{"id":2425,"date":"2020-01-23T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suisseo.ch\/en\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:30:10","slug":"10-google-ads-tricks-to-fully-optimise-your-account-part-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suisseo.ch\/en\/blog\/sea\/10-google-ads-tricks-to-fully-optimise-your-account-part-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Google Ads tricks to fully optimise your account (part 2\/2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are unlucky enough to have missed the first part of this article, you can catch up here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For the rest of you, lucky ducks, I hope you are sitting comfortably. Let\u2019s get going:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To compare results to competitors, Google has long been using the metric of Average Position. However, starting September, the firm will be sunsetting this approach. Here are some reasons for the change.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s consider an average position of 1.3, you would think that you are always at the top of the page, right? Mostly first, sometimes second, on the odd occasion third\u2026 and yet the reality is somewhat different. To understand these results a little better, we\u2019re going to show you 3 metrics that offer a much more accurate vision of reality: top of page rate, absolute top of page rate and lost impression share.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Take a look at the following results:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Looking at these three measures, it\u2019s easy to see that some opportunities have been lost. Let\u2019s start with lost impression share. This figure simply shows the number of auctions your ad has lost. More than 2 out of 10 times, your ad is simply not displayed. Of these 8 times, top of page rate indicates that it is not positioned well 71% of the time. And finally, the absolute top of page rate shows that, of these 8 times, it is in first position 58% of the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The reality is therefore as follows for the 10 auctions the ad has participated in:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n An average position of 1.3 suddenly doesn\u2019t seem as great, right? <\/span>😉<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Once the shock of this harsh reality has worn off, you have two levers at your disposal to improve your ranking: Quality Score and bid amount.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A powerful tool that is not always easy to access. You need to set up e-commerce tracking and have a remarketing list of at least 100 active users to activate it, but the results we got for one of our clients speak for themselves:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How can this evolution be explained? Goal-Optimized Shopping campaigns take the advertiser\u2019s optimised date and combines it with the data possessed by Google to contextualise the user\u2019s intention through machine learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The result: Google displays the most relevant ad in terms of the query, time, place, frequency, price, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Another strength of this type of campaign is that your ads are distributed throughout every Google network, e.g, the Search network, the Display network, YouTube, Gmail and, recently, Google Images. Results have proven it to be a powerful tool that you need to test out as soon as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For the uninitiated, creating an automated rule may seem like a perilous exercise. The process is, however, very simple and goes as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Yep, we know, that\u2019s quite a skeletal overview, apologies if that got anyone\u2019s goat, but we\u2019re going to focus on their various uses rather than their implementation. If you want to find out more about setting up automated rules, check out the resources linked at the end of the article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are endless possibilities when it comes to automating the management of an account. We\u2019re going to show you 3 ways of saving your precious time by planning actions, managing bids and configuring alerts. Here are some concrete examples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Planning a season-specific campaign or promotion<\/span><\/p>\n Do you have a time limited action planned? Are your campaigns written and ready to go online? Use an automated rule to activate and deactivate these ads at the right time. No more being on your computer by 6 a.m. on Monday morning to launch your campaigns \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n Process\u00a0:<\/span><\/p>\n Also works with Keywords. Just attribute a label to a series of Keywords that you want to pause\/enable and use the label as a target.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n And yep that\u2019s it. We told you it was a piece of cake \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n Automated Bid Management\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are several options for managing bids to meet your goals and budget. You can, for instance, automatically increase a bid whose impression rate is lower than 50% or decrease a bid with low ROI after 30 days. The sky really is the limit when it comes to defining the conditions and actions to be performed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Note: You can consider these rules as aggressive bidding strategies or as simple safeguards to ensure your budget is not inadvertently wasted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Notification and monitoring rules<\/span><\/p>\n A simple way to be notified when a campaign is not performing as well as expected or, conversely, to be informed when there is a sudden craze for a product\/service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A script looks something like this:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n But don\u2019t be afraid. You don\u2019t have to be a computer nerd to draw the benefits of this trick. The generosity of many