It's no secret that Google wants you to turn on every single automated feature and targeting option they offer. Besides the obvious "Recommendations" and onslaught by Google reps, Google also uses more subtle tricks to get you to activate various ad "features." First, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that all automation and extended targeting options are bad. Far from it, each of these can be useful under certain circumstances. At my agency we use a wide [...]

Google has rolled out their new Performance-Max AI Generation Tools in Beta. In this article I'll review and rate the new features and let you know whether these are valuable editions to your creative toolbox. What are the new tools? Tools for creating headlines and descriptions build upon what Google was already doing with automatically generated ad copies. Instead of just suggesting ad copy from a list of seed types, Google now allows you to interact with the AI by [...]

Google recently launched "brand lists" for Google Ads. In this article, I'll explain why they did this, how to use them, and whether it's worthwhile even to bother. Why Did Google Introduce Brand Lists? Over several years, Google has slowly but surely relaxed query-matching rules for all keyword match types. Heck, they completely eliminated phrase match, disguising it as eliminating modified broad match. Add to that Google's very hard push to move advertisers to broad match keywords, add-in P-Max, and you've [...]

In this continuing series for specific industries, I'm covering Google Ads for automotive products sellers in this post. This includes companies that sell replacement or aftermarket products and equipment to consumers or businesses. As with the other niches I'm writing about, we have a solid presence in this market space. DISCLOSURE: Some of the products mentioned in this post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission. Importantly, we only promote [...]