my url is too long for ppc :(

[hairycornflakes]

im trying to start a ppc campaign, but it keeps getting stopped cause of an innacurate display url!

but i cannot fit my url into the 35characters maximum

any ideas ?

[bazza99]

Depending how much you're over the 35 character limit, you could save yourself 4 characters by dropping off the 'www.' at the beginning, which is allowed in Adwords at least.

Other than that, I'm not sure what you can do beyond buying a new domain.

[tomj]

whats the URL?

[hairycornflakes]

iv pm'd u tomj!

iv taken off the www. and its still too long lol!

im tempte dto buy a shorter domain and copy teh content over, woudl this harm my seo for the original domain tho?

hc

[fizzbird]

Originally Posted by hairycornflakes iv pm'd u tomj! iv taken off the www. and its still too long lol! im tempte dto buy a shorter domain and copy teh content over, woudl this harm my seo for the original domain tho? hc

You don't have to use the full url - just an accurate representation of it.

w-w-w.blue-widgets.co.uk/pink-green-blue-orange-purple-green.3333333333.html

can be displayed as:

Blue-Widgets.co.uk/PINK

[hairycornflakes]

where you have bluewidgets

i have over 35 characters lol

its basically a site based around a longtailed keyword!

[MortimerJazz]

Could you not set up a 301 Redirect in your .htaccess file with a shorter domain?

[fizzbird]

Originally Posted by hairycornflakes where you have bluewidgets i have over 35 characters lol its basically a site based around a longtailed keyword!

I think you are stumped then? Maybe a new URL is the only answer?

[bazza99]

Originally Posted by hairycornflakes iv pm'd u tomj! iv taken off the www. and its still too long lol! im tempte dto buy a shorter domain and copy teh content over, woudl this harm my seo for the original domain tho? hc

I would definitely not recommend simply copying the content wholesale on to a new domain - you may well find one (or both) sites being penalised for having duplicate content.

A better approach would be to set up a new domain specifically for your PPC campaign I would guess, although you could be looking at a lot of work (depending on how much content you'll be wanting to add)

[hairycornflakes]

would having the same layout etc, but completed rewritten content work?

[bazza99]

I wouldn't see a problem with sticking to the same layout - I often use a standard template across a number of sites and have never seen any evidence of being penalised.

So yes, I would think that the same layout with original content should work fine