Hi, all. I'm new to AdWords...
Any idea why NONE of my keyword choices ever cause my ads to show? (it says: "Showing ads right now? No.") My campaign went by for some weeks, and no ad ever showed. Here's a screenshot of my keywords. And this is what the ad looks like.

I have an ad for a desktop wallpaper pack, and my keywords are: "bored", "things to do", and I finally tried "wallpaper" (which I don't want to use), but ALL of them are marked as poor (score: 3/10), and my ad never shows.

Any ideas?

Looks like your bids may be far too low.

Keywords like "bored" most probably cost a lot more then 14c.

Try increasing your CPC. ( Or let google choose )

Ah. Dang. My ad is for a $0.55 wallpaper pack, so my CPC can't go higher than X, or I won't make anything.

Is this a dead end?

You may try some more specific keyword. The keywords with only one word are usually expensive and cost you much.

Originally Posted by charlestaylor98

You may try some more specific keyword. The keywords with only one word are usually expensive and cost you much.

Keywords are only EVER one word, more than one word and it becomes a phrase.

Originally Posted by Phantasmic

I have an ad for a desktop wallpaper pack, and my keywords are: "bored", "things to do", and I finally tried "wallpaper" (which I don't want to use), but ALL of them are marked as poor (score: 3/10), and my ad never shows.

Any ideas?

With a QS of 3/10 your landing page does NOT match the campaign key words

read the stickied thread.

Yes, I have meet this problem before, sometimes it is the problem of your brower, sometimes it is the problem of your network function.


I just meet this problem because of the problem of my brower, I hope you will use it.


Good luck!