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[Dr Brain]

Why do the three approved ones have improper grammar (first missing a period, second has an ellipsis before the question mark, third has the ellipsis and no question mark)? Also why do you say Play SubSpace and link to getcontinuum? Why not say Play Continuum?

 

Call me OCD, but advertising should be held to a higher than average standard.

[L.C.]

Why do the three approved ones have improper grammar (first missing a period, second has an ellipsis before the question mark, third has the ellipsis and no question mark)? Also why do you say Play SubSpace and link to getcontinuum? Why not say Play Continuum?

 

Call me OCD, but advertising should be held to a higher than average standard.

The more advertisements we can come up with, the better because they will cover a broad range and variety of searches and improve page content targeting. Don't be afraid to suggest duplicates with minor variations (such as using one period at the end of a statement versus three periods).

 

In fact, this is even encouraged by Google and those links to advertising tips I provided. There is nothing wrong with making a duplicate of the ones I just created and using "Continuum" instead of "SubSpace." I plan on making a batch of variations of all the current advertising groups later today.

 

By the way, there is nothing wrong with being OCD. Having community input with ANY kind of suggestion and contribution automatically qualifies as a working idea for advertisements.

 

EDIT: Figured out how to quickly create a gigantic batch of duplicates with minor changes.

 

Cloned and made variations such as "SubSpace" "Subspace" "Continuum" "Get SubSpace!" "Get Subspace!" "Get Continuum!" "Play Subspace!" "Play SubSpace!" "Play Continuum!" "Subspace/Continuum" "SubSpace/Continuum" "Continuum/Subspace" "Continuum/SubSpace" ... I think it would be better if you saw the whole list yourself.

Edited January 6, 2010 by L.C.

[»Xog]

Sorry but I'm going to have to go back a couple posts. I've got some important questions/suggestions.

 

I'm afraid that bots are accessing the download links...

 

Would it be possible for you to add a captcha image verification to download the installer? This would do three beneficial things:

 

1) Lowers bandwidth usage

2) Help us get a more accurate reading on REAL downloads

3) Display a more professional approach to the game to new players.

 

Also, if what you say is true, then L.C. did indeed set up the "Goals" incorrectly (THIS IS A GOOD THING). Google was displaying that the client was never reached/downloaded but your information contradicts that information. *whipes brow*

 

Thanks

[L.C.]

recaptcha

Hmm, well, think about it: if a reCaptcha was added to download the client -- this would only be for marketing purposes by the way -- how many potential players would this fend off? (Simply because they had to try and pass a verification they are human.)

 

I mean, sure, it is rather easy to pass a reCaptcha, but still? :? By the way, spiders and bots generally do not download whole clients (but I might be wrong).

[»Xog]

I've never been bothered by them. I don't know anyone else's experience, but I think they're rather easy to see. It's just a few letters to type then bam.

[Dr Brain]

I'm always annoyed by them, and more often than not I just leave the page. Statistics aren't important enough to drive players away over.

[»Xog]

Ok, was just a suggestion

[»Xog]

Question; does the adwords also apply to android phones as well? I've seen ad supported apps that use google so I was wondering if it applies.

 

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2623/43904851.jpg

[rootbear75]

No I meant does the ads go into adsupported application. That just says someone was browsing the web using their phone and came across the ad.

[»Xog]

No I meant does the ads go into adsupported application. That just says someone was browsing the web using their phone and came across the ad.

 

 

That's what I thought you meant

[L.C.]

Bleh, it did a daily budget of $17.50 for an extra day. Apparently changes occur 24 hours after making them.

[L.C.]

lol.

 

Setting the Max Search CPC might have been a bad idea. Google screwed this one up. It used $34.17 on 1/7/2010, even though the daily budget was set to $3.50/day. On the other hand, these clicks might be more meaningful, and average position went up I think.

[»Xog]

lol.

 

Setting the Max Search CPC might have been a bad idea. Google screwed this one up. It used $34.17 on 1/7/2010, even though the daily budget was set to $3.50/day. On the other hand, these clicks might be more meaningful, and average position went up I think.

 

I think there's a setting somewhere that's not set correctly, or there's something about this that we just don't understand. The daily budget has been exceeded in the past - albeit only by a few tens of cents, regardless, the limit doesn't stop the ads from going over the daily budget. I think you should contact support and tell them what happened, and hopefully get reimburst?

