Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'bugs'

Microsoft adCenter Forcing $1 Bids

It appears that if you try entering a bid for less than $1 in Microsoft adCenter, the interface pushes that up to $1.00. Reports come from WebmasterWorld stating this. Anyone seeing new keywords submitted not allowing the bid amount you...

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Posted on October 13, 2006 9:07 AM

Google Base in Web Search Results Are Broken Links

This is pretty bad, a search on jobs in norfolk or jobs in san jose and up comes a Google Base OneBox result. But now, if you click on those links, they take you to a broken URL, in the...

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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:15 AM

Yahoo! Pretends To Fix Search Marketing Bugs?

Yesterday I reported that Yahoo! Fixes Search Marketing Bugs that have been plaguing advertisers and agencies for over three days. Well, it doesn't seem to be accurate. Maybe they fixed one bug but not an other. After reviewing additional discussion...

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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:05 AM

Yahoo! Fixes Search Marketing Bugs

Yahoo! has finally confirmed that they have fixed the Search Marketing bug that left agencies & advertisers paralyzed. We initially reported it two days ago and then again today and I also posted it at SEW. Well, YahooSarah updated us...

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Posted on October 12, 2006 11:18 AM

Yahoo! Search Marketing Bug Leaves Agencies & Advertisers Paralyzed

Two days ago we reported a bug in the Yahoo! Search Marketing interface, but I didn't give it the credit that was due, this is serious. Many advertisers and agencies cannot operate for literally for now over three days! There...

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Posted on October 12, 2006 7:35 AM

Microsoft adCenter Bug Wont Allow Some Advertisers To Save Keywords

Several folks at WebmasterWorld have reported an issue when using Microsoft's adCenter product. The issue they reported was that when they change a bid and hit the save button, an error message is returned, saying; Microsoft AdCenter cannot process your...

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Posted on September 28, 2006 8:43 AM

Microsoft adCenter Security Warning Cost Sales

WebmasterWorld has a bug report that describes how since last Friday morning, September 15th, adCenter had a security issue. Basically, as I understand it, the conversion tracking script from Microsoft was using an expired secure site certificate. What happens when...

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Posted on September 19, 2006 7:49 AM

Google AdSense Ads Prompting 3rd Party Downloads

There is an exhausting long thread at WebmasterWorld that I have been tracking since it started. The thread discusses that some Google AdSense ads, specifically the new video ads, may be prompting 3rd party software, like Windows Media player or...

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Posted on August 17, 2006 8:01 AM

Google Checkout Bug: Shopping Cart Icons Shown on All Ads

It appears that the Google Checkout icon feature was flipped on for all ads earlier today. The first report of the bug was issued at WebmasterWorld at 7:55 AM (EST), and then more reports starting trickling in. Now the bug...

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Posted on August 16, 2006 11:08 AM

What Would Cause "No Such Link" to Display on adCenter Click?

BrianM at Search Engine Watch Forums posted a thread explaining that some Microsoft adCenter ads in MSN Search are landing to an MSN page that has no content, outside of this html produced: <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>No Such Link</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY><H1>No Such Link</H1></BODY>...

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Posted on August 16, 2006 8:00 AM

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