Comments on: Using ASCII to Cheat Adwords – Which Of These Ads Grabs Your Attention? http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/ Search Engine Optimisation Ireland Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:03:56 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1116 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:31:54 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1116 Yep kitchens

I saw that in the last few days. Very creative, but imagine if everyone started doing it. And everyone would start doing it if Google allowed it.

It’s against TOS. Dont expect to see much more of this.

Thanks for posting.
Rgds
Richard

]]> By: Kitchens Northern Irelandhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1115 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:07:08 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1115 I think Google should allow this in some circumstances.

have a look at http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/12/sixt_ascii_text_ads.php

i think this was a very clever way to stand out from the crowd

]]> By: Dave Davishttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1114 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:20:47 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1114 I was playing around with some …. “alternative” spellings of some keywords generating a 75% CTR. It lasted 6 hours before Google reviewed the words. I still dugg it for you :)

]]> By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1113 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:39:43 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1113 And the prize goes to Mr. Dave Davis. It appears to be gone now.

]]> By: Dave Davishttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1110 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:35:01 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1110 The ad more than likely has not been reviewed yet. Lets see if this lasts more than 24 hours.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1112 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1112 They’ll stamp that out pretty quick! Very smart though, whoever thought of it.

]]> By: Thomas Holmeshttp://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1111 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:21:11 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/google/09-02-2007/using-ascii-to-cheat-adwords/#comment-1111 Great catch Richard! Opens up all sorts of possibilities…

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