 

You did set the daily budget to 3.50/day but you ALSO made the CPC 3.50. (wouldn't that result in only one click?) Regardless of those two settings it shouldn't have gone over the budget.

 

*Also I'd like to note, you set daily budget to $3.50 and it stopped at $34.17 - possible that you made a typo and put 35.00?

Edited January 8, 2010 by Xog

[L.C.]

lol.

 

Setting the Max Search CPC might have been a bad idea. Google screwed this one up. It used $34.17 on 1/7/2010, even though the daily budget was set to $3.50/day. On the other hand, these clicks might be more meaningful, and average position went up I think.

 

I think there's a setting somewhere that's not set correctly, or there's something about this that we just don't understand. The daily budget has been exceeded in the past - albeit only by a few tens of cents, regardless, the limit doesn't stop the ads from going over the daily budget. I think you should contact support and tell them what happened, and hopefully get reimburst?

 

You did set the daily budget to 3.50/day but you ALSO made the CPC 3.50. (wouldn't that result in only one click?) Regardless of those two settings it shouldn't have gone over the budget.

 

*Also I'd like to note, you set daily budget to $3.50 and it stopped at $34.17 - possible that you made a typo and put 35.00?

Impossible, because I haven't touched the daily budget since I reverted it back to $3.50 from $17.50, and I am the only one with the ability to change those things. My dashboard shows that it is $3.50, not $35.00 (I thought about this possibility too and checked on this earlier).

 

EDIT: Contacted AdWords Support. Awaiting a reply.

Edited January 8, 2010 by L.C.

[L.C.]

AdWords Support is the sucks. This is what I get:

Hello,

 

Thank you for contacting Google AdWords. I see that you're concerned about

charges accrued in your AdWords account. You can always view any charges

on the 'Billing Summary' page of your account. Learn how to navigate this

page at

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77590&topic=12981&?utm_id=bil.

 

Please bear in mind that the amount invoiced or billed may be slightly in

excess of the billing threshold if an account accrues clicks and

impressions very quickly. However, you'll never be charged for more than

the clicks and impressions you accrue. You can find detailed information

on how we bill at

http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6393&topic=10632&?utm_id=bil

 

If you'd like to verify that your account had unpaid advertising costs at

the time of a charge, follow these steps:

 

1. Sign in to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com.

2. Click the 'My Account' tab to load the 'Billing Summary' page.

3. Set the date range so that you're looking at recent activity.

4. Locate your last payment in the 'Description' column.

5. In the preceding line item, note that the 'Balance' column shows an

outstanding balance. This last payment has cleared your outstanding

balance. You will not be charged again.

 

You can also use the 'My Change History' tool within your 'Campaign

Management' tab to check the dates of any changes you made to your account

- such as pausing or deleting campaigns. Step-by-step instructions for

using this tool can be found at

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=64867&topic=7106?utm_id=bil.

 

For other billing-related questions, please visit our Help Center at

https://adwords.google.com/support?utm_id=bil.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

The Google AdWords Team

Almost entirely irrelevant to my specific case and situation. I have no doubt that this was automated or copy-and-paste from a standard and basic reply list.

 

In the mean time, Facebook advertisements will run for 48 hours with a daily budget of $50 and a CPM bid of $0.12. Expect something to show up in the Google Analytics radar for getcontinuum.com.

[»Xog]

AdWords Support is the sucks. This is what I get:

Hello,

 

Thank you for contacting Google AdWords. I see that you're concerned about

charges accrued in your AdWords account. You can always view any charges

on the 'Billing Summary' page of your account. Learn how to navigate this

page at

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77590&topic=12981&?utm_id=bil.

 

Please bear in mind that the amount invoiced or billed may be slightly in

excess of the billing threshold if an account accrues clicks and

impressions very quickly. However, you'll never be charged for more than

the clicks and impressions you accrue. You can find detailed information

on how we bill at

http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6393&topic=10632&?utm_id=bil

 

If you'd like to verify that your account had unpaid advertising costs at

the time of a charge, follow these steps:

 

1. Sign in to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com.

2. Click the 'My Account' tab to load the 'Billing Summary' page.

3. Set the date range so that you're looking at recent activity.

4. Locate your last payment in the 'Description' column.

5. In the preceding line item, note that the 'Balance' column shows an

outstanding balance. This last payment has cleared your outstanding

balance. You will not be charged again.

