Apr 11
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As of now the Google AdWords API does not support Position Preference and the option will be retired completely by early May, Inside Adwords reported. And Hal Varian, Google’s chief economist, said people are too focused on position when they should be tracking conversion. “What matters is how the keyword performs in terms of clicks and cost, not where it ends up on the page,” he noted, and that most people thought the position reported was on page position when in fact it was auction position and bid amount influenced if it was at top or to the left.
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Google Chief Economist Supports Retiring Position Preference And Most Advertisers Should Too