Where’s My Ad? I Searched Google and I Can’t Find It!

Depending on your budget, your ad may not appear all the time. For example, if you’re advertising in a competitive market like mortgage refinancing but are only willing to spend $20/day, there is no way for your ad to appear consistently (A) at the top of search results and (B) 24 hours a day. Different industries require different daily budgets in order for their ads to appear high in search results all the time. Ask me for an estimate and I’ll be happy to give you one. And remember, just because you’re not appearing all the time doesn’t mean you’re not receiving clicks from potential customers – in fact, for many small businesses it may not be cost-effective to run ads all the time.

Which leads us to…

Can You Run My Ads Only At Certain Times of Day, or Days of the Week?

Yes! Depending on the nature of your business, it may make the most sense to focus your ads only on certain times of day, such as your business hours, or on those days of the week that you’re open for business. I can schedule ads for any days and times that make sense for your business…so just ask!

Why Won’t You Advertise My Website?

While I’d like to help every site get the search engine exposure it needs, in practical terms this can be difficult or impossible for certain types of sites. These are the kinds of websites that can pose a problem with one or more of the search engines, and which I am therefore either unable to work with, or which I can only work with in a limited capacity:

• Affiliate websites: if your site features lots of links to affiliate offers on other websites, it won’t be possible to advertise it on Google because of their stringent policies about bridge pages. In addition, if you are linking directly to an affiliated website with a tracking link, it will often be difficult to advertise using your link since your affiliate partner may already be advertising on search engines, and Google will only allow one ad to run from a given domain for a particular keyword search.
• Online businesses selling prescription pharmaceuticals, firearms, fireworks or other restricted or illegal materials.
• Pornography: for various reasons I am not advertising websites featuring pornographic or other adult content at this time.
• Websites in languages other than English. While in the long term I plan to expand my services to non-English markets, for the time being I have to confine myself to websites I can understand, which means websites in English.

If you place an order for advertising services for one of these types of sites, I will immediately and apologetically refund your money. If you have any questions about these policies and the reasons for them, please feel free to email me at info@adguy.us.