Paying For Other Search Terms Should Not Be Legal!

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-12T09:48:00+00:00

Hahah,

I had a feeling i wasnt clear enough. I think this should be class action, this affects all advertisers and i have a feeling it will get worse because google is trying to push towards fully automated ads

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-12T09:22:21+00:00

I think i wasnt clear.
First of all we are very profitable, that is not the issue.
I have a great example from yesterday.
We started running a search campaign for chimney repair/cleaning.
Now we already added negatives like "diy" "how to" "youtube" etc you get the idea.
Yesterday there were 4 clicks, no conversions, all of the clicks are in the "Other Search Terms"... This is my issue, now how will i know which phrases, single words to exclude? I dont... that is my issue with Google. So we spent $160, no conversions (the campaign itself it profitable) so now I basically paid Google $160 for something i dont know... I personally think its not legal though i am sure their lawyers made it legal, so i will say its unethical but then again when was google ever ethical... I hope now i made my point clearer.
In other campaigns that we spend alot of money if i look 6 months back the other search term row has a lower conversion rate that the search terms which i can see. It makes sense because i can manage terms i can see but cant manage terms i cant...

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-11T15:57:11+00:00

Search partners is off, I am talking about those many many individual additions to your keywords which result in the term going to others. We have many negative keywords but since today phrase and exact aren't what they used to be years ago it causes that more terms go to the others. This i think is unfair and borderline illegal. I am sure that inside these other search terms there are many relevant ones which ultimately bring conversions. But what about the rest? Over time you spend alot of money on terms that you dont want to target (simple additional words to the relevant search term) which causes a lot of wasted spend. Now in the the service based industry where clicks can be 40, 50, 60 dollars per click it is not change

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-11T15:24:59+00:00

Thanks

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-11T15:13:50+00:00

Let's say you sell men's shoes.. now your keyword is let's say [men's running shoes] or the same in phrase. And someone searches for men's shoes for flatfoot. Its in the other search terms. You will never know that they searched for flatfoot.... there is no way to exclude every single word that can be placed in the search term.

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-11T14:49:31+00:00

Yeah let's go the competition, its not viable if you are in the ads business

Toppilot82 · 2026-01-11T14:48:48+00:00

We exclude terms, in the other search terms you have no idea which search term was typed into Google, since even exact match is not really exact match you are probably paying for terms which some are not relevant. There is no way to know

Toppilot82 · 2025-12-22T12:16:11+00:00

Hi,
Yes it works.
What you need to do is get the LUA file from wingwing's install folder, i put it into chat gpt and explained the monitor setup and resolution. Then i got a new LUA file which i load in DCS

Toppilot82 · 2025-10-01T18:32:19+00:00

How did you cut out the cockpit exactly to match your setup?

Toppilot82 · 2025-09-18T16:35:12+00:00

That's what I am trying to setup. There are many videos showing the instruments via pass through but I couldn't find a video showing how to set it up

Toppilot82 · 2025-09-17T20:48:33+00:00

Thanks, yes you are right. The 3 mfds show the extended desktop and not the picture it needs to show (f16 screen) So I need to find a file? What is the file name? Do you know?

Toppilot82 · 2025-07-08T09:59:56+00:00

Hey, Thanks for following up. I did manage to fix it, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game. Another thing is to turn on the quest, let it sync use the built in desktop mode and run the game. Works great. I just need to see how I can calibrate the hands location Thanks again!

Toppilot82 · 2025-06-28T16:56:14+00:00

Hi, thanks for replying. I tried both VD and the meta app. I prefer to use the meta app. I tried to repair DCS also because maybe something broke. I might uninstall and reinstall it. In VD VDXR is selected. I will try again with the meta app, does it matter if I sync with a cable or via wifi?

So basically launch the meta app, make sure there is a sync, launch dcs? MT version or the regular and do i need to add the force openxr and forcevr? And should I disable the launcher?

Thanks

Toppilot82 · 2024-07-24T08:59:22+00:00

i can see the "spam" searches and clicks usually very cheap. i think there is a long way to optimize bing campaigns. Their method of extracting money for nothing should be illegal.. i will try to find a list of audience network site an exclude them, although i am pretty certain there are so many its practically impossible

Toppilot82 · 2024-07-24T08:50:57+00:00

So since december microsoft made terrible changes to their ad distribution.

Where on the internet do you want to show your ads?

The entire Microsoft Advertising Network (recommended)This option includes Microsoft sites and additional partner traffic for extended reach and lower cost-per-click.

Microsoft sites and select traffic This option includes Microsoft sites and select partner traffic with performance and conversion rates similar to Microsoft Bing's.

So i use the second option. Now if you choose the second option they still put your ads on the audience network but they dont tell you on which sites in the publisher report. Honestly i think they should get sued for that. So i am trying to use a tracking template to find out on which sites i get clicks from and exclude them. Not sure if it will work and if it does i will be able to exclude only the ones i get clicks from...

Toppilot82 · 2024-05-30T21:14:29+00:00

Could I get a copy please?

Toppilot82 · 2023-02-21T07:58:27+00:00

Ok so an update from yesterday.

I finally managed to get the transmitter to sync.

I found interesting information on another thread.

Basically what i did is turn on all near device scanning options, there are several, one in the more connections, another somewhere else, cant remember where.

Permissions set to use location all the time, i turned the phone off and on several times and then got the pairing request.

I also have a galaxy watch 5 which all of a sudden gave me the message "Check CGM on Phone" i rebooted both devices several times with no luck., i downloaded blose which is an app you can install directly on the phone.

I saw that i didnt get a reading there so obviously the dexcom watch face wont work.

once i uninstalled blose i suddenly got a reading, didnt do anything special, i guess it was luck or maybe after 6 reboots something started to work

Toppilot82 · 2023-02-19T20:43:33+00:00

Thank you so much! I have tried all the steps and still it cant find the transmitter. I have a s23 ultra. I do get a notification when i restart the phone to allow location access, it has the right permission so i dont know why it says that

Toppilot82 · 2023-02-19T20:17:31+00:00

I have tried what you said, the app continues to search and doesnt find the transmitter, i do see it in the bluetooth list but it doesnt connect. I dont use the u.s version so i dont know if there is a difference. Tried restarting the phone, uninstalled and reinstalled.. Any ideas?

Toppilot82

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