Finding your Adwords Ad – Tips from Google

Not seeing your ad on Google.com?

can’t  see your adwords ad on Google?  Searching for it may not be the best method of actually finding it explains Google.

Before you start searching for your ad, make sure you check the following:

• Your ad has been disapproved.

• The keyword you used to search for your ad is not performing well and has become inactive for search.

• Your ad rank is not high enough to allow your ad to show on the first page of search results.

• Your ad is showing, but in a lower position possibly due to a shift in the competitive landscape.

• Your regionally targeted ad doesn’t include the region (e.g. city, state, or country) associated with your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

• Your ad is targeting a language that’s different from the language you’ve selected for your Google.com preferences.

• Your daily budget has been exhausted and your ads are no longer showing for the day.

• Your daily budget is lower than the recommended amount and Google is spacing the delivery of your ads to ensure you receive traffic throughout the day.

• You’re using ad scheduling and your ads are currently not scheduled to run.

• Your account hasn’t been activated.

If you’ve confirmed all the above points and you feel that your ad is showing then here are a few tools that will help you find your ad: 

1. “Search” using the Ad Preview page rather than Google.com

2. Use the Ads Diagnostic Tool.

3. Check using your Account statistics and reporting.