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dan says:
9 months ago
Google recently changed it's Quality Score calculation. The most troublesome change for the Quality Score calculated per search is geo-targeting. Adwords will boost Quality Scores for ads in the same geographic region as the consumer. Better Quality Scores mean higher ad positions.
As a consumer, I would imagine the appeal of the internet is being able to view products and services from outside your local area. Now Google is going to shut that down, and show ads only from your local area.