http://news.accuracast.com/accuracast-7471/google-adwords-launches-bid-simulator-feature/ News from the world of Internet & mobile search and social media Fri, 18 May 2012 12:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://news.accuracast.com/accuracast-7471/google-adwords-launches-bid-simulator-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-12058 Ej Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:57:24 +0000 http://www.accuracast.com/search-daily-news/?p=973#comment-12058 I've had negative results from the bid optimizer - it over-inflate your bid without providing an equal return of impressions/clicks. After testing this feature on a few keywords I won't use it again as it greatly increased my CPCs without providing a significant amount of additional traffic. Looks like another attempt for Google to increase revenue from advertisers. http://twitpic.com/epyjb I’ve had negative results from the bid optimizer – it over-inflate your bid without providing an equal return of impressions/clicks. After testing this feature on a few keywords I won’t use it again as it greatly increased my CPCs without providing a significant amount of additional traffic. Looks like another attempt for Google to increase revenue from advertisers. http://twitpic.com/epyjb

]]> http://news.accuracast.com/accuracast-7471/google-adwords-launches-bid-simulator-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-11469 Randy Pickard Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:01:21 +0000 http://www.accuracast.com/search-daily-news/?p=973#comment-11469 Interesting new feature, but not of much value to sites competing on terms with low impressions and click rates. I have not determined where the cut off is in regard to number of clicks requires for estimates, but 21 clicks per week does not seem to make the cut. Interesting new feature, but not of much value to sites competing on terms with low impressions and click rates. I have not determined where the cut off is in regard to number of clicks requires for estimates, but 21 clicks per week does not seem to make the cut.

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