Why Adwords QS is BS

[shithappens]

hahahaHAHAHAHA, you seo guys thought QUALITY SCORE meant it had to do w/ the quality of the sites. I have quality score great minimum bid of .01 on a few pages(yes, MAY 2008) they don't even got the keyword on the page

 

[Kyle]

Yeah, I second the adding the contact page, privacy page, t&c page and maybe even an about page theory. If you find your QS shoots up then I guess we'll have pretty good evidence of how much importance Google places on these crappy generic filler pages.

 

[trigatch4]

I'm curious as to how old your AdWords account is, if you'd had QS issues on other campaigns, or if you have an AdWords account with good history, high CTR, and high relevancy?

Its about 2 years old and I've done very, very well with most of my other campaigns as far as keeping CPC fairly low.

The only things I can suggest are adding a contact page and a privacy page and see what happens then.

TBH, I think this is more for people who have thin landing pages on sites with no substance. This site has substance. I might try it anyways just to prove it won't help.

hahahaHAHAHAHA, you seo guys thought QUALITY SCORE meant it had to do w/ the quality of the sites. I have quality score great minimum bid of .01 on a few pages(yes, MAY 2008) they don't even got the keyword on the page

No... I thought it had to do with the quality of the page. But google ranks that PAGE organically. We understand the difference between QS and Organic Algos... but regardless, their results are extremely conflicting.

 

[Enigmabomb]

OT, but, do lists still exist of shitty low paying advertisers I can ban from my adsense site? I don't want ShitHappens getting his cheap clicks on my shit.

 

[Niwrad]

I've seen the same problem. I have a site that ranks #1 for a keyword, is the absolute authority on the subject, yet my QS has me at $10. It's amazing actually, 4 of the top 10 sites in organic link to me. I've been #1 forever, my domain is an exact match for the keyword (and a .com). The site is large, isn't an affiliate site, and has been around for years. It's also in an account of mine that spends a lot.