Ask Me Anything about Google Ads (AdWords) 2023

[PSTNET]

How do brands drive up CPC to $100 a click when there is no competition?

Either they mix target setting up (if the selected audience does not suit the ad, nobody s gonna click, right?) or there is a problem with ad visual materials
Anyways, if the ad is not attractive to the audience, CPC can grow enormously

Where to get cheap vcc to open multiple google ads

Good VCCs are usually not cheap, yet there are services which offer special conditions for users with reasonable spend
See marketplace section of the forum, there are great vcc services there, some of them are even offering review copies

is it worth in 2k23?

Why shouldn’t it be?

@PSTNET I have a lot of experience with BH so i will get straight to the point. I see that you are advertising payment cards. What makes them special? Also I assume they are VCCs? I have tried many payment solutions and most of them don't work out.

As this is not a marketplace thread, we won’t advertise anything here, but we can give you a few points on what to look for when choosing a VCC provider.

It's reasonable to look either for payment cards from major banks or cards with exclusive BINs. In the first case media buyers can blend with a huge number of other bank clients to hide their activities, and in the second case protection from risk payment bans is achieved by the absence of negative records for a rare BIN on the advertising platforms.

Besides, getting a card with a premium status like Visa Platinum or Mastercard World Elite also increases the level of trust from advertising platforms.

There is one more thing to pay attention to: try to use VCC from virtual card services with a bank API. Such services have already paid $100-150k to Visa or Mastercard for the opportunity to work via API. It drastically reduces the chances they will take away your money and disappear.

 

[ProxyChief]

Unless you have the patent for that trademark there is nothing you can do. Not many companies submit complaints about other ads using their Trademark in the AdText. What industry is this if I may ask?

That would be the health & wellness niche.

 

[PSTNET]

I don't know why I am getting suspicious payment suspensions even though I am using fresh CCs from country of which the accounts belong.

That is most likely because the BIN of a card you are using is associated with some fraudulent activity. The card may be brand new though
Try using different card provider, look for one with bank API, various (preferably exclusive) BINs and cards with Premium/Platinum status

Is there any way to circumvent the trademark policy restriction on your ads nowadays? I cannot go without using that specific keyword in my ads, but whenever I do - I just get the ad disapproved for trademark use. Cheers!

There definitely should be a way to use keywords associated with the trademark without using the trademark itself.
Try to form a semantic core around this trademark and do some tests which keywords work better.

How do I farm US ad accounts?

Just like any other accounts: you should use a reliable US proxy (it’s better to look for residential proxy) and US phone number to create the account.
BTW don’t forget about antidetect browsers

 

[ThereIsNoNo]

BTW don’t forget about

BTW don't forget about using multi-quote to reply, instead of posting several replies within a day in a thread, which BTW don't forget, can be clearly seen as post count inflation, which BTW don't forget, is a forum rules violation.

 

[PSTNET]

Is there any way to circumvent the trademark policy restriction on your ads nowadays? I cannot go without using that specific keyword in my ads, but whenever I do - I just get the ad disapproved for trademark use. Cheers!

There definitely should be a way to use keywords associated with the trademark without using the trademark itself.
Try to form a semantic core around this trademark and do some tests which keywords work better.

 

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How to protect against clickfraud/faketraffic?

 

[Chris Newman]

How to protect against clickfraud/faketraffic?

In paid ads, especially Google Ads, nowadays, sophisticated blackhat click farms are used and unfortunately, they are so sophisticated that nothing can really stop fraud clicks on an ongoing basis. See https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/is-bing-selling-fake-clicks.1447717/#post-15762387 and https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-prevent-fraud-click-from-competition.1333191/#post-14936213 for some more insight into it.

 

[TooCorny]

Let’s try to find out what’s going on with Google Ads lately?

We hope this thread would help to find relevant answers for 2023
Please feel free to ask any question you concern about Google Ads here

How good is Google AI at managing campaigns?

 

[deppo]

How good is Google AI at managing campaigns?

You don't need AI. This @Trust WorkShop forum member is very good and can sort you out.

 

[GeePeeTee]

You don't need AI. This @Trust WorkShop forum member is very good and can sort you out.

That member you mentioned, can "sort you out". How much do members pay you to promote their services ? I guess you are eligible for Jr.VIP upgrade. So, instead of circumventing BHW rules to promote other member's services like this, ideally you can upgrade to Jr.VIP level and promote their services in your signature banner, but avoid circumventing BHW rules to promote another member's services like this. Don't do it, it is against forum rules.

