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Google Ads Not Showing? 4 Reasons Why Your Google Ads Aren’t Displaying

Google Ads Not Showing? 4 Reasons Why Your Google Ads Aren’t Displaying
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Why is my Google Ads not displaying? Okay. So, what do you mean by that is that they are not getting any impressions or they are not showing up? So, they could be an of reasons for this and without looking at your campaign I can't give you a definite answer but my guess would be one of these there is a problem with the billing so check please check your billing the credit card or the billing or the payment hasn't gone through and as having stopped so that's what of the first place is I will see and if there is an issue with the payment or the billing you will get a little red warning along the top of your account that please fix your billing because sometimes the credit card may have expired and the payment may not have gone through.

So, the first thing is the billing. The second thing, look at your ads. You might find that for some reason the ads may have been disapproved. Now, there may be a number of reasons why they disapprove that they're running fine. They have been approved and all of a sudden they get disapproved. Let's say your website had a problem, your servers had some problems or issues, and your website was downed.

Google Ads keep looking at the URL because they want to make sure that when somebody clicks on the ad, they go to a live page and not to a page that does not exist because that does not give a great user experience and Google think that oh whenever I click on an ad, Google is sending me to all sorts of places where there's nothing.

So, they make sure that that doesn't happen and if your website is down, Google Ads are going to see that and your ads will get disapproved and your ads will stop running. You're not bidding it high enough. That means your bids are not competitive enough. And if that is the case, what you need to do is to keep bidding high.

How high? I don't know. Again, it depends on the level of competition in your niche. If you're at if your competitors are bidding very aggressively then you will need to be very aggressive and you know give as good as you get. So you need to start increasing your bid. And I would increase it by 25% at a time and see what happens.

And if it doesn't run, increase it again and again until they start to run. Quite often the targeting or the audiences are too narrow especially on Google, display network and YouTube. So, if that is the case, then you need to broaden your targeting and the audiences to make sure that you have got enough leeway to run these ads.

On the search network, it may well be that there is hardly anyone searching for that keyword which you are targeting and it has got a very low keyword search volume.

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Billing

Google Ads Billing

There could be a problem with the billing so check your payment method to ensure any payments have gone through. If there are any issues with your Google account, you’ll get a little red warning along the top of your account that will explain how to fix the problem. Sometimes it could be something as simple as an expired credit card that’s stopped a payment from being made. So, the first thing to check before anything else is the billing.

Ads disapproved

Google Ads Disapproved

If there’s still a problem, you next need to look at your ads. You might find that for some reason they have been disapproved. Now, there may be several reasons why they disapprove, even if they have been running successfully before. Let’s say your website had a problem, your servers had some problems or issues, or your website was down for some time. Google ads keep looking at the URL because they want to make sure that when somebody clicks on the ad, they go to a live page and not to a page that doesn’t exist. After all, that doesn’t give a great user experience and Google then assumes the ad will continue to send users to places where there’s nothing. So, they make sure that that doesn’t happen by monitoring any problems so your ads will stop running when necessary.

Bids not high enough

Bids not high enough

Now you need to move on to look at your bidding to make sure bids are high enough. If the bid isn’t high enough, it means you’re not competitive enough. If that’s the case, you’ll need to keep bidding high. How high will depend on the ads you’re running. Look at the level of competition in your niche and your competitors are bidding very aggressively, then you’ll need to be very aggressive too to get results. I would try increasing by 25% at a time to see what happens. And if it still doesn’t run, increase it in increments until they do.

Targeting/audiences to narrow

Targeting/audiences to narrow

Quite often the targeting or the audiences chosen are too narrow especially on Google, display network and YouTube. So, if that is the case, then you need to broaden your targeting and the audiences to make sure that you have got enough leeway to run these ads. On the search network, it may well be that there is hardly anyone searching for the keyword you are targeting and it’s got a very low keyword search volume.

Uzair Kharawala

Written by Uzair Kharawala

Partner at SF Digital Studios, a Google Premier Partner agency. Uzair has been helping businesses grow with Google Ads since 2002 and teaches it every week on YouTube.

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