Search ads and key words

[Former_Member]

I hate how the search ad keywords are the smallest keywords or keyword sets that I have. It's an unfair representation of my keywords and I hate how Etsy picks them and I can delete them, but not edit them.

People who pay for this advertising should get to pick their own keywords.

[Former_Member]

One thing about Etsy picking the most simple keywords is that my impressions are used for very general searches that may have nothing to do with my items. It's a bad match.

[Former_Member]

I also wish we could add keywords like we do tags! They really are the simplest examples of my tags.

[Former_Member]

I modified all of my tags of advertised items to make them more relevant and art-related. So Etsy's search engine didn't like selecting from longer tags and found the smallest tags that they could and wouldn't let me add more. So with my edits, I ended up with about 1/3 as many tags as I had before. It likes tags like "blue". That way people searching for blue underwear get to see images of blue paintings. Perfect!!!! This latest business model seems like a spoof to try to deflect from some major problems, and all it will end up doing is highlight the pre-existing problems and make them worse.

[BabyBunsDesigns]

I am having a similar problem. I sell party supplies, and I would like to promote items for a "milk and cookies" party theme. The keywords that come up though are "cookie." I'm not selling a "cookie" and I don't think anyone who is looking for party supplies is going to search for a "cookie." Kind of frustrating. I can't seem to think of a way around it...