http://www.thedomains.com/2009/05/20/google-releases-bid-simulator-tool-in-beta/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thedomains.com/2009/05/20/google-releases-bid-simulator-tool-in-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-14632 JB Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:47 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=3430#comment-14632 I think this is a very small step in the right direction. I wish they were way more transparency in bid pricing like a true auction where you know exactly what the competing bids are. Also, does anyone else find the AdWords platform complex and opaque? Since going out on my own, I am relatively new to using the AdWords platform but it was describe as easy to use and manage. I think it is a pain to use but I guess so are Microsoft's Adcenter and Yahoo's Overture. I think this is a very small step in the right direction. I wish they were way more transparency in bid pricing like a true auction where you know exactly what the competing bids are. Also, does anyone else find the AdWords platform complex and opaque? Since going out on my own, I am relatively new to using the AdWords platform but it was describe as easy to use and manage. I think it is a pain to use but I guess so are Microsoft’s Adcenter and Yahoo’s Overture.

]]> http://www.thedomains.com/2009/05/20/google-releases-bid-simulator-tool-in-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-14621 NameDrive Blog » Blog Archive Fri, 22 May 2009 13:40:52 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=3430#comment-14621 [...] Google Releases “Bid Simulator” Tool In Beta Google has just introduced a new beta Bid Simulator feature on selected Adwords accounts. Using data from the past seven days, the bid simulator calculates where AdWords would have placed an ad at a different maximum CPC, how many clicks an ad would have received at those simulated positions and how much those clicks would have cost. More… [...] [...] Google Releases “Bid Simulator” Tool In Beta Google has just introduced a new beta Bid Simulator feature on selected Adwords accounts. Using data from the past seven days, the bid simulator calculates where AdWords would have placed an ad at a different maximum CPC, how many clicks an ad would have received at those simulated positions and how much those clicks would have cost. More… [...]

]]> http://www.thedomains.com/2009/05/20/google-releases-bid-simulator-tool-in-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-14598 Brian Hancock Thu, 21 May 2009 04:28:30 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=3430#comment-14598 This is the greatest feature ever! Oh, wait a second, there used to be full transparency in the bidding process before Google came along... =/ This is the greatest feature ever! Oh, wait a second, there used to be full transparency in the bidding process before Google came along… =/

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