 

[boiler]

That member you mentioned, can "sort you out". How much do members pay you to promote their services ? I guess you are eligible for Jr.VIP upgrade. So, instead of circumventing BHW rules to promote other member's services like this, ideally you can upgrade to Jr.VIP level and promote their services in your signature banner, but avoid circumventing BHW rules to promote another member's services like this. Don't do it, it is against forum rules.

i think he only joking, why you so serious

I've been running blackhat app install campaigns for a few months now for Thailand market,

my application consists of mainly 3 types
1. couple of buttons with cloaked url to open up browser to a gambling site
2. a button to "PLAYGAME" with a cloaked url for in-app webview of the gambling site
3. running a webview with simulated-casino games so that google ads can flag me as Social Casino and I apply for a cert. and after sometime switch the flow of
cloaking back to the gambling site.

all these apps and campaigns will luckily last 2 weeks tops before they get disapproved for "Online Gambling" or my google ads account deleted for circumventing.

I've seen some native apps with more than a million downloads that change the landing page according to the user IP for example if you are from country A, the real gambling game will launch but if your IP is foreign,a fake simulated slot game will launch. Are there any advice on my current strategy? and also any idea how that app is able to avoid Google ban for almost 2 years now?

i had work on gambling campaign too and my campaign had last for more then 1 month before google step up pausing the account and requiring me to do advertiser verifications but not for circumventing policy, the other accounts still work until now and already more then 1 month without problem

most black campaigns had same setup which is to not show google your black LP and only show them your white LP and if your account got suspended because of circumventing policy thats mean google had caught your cloaking page

 

[PSTNET]

I've been running blackhat app install campaigns for a few months now for Thailand market,

my application consists of mainly 3 types
1. couple of buttons with cloaked url to open up browser to a gambling site
2. a button to "PLAYGAME" with a cloaked url for in-app webview of the gambling site
3. running a webview with simulated-casino games so that google ads can flag me as Social Casino and I apply for a cert. and after sometime switch the flow of
cloaking back to the gambling site.

all these apps and campaigns will luckily last 2 weeks tops before they get disapproved for "Online Gambling" or my google ads account deleted for circumventing.

I've seen some native apps with more than a million downloads that change the landing page according to the user IP for example if you are from country A, the real gambling game will launch but if your IP is foreign,a fake simulated slot game will launch. Are there any advice on my current strategy? and also any idea how that app is able to avoid Google ban for almost 2 years now?

Looks like you have found a very successful strategy by yourself, as blackhat campaigns get banned much faster on average

How to make a threshold account without getting banned

In order to increase the billing threshold you should spend some time warming up your ad account. Don’t forget to get a reliable proxy, antidetect browser and trusted virtual cards for payments BEFORE you start doing anything as advertising platforms will start to record fingerprints of your account from the first visit.

 

[Vivekji424]

I have some queries…

1. How to prevent click from outside targeting locations… i have set correctly location option in cmpgn , but still getting click frol outside.

2. How to maintain CPA bid camapgin for logn term, i am running several cmpgn , in starting , its give me good result , but after some times performance goes down,

3. Call only campaign never take impression with local services. (Tried 3-4 different niches)

 

[mrdotman]

Nice

Tell me how and when you usually scale your campaigns?

Again, what is your NORMAL ROI?

 

[PSTNET]

How can I prevent virtual clicks?
Thank you

Have you tried using services like Keitaro? It usually helps to prevent click fraud while tracking the campaign.
Have a nice day!

 

[nsbbeachguy]

Let’s try to find out what’s going on with Google Ads lately?

We hope this thread would help to find relevant answers for 2023
Please feel free to ask any question you concern about Google Ads here

Quick dumb question— my google ad was set to generate phone calls. What can I do about multiple calls from the same number? What about obvious spam calls? Thanks

 

[vamnt1]

Have you tried using services like Keitaro? It usually helps to prevent click fraud while tracking the campaign.
Have a nice day!

Not yet. This is my first time hearing about it, I will learn and use it. Thank you
Have a good year!

 

[PSTNET]

About business to business(b2b) ads
Suppose I am a water pump manufacturer in UK and want to sell worldwide, we manufacture Centrifugal Pump, Submersible Pumps other water pumps.
How to avoid money waste on individuals. Business to business customer is our audience.
It really get me confused.

First, you need to define your target audience anyways
Who are the people who make the decision of either working with you or not?
As Google Ads offers targeting by keywords people have used, we advise to gather the semantic core for your TA: what these people are likely to look for? B2B segment is always harsher yet we hope these help

 

[boiler]

Have you tried using services like Keitaro? It usually helps to prevent click fraud while tracking the campaign.
Have a nice day!

Not yet. This is my first time hearing about it, I will learn and use it. Thank you
Have a good year!

keep in mind, even you use keitaro there is no way to prevent people clicks fraud your ads
you only get list of suspected clicks fraud and report to google manually but still the decision is made by google

 

[zubbair12]

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