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		tiziano88 on Sept 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Search is only 18% Search By definition if no one has bid on the keyword, you can easily win the auction by bidding the minimum amount. It is likely that the terms you were searching for are not ideal targets for effective ads. Can you give an example of such query?

jiggy2011 on Sept 4, 2012 [–]

I can't remember which terms I searched when I discovered this, but I tried it just now.

"computer networking" yields 1 ad. "networking" yields no ads.

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