looking for tips or tools

[Ryan L]

So we are running seperate search campaigns utilizing seperate locations sort of concentrically?
campaigns:
instate
surrounding 5 state area
national

my question is: How do I check the "actual" serps to determine placement for the outstate and national campaigns?

As of now when I head over to the big G to check actual placement I am only served the instate campaign ads.

Are their proxies that are location specific or do you use any particular tools to trick google into thinking your elsewhere when searching?

[AussieWebmaster]

I know there is a country work around.... can ask about one for others... what were you criteria in creating the groups

[Ryan L]

we have diff amounts that we bid, basically we are willing to pay a little more for local more qualified traffic with the exception of a few high converting national and regional keywords.

I would like to look at results and placements as if I were surfing from say Chicago or Kansas or NYC etc

[beu]

Originally Posted by Ryan L

I would like to look at results and placements as if I were surfing from say Chicago or Kansas or NYC etc

Not sure but is this what you want?


Chicago:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ivf&gr=US-IL&gcs=Chicago

[Ryan L]

That works.

wanna build me a map of the entire US with a search box in each state linked to the appropriate query strings...lol


Thanks beu

[AdWordsRep]

Hi Ryan L,

I haven't been around this forum much since before Thanksgiving - and am reading rather quickly to catch up.

That said, I think you'd find the Ad Preview Tool be be of use, assuming that some of the region settings were a close match for what you were looking for.

Worth a look at any rate:

http://www.google.com/adpreview

AWR

[beu]

Yeah, sorry but yet again AWR comes to the rescue!

Thanks AWR!

[Ryan L]

thanks that is nearly exactly what I am looking for

[chris1]

Thanks for the link AWR.

Is there an ad preview tool for the Google network?