Just a heads up it looks like almighty Adwords changed something.
When you create a new campaign, the default targeting is now United States AND Canada. I think it used to just be US, so now if you’re running a US only offer, make sure to un-check those bloody Canadians. Oh also…
Dear Google,
When I’ve spent 5 minutes writing ads, picking placements, and adding keywords, please don’t ask for my bid, and then when I click continue log me out of Adwords and log me back in. I lose everything I just did. And it happened to me about 5 times in the last hour. Plz fix this <3.
kthxbye,
uber
Weird, mines always default Canada anyways so I always have to change it.
Hmm, same here. Annoying as f**k.
ahha candians are great hihihi :) ( cause i am one ) but yeah adwords got some bugs lately i thing they are in a test mode
lol rofl
It has been doing this for a while now. It is really annoying to blow a bunch of clicks in canada for US only offers. I guess its googles way of getting SOMEONE to buy canadian clicks.
yea i noticed that too - strange cause I had to uncheck it and I as like hmmmm
I hate that shit. It logs me out all the time… glad to know it’s not just me.
That’s happened to me before as well. I can’t stand it when any site logs me out. You’d think sites like Adwords could do better.
i didnt notice that… thanks for the heads up…;-)
Thanks for the heads up.
No shit? Bastards. Thanks man.
It’s always satisfying as a web developer myself that even the big boys with near unlimited resources get it wrong some times ;)
Still defaults to UK for me…
Writing a campaign in AdWords makes me feel like I’m at TicketMaster.com filling out my contact info for an exclusive concert or something. Rushing through to make sure I don’t lose my work (or tickets).
go leafs go! lol
Don’t you just wish they had REAL competition….
Anyone else having problems getting imps with adwords? What do clicks usually run for myspace? Bidding 1.30 as of right now. Wonder if myspace manually reviews adwords ads or regulates somehow.
Don’t worry I’m having trouble with adword’s as well say i reached my daily limit when i haven’t even gotten any traffic gotta move on to yahoo ads, adcenter
google surely cares a lot bout uber…
Thanks for the heads up! I will make sure to double check my next submissions. Does this means that it changes all the ones before?
Are you using the web interface? Why not just use adwords editor - no timeout issues there.
“Bloody Canadians”? I take offense to that and will raise you with “ignorant Americans”. :D
Yo! Men, you cool!
google surely cares a lot bout uber…
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I used to get really annoyed typing in great long updates in Adwords to get that darn “your changes were not process, we had a confilct” message.
I switched to Adwords Editor and life had been very happy since! :)
Thanks for pointing out this handy application. Slick!
Google isn’t the only site to log people off after they’ve completed just about everything… though, it does piss me the hell off!
Oh, and LOL on “Bloody Canadians.” But they get free health care…
Jay
Canada is included now, too? That’s interesting. Sorry to hear about the Google bug. That’s so frustrating. Hopefully it gets worked out for you. Good luck!
thanks for ur short answer, i believe we need more information abt adword.
I actually laughed at that comment… I think Digital Point has found your blog, Paul…
The Canada change is interesting. I can see the benefit for Google: people will more often include Canada, which allows for more ads to be displayed and Google will make more money. I wonder if there is a benefit for the advertisers like us. Maybe people who would naturally include the United States would also naturally include Canada, so this saves the advertisers a little time (a few seconds) per campaign.
Oh man thanks for the info. Well I just entered adword campagin for my sites and this information really helps me.
Did adwords ever fix this for ya let me know bro!
Thanks for the heads up bro :D
Thank tpu man I thought tha only I have such problems
How can you still be able to launch new campaigns?
I have 25 campaigns oin my adwords account all targeted to different areas. When I want to launch a new campaign I have to create a new set of adgroups in a canmpaign thats already existing because 25 campaigns seems to be the limit…
How do you work around this?
Erika
Thanks for the heads up!
This is typical of google, i wonder how much it increased there daily revenues from people not noticing.
Hmmm very sneaky. Lucky for me Canadians are welcome on my site lol
Thanks for the info. Luckily canadians carry american cash so it doesnt affect me lol
and newbies make sure that the content network is off…I made that mistake before..
i didnt notice that… thanks for the heads up…;-)
Thanks for this, although I personly prefer bidvertiser.
Well i think the us and canada will soon become one market.
Thanks for the heads up