Comments on: Google AdWords Domain Ads Exclusion : But Think Before You Block

By: Satyanarayana

Satyanarayana — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:44 +0000

Hi,

I am new for contextual campaign it is recording godd conversions for site. But i have read many postings that exclude the domain ads and error page ads but i am getting more conversions from those ads. Please any one could explain which is better to follow and what are error page ads give with examples.

Thanks,
Satya

By: Elisha

Elisha — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:53:21 +0000

Thanks for this informative article. Google Adwords has very nice features.

By: root123

root123 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:52:16 +0000

Thanks for the news. So there comes another aption for AdWords users, and offcourse have to be careful before deciding to stop or not to stop domain ads.

By: aika

aika — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:42:11 +0000

this is a very good news, good to hear that Google is taking care of it.

By: Leone Mark

Leone Mark — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:24:23 +0000

Google has reported that its Adwords’ interface will be unavailable on Friday February

By: WebGeek

WebGeek — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:33:06 +0000

We have been requesting this feature from Google for quite some time because, for 100% of our clients, the clicks that come from domain ads have, by far, the worst conversion rates. I’d have to heartily disagree about losing valuable customers. This is a great move by Google.

By: Bashar

Bashar — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:30:53 +0000

It’s still nice to see Google taking the heat to fight spammy sites

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:36:09 +0000

No, it does NOT give a list of sites so of course I have no data to get the source URLs/Domains. But judging by the impressions and clicks, it is “highly unlikely” that much of it comes from typo squatters.

There are only so many typos that can exist for a given domain and for this particular client, we have registered as many as we knew about.

Another point on the phpvote.com example. If the domain is expired, then reregistered (which is the case with phpvote.com) and someone (like me) wanted the software that I KNEW existed on it many moons ago, I am given relevant alternatives.

By: Hawaii SEO

Hawaii SEO — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:28:31 +0000

“if someone types in…”

Hmmm… To me… That’s a BIG “IF”

“I FULLY agree that typo squatters are a different story. Visitors coming to http://www.mydooomain.com ARE INDEED looking for http://www.mydomain.com but that is not where domain ads come into play.”

Cool… But… How can you prove it? Does Domain Ads give you a full list of each URL’s that has driven a click-through to your client?

If not… How can you make a claim like that? What facts are you basing that statement on?

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:56:51 +0000

Thanks Dave.
I think you and I both have different ideas of what constituted a domain ad.

For example, if someone types in http://www.phpvote.com expecting to get a php voting application site, there is nothing there but Domain Ads for relevant sites. Now, assume my client sells a PHP voting application, what is the problem with the ad being shown there?

You are only taking into account typo squatters. While this DOES indeed come into play, clients SHOULD have some sort of buy-up policy for typos of their own domain.

I FULLY agree that typo squatters are a different story. Visitors coming to http://www.mydooomain.com ARE INDEED looking for http://www.mydomain.com but that is not where domain ads come into play.