Pscore, mCPC, thresh: Google leaking AdWords Quality Score variables?

29Apr08

A friend of mine sent me the following screen-shot today (note the row underneath the ad in premium position):

Pscore, mCPC, thresh

I instantly ran a search for “pscore mcpc thresh” and found zero results, which made me think those must have been internal variables leaking out of AdWords in debug mode. :)

Then a colleague pointed me to WebmasterWorld, where a user had posted a similar screen-shot in the Google AdWords forum.

Now, what do those variable names (and values) mean exactly?

Here’s my guess:

Pscore
The component of Google’s Quality Score influencing ad position.
mCPC
The keyword’s minimum CPC bid.
thresh
A threshold of some kind: maybe a minimum Pscore? ;)

What do you think?

2 Responses to “Pscore, mCPC, thresh: Google leaking AdWords Quality Score variables?”


  1. 1 Stan Posted April 30th, 2008 - 1:30 am

    Do you have a full screen shot?

  2. 2 Everfluxx Posted April 30th, 2008 - 7:30 pm

    Unfortunately no, Stan.

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