Top 12 Reasons Why Your Google Ads Aren't Showing Up
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 5:23 am
You just created a new PPC campaign in an account. Every time you log into AdWords, you see that it hasn’t started generating any impressions yet, or you don’t see your ad anywhere. It could be a minute after you set it up, a day after, a week… and nothing.
There are many possible reasons why your ads haven't started running.
The best thing to do if you're concerned about how your ad is showing or where it's showing is to head to the AdWords interface . So, if you want to see what your ad looks like, head to the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool. This will allow you to do a search in a fake browser and you can see your ads for relevant keywords without affecting your real account statistics.
The second thing is, if you want to see if a specific ad is showing, it's best to rcs data usa that ad in your AdWords account and actually check whether or not it's accruing data. It may not show up when you actually do that search in the tool, but that could be because you're in a different targeted location.
So think about it:
Where your ad is targeted
The location
The time of day and making sure you are actually in that area, otherwise you won't see your ad, but chances are people are definitely looking.
The SEOMAX team often receives questions from readers about issues with Google ad serving . To help with these issues, here is a handy top 10 list of reasons why your ads may not be showing on Google. Start at the top and work your way down, and you should see activity in your AdWords account.
1. Campaign / Ad Group is paused.
A key element for any campaign or ad group is the status of “Active” versus “Paused.” It may seem counterintuitive, but make sure your campaign and ad group are enabled.
There are many possible reasons why your ads haven't started running.
The best thing to do if you're concerned about how your ad is showing or where it's showing is to head to the AdWords interface . So, if you want to see what your ad looks like, head to the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool. This will allow you to do a search in a fake browser and you can see your ads for relevant keywords without affecting your real account statistics.
The second thing is, if you want to see if a specific ad is showing, it's best to rcs data usa that ad in your AdWords account and actually check whether or not it's accruing data. It may not show up when you actually do that search in the tool, but that could be because you're in a different targeted location.
So think about it:
Where your ad is targeted
The location
The time of day and making sure you are actually in that area, otherwise you won't see your ad, but chances are people are definitely looking.
The SEOMAX team often receives questions from readers about issues with Google ad serving . To help with these issues, here is a handy top 10 list of reasons why your ads may not be showing on Google. Start at the top and work your way down, and you should see activity in your AdWords account.
1. Campaign / Ad Group is paused.
A key element for any campaign or ad group is the status of “Active” versus “Paused.” It may seem counterintuitive, but make sure your campaign and ad group are enabled.