It is not about predicting. It is more if you can check your position periodicly, you can react as fast as you can. With a good home made sofware using the API to update bid, it is not so hard !! For the average position at 0, I agree, that might be considering as predicting but it is not. More you check your position, faster you can react. However, as you said in previous message, competitors can use bid modifiers with time / day / gender / ... But, with good datas, good historics datas, good software and a way to check anytime you want, I think you can predict when some competitors starting their campaign. Anyway, it is an another subject.
In a period where markets act really fast, I don't understand why we do not have any tools (or the possibiliy to make one) who can 'analyse' and react as fast as possible ??!!! I agree with your exemple but, and it is certainly because my english is really bad, there is no targeting at all inside... Take 'property sale', in Paris on one spécific district, targeting end user inside this location and those who make interest for this location, + 10% bid on smartphone, and of course the money... Et Voila !!! You are first and it's working. Obviously, we don't have the same method to work with AdWords. I'm sure your method works but mine too. So yes, I want to be #1 the most of time (again, with a good and specific targeting) and if I can have a tool or a way to check my positions in real time, I'm pretty sure to reach my goal. However, we are moving away from the original topic : - Datas from MCM and API are wrong (delayed time and, for example, estimated cost for top positions totaly wrong) and not accurate (average) - Adpreview which is working fine but, it's humainly impossible to check all your keywords and your IP get blocked after, more or less, 60 calls more or less - No way to control where your money go Thank you, Regards -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/8b9904f5-6c89-4faf-a4c3-1cc49d7aae97%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.