About Google Ads
Google Ads (formerly known as Google AdWords) is an online advertising solution used to manage PPC (pay per click) ad campaigns. With this solution, users can create a Google ad with your chosen company details, such as keywords, ad text, map, phone number, and company hours, or with simply some text and a link.
You can decide which keywords trigger your ad to appear, using the Google keyword bidding system to appear higher in search results for popular keywords. You then define a daily budget that will only be consumed once someone clicks on your ad or calls your phone number. You can also pay per impression (then number of time your ad shows) or per acquisition (conversions on your site).
Google Keyword Planner also has a column for forecasted CPCs and potential costings for the top and bottom ad positions. The overview also includes average monthly search queries as well as the strength of the competition. A competition index shows how heavily each keyword is advertised. Plans aim to monitor keywords, and thus, make predictions. Detailed information on countries, cities, and municipalities is available for each keyword.
This seamless integration means new ad groups can be created and new keywords saved. Users can call up Google Ads settings at any time.The tool provides a Keyword Planner API, which third parties can use to access Google Keyword Planner functions. This forms part of the Google Ads API. This API can then be used to generate and retrieve new keyword ideas.
You can run a basic ad campaign or use advanced features to set up a more extensive campaign. You can choose to show your ads on Google and the Google Network which includes Google sites like Maps and Shopping, as well as YouTube, Blogger & Gmail. You can also display your ads on websites your target audience visit, in specific locations, and to specific audiences.
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Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
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- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The Most Powerful and Precise Tool on the Internet, Whether for Small, Medium or Large Business
Reviewed on 31/07/2021
I will report my experience with Google and be as emphatic and comprehensive as I always am when...
I will report my experience with Google and be as emphatic and comprehensive as I always am when reviewing or commenting on something.
Anyway, Google ads...
I just have to thank this magnificent tool. I can strongly say that it was Google Ads that changed my life. I ventured into Digital Marketing 2 to 3 years ago and had a hard time trying to make my family better and get out of the tight spot we were in financially.
Difficult times, however...
With a lot of focus and learning the functionality of this tool, little by little and over time, I learned the usability and in which segments I should keep the ads. I didn't have any money, but Google Ads is even good at that, I could use the tool all month and pay later, so they charged cards I borrowed from real friends or my Parents. Reluctantly, of course. But I always invested the least. I even used multiple accounts to get a free coupon...
Anyway, to cut it short...
I hit an ad that generated some sales in the month. And it was with the help of Google, pointing me to places, people, genders, gender, age group, and keywords they were looking for about the product that I advertised.
This helped me a lot, because from these sales I managed to follow up on the ads and always improving.
Thank you Google Ads.
Pros
When it comes to quality as a whole. Google Ads surpasses itself, in my opinion it is a very powerful and very accurate tool. It's amazing how quickly the tool delivers a report to us. We raise some ad campaigns on a weekly basis. And every day we keep an eye on the segmentations and analyzing in real time how our campaigns are running, so we can more efficiently and accurately optimize our goals for a more specific target audience.
Super smart tool with hundreds of features to use.
The most impressive thing is that we don't need to invest a lot to get good results in our campaigns.
This is sensational.
I have to say that the support has also been fast and very helpful.
Since I ventured into working with Digital Marketing, I've been constantly receiving emails from Google Ads support even without asking.
In the beginning, I still didn't have much practice, so I received email from several experts at Google to help me. If it weren't for these people, I wouldn't have achieved my goals.
Nowadays, we only follow our older campaigns, because the tool shows in detail who accesses our pages. The GLOBAL TAG configured on our websites, this is extremely powerful and incredibly accurate.
Cons
When it comes to Google Ads, I have no complaints. However, for many inexperienced people who reach the tool, they end up with difficulties in handling it. Because there is a lot of information inside the platform. Lots of buttons and graphics. It ends up getting complicated to work alone in Google Ads. Therefore, it is viable to learn from someone who knows all the features and benefits of the platform.
