I just realized checking from here probably won't work unless you're targeting the U.S.

If you haven't upgraded I don't think it would make a difference.  If you want to PM me the search query I can check from here and see if I get the same thing. I'm not sure what else to tell you though. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

The only major change going on right now that I'm aware of is the move to enhanced campaigns. Did you upgrade your campaigns from legacy to enhanced by any chance? Are you still in position 1 and just appearing at the bottom? Another thing to consider is that it may not be appearing at the bottom for everyone.

Hi Davinia,

Maybe check the Quality Scores for your keywords and see if you can improve them. I think the quality score column is hidden by default so you might have to go to the keywords tab click on Columns->Customize Columns and it's under Attributes. That's quite a jump so I'm not sure this is the issue but quality scores do affect ad position and how much you pay per click. Better performing ads are more likely to appear at the top but there's no real way to absolutely control whether the ad appears at the top/side/bottom but generally better performing ads get better positioning.

Hope this helps!

Zach

Hi Georg,

Setting up a redirect or canonicalization for the the calendar page in the ways you describe might make it harder to build up any kind of authority for your calendar.

You could consider adding canonicalization for all the individual day pages that points to the main calendar page. ie. Each page /calendar/YYYY/MM/DD would have rel canonlical=/calendar/. Not sure this is the best idea though.

I don't know how your calendar is setup but you could also look at differentiating the pages by doing just a listing of events on the main page and including summaries or detail on the current day page. Or maybe including some additional information about your calendar on the main page like what type of events are included and how to submit events and not including that information on the individual day pages.

I've always taken the approach of minimizing duplicate content as much as possible but not getting excessive with it. I think in a case like this you could do more harm than good. The calendar page is an ever changing page, it's not like you have the exact same static content on two pages.

Hope this helps!

Zach

Hi Mango Man,

If your hosting provider is in the same country there shouldn't be any negative affects as long as you do the technical part right.

I've moved sites more times than I can remember and never seen any negative affects.

I've attached a video from Matt Cutts explaining this.

Hope this helps!

watch?v=w41dsE87CfY

Hi Mango Man,

If your hosting provider is in the same country there shouldn't be any negative affects as long as you do the technical part right.

I've moved sites more times than I can remember and never seen any negative affects.

I've attached a video from Matt Cutts explaining this.

Hope this helps!

watch?v=w41dsE87CfY

Hi Davinia,

Maybe check the Quality Scores for your keywords and see if you can improve them. I think the quality score column is hidden by default so you might have to go to the keywords tab click on Columns->Customize Columns and it's under Attributes. That's quite a jump so I'm not sure this is the issue but quality scores do affect ad position and how much you pay per click. Better performing ads are more likely to appear at the top but there's no real way to absolutely control whether the ad appears at the top/side/bottom but generally better performing ads get better positioning.

Hope this helps!

Zach