the same keyword in 2 or more diferent adgroups, it can happen that it's showing your ads for 1 of the 2 and not for the other.

It is also possible that you have 2 keywords for example: green round widgets and another keyword : round widgets.

Now when you search for "green round widgets", it can happen that the actual keyword used is "round widgets" because of quality and bid reasons. If you put your mouse over the information button next to the keyword in Adwords, it will tell you if the keyword is shown or not.

[carpediem]

subhzash,

When i logged into my google adwords control panel avg. positions are not appearing. Where as my ad is displaying in google first page, second or third positions for the targeted keywords

Avg position details are located under each Campaign, not the Campaign Summary (if I understand you correctly, what you refer to as the 'control panel').

select:

Customize columns

These are some of the column options under the campaign level:


Ad Group Name Status Default Bid Clicks Impr. CTR Avg. CPC Cost Avg. Pos Conv. Rate Cost/Conv. Conversions


Good luck,

Danielle

[deepsand]

Subhzash,

It could be that your are running several keywords where at least 2 of them are similar, e.g. dancing clothes & dancing outfits, both displaying the same ad. One of them (say dancing clothes,) would not be showing (and has no average rank in the c.panel,) because the editorial team rejected it or the bid was too low.

If this was the case, you would be seeing your other keyword / ad online appearing when you type "dancing clothes" because it still contains "dancing" in it and you think it is your other non-validated ad which is showing.

I hope my explanation is not too confusing, it's still early in the morning, i get better as the day matures...

That 2 or more keywords/phrase display the same ad is irrelevant; the control panel will still show separate results for each and every keyword/phrase.

And, if a given keyword/phrase were rejected for editorial reasons, it would have been deleted from the ad group and not even appear; if the bid is below the required minimum, it will show on the control panel as being Inactive.

Without more detailed information from the OP, it's difficult to know precisely what he's observing.