The dreaded "Google Slap" is common fear among marketers today. If you're not familiar, the term refers to Google significantly lowering the Quality Score of AdWords advertisers, or banning them from ...

On March 5th, Google came down hard on many many advertisers serving them the March 2008 Google Slap, where AdWords advertisers saw their minimum CPC prices sky rocket overnight. Hundreds of ...

There are a few early reports that some Google AdWords advertisers received what is called a Google Slap, basically a spike in their minimum CPCs due to Google's quality score. A WebmasterWorld thread ...

If you’re an AdWords advertiser, chances are you’ve heard the expression “Google slap.” Maybe you’ve even known someone who has been Google slapped or you’ve been Google slapped yourself. A Google ...

Odds are that if you do online marketing long enough you’ve been slapped around. It reminds me of the slap fights I used to get in as a kid, or the Catholic nuns that used to carry paddles around and ...