 

You can also use the 'My Change History' tool within your 'Campaign

Management' tab to check the dates of any changes you made to your account

- such as pausing or deleting campaigns. Step-by-step instructions for

using this tool can be found at

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=64867&topic=7106?utm_id=bil.

 

For other billing-related questions, please visit our Help Center at

https://adwords.google.com/support?utm_id=bil.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

The Google AdWords Team

Almost entirely irrelevant to my specific case and situation. I have no doubt that this was automated or copy-and-paste from a standard and basic reply list.

 

In the mean time, Facebook advertisements will run for 48 hours with a daily budget of $50 and a CPM bid of $0.12. Expect something to show up in the Google Analytics radar for getcontinuum.com.

 

Ask to speak directly with a manager, tell them you got charged for more than 10 times of your daily budget. I'm sure you'll get a fast reply.

 

As a side note, tequila fucking rocks with Miracle Berry tablets.

 

http://www.miracleberrypill.org/

[»jabjabjab]

50 dollars a day~!>!??!?!

[L.C.]

babble dooble

 

Ask to speak directly with a manager, tell them you got charged for more than 10 times of your daily budget. I'm sure you'll get a fast reply.

 

As a side note, tequila fucking rocks with Miracle Berry tablets.

 

http://www.miracleberrypill.org/

Done

 

50 dollars a day~!>!??!?!

Part of the conditions set by Evasive.

[rootbear75]

As a side note, tequila fucking rocks with Miracle Berry tablets.

 

http://www.miracleberrypill.org/

ive always wanted to try those.... are they good?

[Samapico]

...

...

Impossible, because I haven't touched the daily budget since I reverted it back to $3.50 from $17.50, and I am the only one with the ability to change those things. My dashboard shows that it is $3.50, not $35.00 (I thought about this possibility too and checked on this earlier).

 

EDIT: Contacted AdWords Support. Awaiting a reply.

Ask for refund

[L.C.]

k I think I made a mistake in calculations and understanding. If I go to the Billing Summary page, it is split into two sections: one that totals to $50.19 and the other that totals to $36.76.

Hello Joshua,

 

Thank you for your email. I hope you're doing good. I understand you're

concern about being charged more than your daily budget on certain days.

Please be assured that you have reached the correct team that deals with

such issues. I reviewed your account and found that on January 6th your

campaign received clicks worth $18.75, however, you were charged $4.20. On

January 7th you received clicks worth $34.17, however, you charged $2.80.

 

 

Please know that this can sometime occur when your account accrues clicks

very quickly due to fluctuations in user traffic. As you know, Google may

allow up to 20% more clicks in a day than your daily budget specifies.

Over a given billing period, however, you'll never be charged more than

your daily budget allows. Our system makes sure that in a given billing

period, you're never charged more than the number of days in that billing

period times your daily budget. For example, if you budget US$ 10 per day,

and you're charged for a 30-day billing period, the maximum you would pay

is US $300.

 

However, like in this case, as Google overdelivered your ads too much, you

were not charged for the clicks that were in excess of your 30 days

budget. A credit was automatically applied to your account.

 

To you're overdelivery credits on the 6th and 7th:

 

1. Sign in to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com .

2. Select the Billing tab.

3. Click Campaign Activity link for the days in question. Any credit for

excess activity will be labeled Overdelivery credit.

 

I hope this information was helpful to you. Please feel free to write me

if you have any additional questions or concerns.

 

If you have additional questions, please visit our Help Center at

http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/, where you'll find answers to many

frequently asked questions. We look forward to providing you with the most

effective advertising available.

 

Sincerely,

 

Wendy

The Google AdWords Team

Redid calculations based on information via Billing Summary (only a few entries were incorrect)..

 

*crunch*

 

Balance of $38.21 available for Google AdWords!

Edited January 11, 2010 by L.C.

[L.C.]

First 24 hours of Facebook advertising with a $50 daily budget and $100 total budget:

http://www.hlrse.net/Qwerty/ssf_ssad_Evasion100-50db.png

[Dav]

I think it may be a good idea to use these stats to refine the ads. It is clear that some are more effective then others.

[Samapico]

Some could put emphasis on the 'completely free' aspect

Most games advertised say they are free, but then you have to pay if you want to have a chance of being good (thinking about these crappy browser games, mostly)

[Dav]

We could also boast the fact that we are 100% player run as well. I think a lot of the "player run" games just have mods that get a free account or something.