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warblerwatch  
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 More options Jun 20 2008, 12:42 am
From: warblerwatch
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:42:31 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Jun 20 2008 12:42 am
Subject: My Web Site Name Is Too Long For Google Ads?
A Google Ads administrator wrote me a wrong solution yesterday.

S/he stated my web site for my Google Ad must be the SAME name as the
one my Internet Service Provider uses as the host of it.

The problem begins with the fact my ISP, Earthlink, hosts my Web site
and states it must read as:

http://home.earthlink.net/~warblerwatch.

That's impossibly long and awful because it's much better in many ways
to call my web site: www.warblerwatch.com

Tha't sort of obvious, correct?

BUT: Google Ads won't let me post my web site as www.warblerwatch.com
in my ad.

(i.e., To do this maneuver, I pay a hosting company named "XXX" a
yearly web hosting fee and it points/re-directs the long web site name
in the above paragraph to the better, more concise www.warblerwatch.com

In turn, it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to have the long web site name, above,
as my web site name at your Google Ad? One, it's too LONG a web site
name. Two, your Google Ad space won't accept the 50+ characters that
my original web site contains.

What's your solution?

Meanwhile, you should NOT be charging me the $50 per month fee because
my Google Ad is NOT showing. It's currently "inactive/paused"

PLEASE give me your phone # so I can call a tech expert.

This is VERY frustrating. The person who emailed me today told me the
wrong solution and it's hair-pulling frustrating to have someone
suggest I use my long web site name when it's obviously clear that
many characters (50+) will NOT be accepted by the Google Ad templat


 
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AdWordsPro.Sarah Google employee  
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 More options Jun 20 2008, 7:39 pm
From: AdWordsPro.Sarah
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Jun 20 2008 7:39 pm
Subject: Re: My Web Site Name Is Too Long For Google Ads?
Hi Warbler Watch,

I have a solution! The support team is right, you do have to use the
long version of your URL because the domain (earthlink) of the display
URL must match the domain of your landing page. You can’t use
warblerwatch.com, because your ad would not direct to a landing page
that had warblerwatch as the domain,

That said, I played with your URL and you should be fine if you use:
Home.earthlink.net/~warblerwatch
The character limit for the display URL is 35 characters and the above
display URL is 32 (we do not require that www. For display URL).

Phew. Sorry it took so long to come to this!

Best,
AdWordsPro Sarah

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Ekalaivan!  
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 More options Jun 22 2008, 6:25 am
From: Ekalaivan!
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:25:18 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Jun 22 2008 6:25 am
Subject: Re: My Web Site Name Is Too Long For Google Ads?
Brilliant!

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Veda  
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 More options Jul 1 2008, 6:13 pm
From: Veda
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:13:16 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Jul 1 2008 6:13 pm
Subject: Re: My Web Site Name Is Too Long For Google Ads?
Hi,
My problem is that my domain name itself is longer than 35 characters.
How do I handle it then?

Regards,
Veda

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AdWordsPro Google employee  
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 More options Jul 1 2008, 8:12 pm
From: AdWordsPro
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:12:28 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Jul 1 2008 8:12 pm
Subject: Re: My Web Site Name Is Too Long For Google Ads?
Hello Veda,

> My problem is that my domain name itself is longer than 35 characters.
> How do I handle it then?

As Sarah noted, you do not need to include the 'www'. If your domain
name is still too long without the 'www', I would suggest contacting
AdWords support directly, - using the 'Contact Us' link on each page
of your account - let them know the details and ask them to provide
you with specific guidance.

AdWordsPro


 
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