I think that's it, I don't have a problem with Google Ads, but it's too complex for someone who is starting to advertise their company online.
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
A Must-Have Platform, But Pretty Complex
Reviewed on 13/02/2021
Google Ads does what I need it to do. I am also fortunate to work with a partner agency who spends...
Google Ads does what I need it to do. I am also fortunate to work with a partner agency who spends far more time in the platform than I do. If you plan to spend upwards of $5K/mo on the platform, you should really have a dedicated resource at the controls.
Pros
Google Ads is an industry-standard platform, so in many ways you really have no choice but to use it if you want to reach your audience. That said, I do appreciate that it is fairly intuitive for those who understand digital advertising.
Cons
The features and configuration options are overwhelming. I know that is very likely because Google Ads aspires to be all things to all businesses. When you try to be an essential platform for every business on the planet, it requires thousands of features and options. When you step into Google Ads, it feels like sitting in the cockpit of a commercial airliner.
Reasons for Switching to Google Ads
Google has the best reach and channel options.
- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Confusing Interface With Deep Features
Reviewed on 12/01/2023
I mostly use Google Ads to monitor monetization with YouTube, but have purchased some targeted ads...
I mostly use Google Ads to monitor monetization with YouTube, but have purchased some targeted ads on a few occasions. Like my review stated: it was very hard to understand and set up, and I often wasn't sure if I had made the right choices at all. But I am certain that I increased sales. But this can get very pricey, very quickly!
Pros
Google Ads allows you to reach large highly-targeted markets and generate new leads, with truly granular control. YouTube integration is seamless and easy to set up, once monetized.
Cons
The interface is so complex and daunting, with confounding nomenclature, that new users must be prepared to spend hours combing tutorials to try to understand what they're doing. Even worse, Google constantly changes features and rules, so by the time a user has read an article, that advice is irrelevant. It should be much easier to set up ads in the modern internet age.
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Google Ads has the broadest reach and integrates with YouTube.- Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 19/01/2023
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Pros
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Cons
I can let you know that Google Promotions, similar to any product, may have specific restrictions or downsides relying upon the client's necessities and assumptions. A few potential constraints of Google Promotions include:Expectation to learn and adapt: Google Promotions can be perplexing and may demand a lot of investment and assets to dominate. This can be overpowering for certain organizations, particularly independent companies with restricted assets.Cost: Google Promotions is a paid help, and organizations might have to put away critical cash to run powerful advertisement crusades.Steady updates: Google Advertisements is continually refreshing its calculations and elements, this can make it challenging for organizations to keep up and may demand extra investment and assets to streamline crusades.Restricted focusing on choices: While Google Promotions offers an extensive variety of focusing on choices, it might not have a similar degree of focusing on choices as different stages.Restricted command over promotion positions: Google Advertisements has a characterized set of sites where advertisements will be set and organizations might have restricted command over the promotion situations.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fantastic Service Provider And ads campaigner on internet.
Reviewed on 18/03/2023
Overall experience was good.
Overall experience was good.
Pros
Google is a big brand so he deliver the best ads campaign to creators in which creator earn money with the help of traffic in their site by watching ads so wonderful creation by google.
Cons
The major con in this add campaign program in this the criteria of blog or website is very high to maintain The add most of the time is not open in the website/Blog.The tracking was slow so improve it .And the last is the time taking for review any blog or website for ads google take to much time for reviewing so improve it.
Google Ads FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Google Ads.Q. What type of pricing plans does Google Ads offer?
Google Ads offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
With Google Ads, advertisers can set their own monthly budget caps and adjust as needed.
Q. Who are the typical users of Google Ads?
Google Ads has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Google Ads support?
Google Ads supports the following languages:
Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
Q. Does Google Ads support mobile devices?
Google Ads supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Google Ads integrate with?
Google Ads integrates with the following applications:
Google Analytics 360
Q. What level of support does Google Ads offer?
Google Ads offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support
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