creators allows you to deal with a number of problems (which you sometimes ignore you have). We are therefore going to share 3 scripts that we, at Suisseo, particularly appreciate. However there are many more listed in the resources at the end of this article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you would like to access scripts 2 and 3, or if you have any other questions, don\u2019t hesitate to contact us using our online chat or filling out <\/span>our contact form<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Created and shared by Vincent, Suisseo\u2019s Jedi Master, this script ensures that your grant account complies with the norms laid out by Google. It checks, for instance, that two ads are always active in each group and that keywords have a minimum score of 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Check out <\/span>this article<\/span><\/a> to learn more about the script and its implementation, or read <\/span>Laure\u2019s article on the new rules launched in early 2018<\/span><\/a> to find out more about the Ad Grants Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Note: For the record, Search Engine Land published an article about this script in May 2018 entitled <\/span>\u201cA time-saving free script to help keep Ad Grants accounts out of trouble\u201d<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Paying for ads that redirect to a site that isn\u2019t working is to be avoided at all costs, particularly when you understand the importance of the first impression (yes, we probably could have made a pun here). This homemade script will automatically pause your campaigns when your site is down, protecting your potential clients from the trauma whilst maintaining your performances. Campaigns are, of course, automatically reactivated when the site is back up again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 404 page has become a veritable work of art for some websites, but it should still be used sparingly. This script scans the ad links and extensions that aren\u2019t working and notifies you about it, saving 404 for those users who are actually experiencing an operational error.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n PS: Go to the end of this article to see a 404 Page Top 33.<\/span><\/p>\n Just like top athletes, talent is a good starting point, but regularity is what really pays off!<\/span><\/p>\n The more data we accumulate, the more precision we gain. We need to stay on permanent alert when it comes to the trends and potential low points of our campaigns. We are sharing here a generic calendar outlining the different reports you should be analysing, and how frequently you should do it, in order to take care of your newly acquired athlete\u2019s body!<\/span><\/p>\n Note: This is, of course, just an example. How often you need to check certain reports can vary a great deal depending on the size of your account, your activity type and the updates to your website.<\/span><\/p>\n Our overview looks something like this:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Search terms are pretty much the raw material of SEA. It therefore makes sense for us to inspect our ore regularly and separate the wheat from the chaff. Make good use of negative keywords to avoid paying for unqualified traffic, increase your click-through rate and, consequently, increase your return on investment. Adding new keywords and adapting your ads copy enables you to increase traffic and your Quality Score!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Analysing bids is the second pillar of an effective campaign management. Google Ads auction insight report lets you see how your ads are positioned compared to your competitors for the same keywords.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can generate a report for the account, campaign and ad group level. Below, you can see two ways this report is displayed:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The following metrics are available:<\/span><\/p>\n Note:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Demographic reports and device reports are generally more stable, but just as important. We already talked about the topic in the first part of this article<\/a> so we won\u2019t spend any more time on it now. It\u2019s all about your potential clients and where you meet online, so take a look at it from time to time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We don\u2019t always think about it, but there are real differences between the Google search network and the search network partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It can be a good idea to adapt your bids, or simply dismiss the search network partners, depending on the volume of impressions and clicks. To see the comparison, simply select \u201cNetwork\u201d in the \u201cSegment\u201d menu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n And there you go, that\u2019s the end of this top 10!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We hope that this summary of our talk was useful! Below you can find a list of links that will help you delve deeper into the topic. Don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about your Google Ads campaigns or your digital presence!<\/span><\/p>\n Resources and links:<\/span><\/p>\n Google Ad Grants Scripts \u2013 Free Google Ads Reporting\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Google Ad Grants Programme for NGOs and associations: the new rules to abide in 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 404 pages: Check out the best error pages around<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Take this Negative Keywords Quiz with 10 questions and see if you are a PPC Yoda!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n A time-saving free script to help keep Ad Grants accounts out of trouble<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Creating automated rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Examples of commonly used rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n6# The average position<\/span><\/h1>\n
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#9 Automate with Google Ads scripts<\/span><\/h1>\n
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