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Pete - 27 Oct 2004 01:15 GMT

Anyone know if there's an easy way to check keyword bid amounts for Google
Adwords without logging into adwords and going thru all the rigmarole?

Something similar to
http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/index.jhtml would be
perfect.

Pete

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Kimberly Lauren - 27 Oct 2004 22:14 GMT

I don't think so. They are trying to keep it secure for competitive reasons.

Kim Lauren
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> Anyone know if there's an easy way to check keyword bid amounts for Google
> Adwords without logging into adwords and going thru all the rigmarole?
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>
> Pete

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Dmitri$Cabling-Design.com$ - 29 Oct 2004 00:29 GMT

> Anyone know if there's an easy way to check keyword bid amounts for Google
> Adwords without logging into adwords and going thru all the rigmarole?
>
> Something similar to
> http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/index.jhtml would be
> perfect.

Actually you cannot do anything similar to Overture's even after you log in
to your AdWords account. You could do something remotely similar, but 100
times more cumbersome by trying to add keywords to your campaign and
estimate the traffic by gradually raising your bids to ridiculously high
amounts, like $25 per click and watch your position to become #1 at some
point, which would be the top guy's highest bid.
I don't know about your market, but I routinely see the same competitors on
both Overture and AdWords, and I think you can safely assume that they are
willing to pay the same price for the same keyword. So, why not just to use
Overture highest bit in your AdWord bid wars if you are going against the
same competitors?
BTW, by using Overture's results, I estimated Google's secret AdSense
commissions at whopping 20%! It is pretty consistent within top ten
advertisers, and then it becomes too random. Keep up good work, Google!

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Pete - 01 Nov 2004 00:19 GMT

"Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com)" <info@REMOVE_NO_SPAM_cabling-design.com> wrote

> Actually you cannot do anything similar to Overture's even after you log in
> to your AdWords account. You could do something remotely similar, but 100
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> commissions at whopping 20%! It is pretty consistent within top ten
> advertisers, and then it becomes too random. Keep up good work, Google!

you mean google pay you 20% of their bid/click on your adsense campaigns?
i was under the impression it was closer to 50% looking at my adsense stats
and (limited) adwords experience.
tho if you are right and bid amounts are very similar between adwords and
overture, then it would be closer to 2% based on some of my research? (think
mesothelemia). so who knows?

Pete

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