11/02/2020
Running your own Google ads campaigns? Something for you to bare in mind:
The 4 Worst Google Ads Recommendations.
Switch to Smart Shopping
Smart Shopping campaigns are complicated and require thoughtful strategy. Changing your shopping campaigns to Smart Shopping with one click is not the way to go forward with such an important change. Since this recommendation is one of the biggest optimization score subtractors, dismissing it will quickly bring your optimization score back up.
Use Targeting Expansion
When this recommendation is applied, you’re at Google’s mercy as to the scale of the expansion. For example, this recommendation could negatively affect a remarketing campaign because Google could expand the audience too far, driving ad spend out of control or decreasing the effectiveness.
Remove Redundant Keywords
Redundant keywords are not the same thing as non-serving keywords! Rather, keywords in the same ad group with the same match type are called redundant keywords. Odds are, they’re in your account for a reason, such as the same keyword in a different word order. With Google’s new close variants feature, word-order keywords may not be necessary. However, if one is performing better than the other, you wouldn’t want the recommendation to remove your more valuable keywords. Dismiss this recommendation whenever possible.
Bid More Efficiently with Target CPA
If you have an e-commerce site, your item value may vary across different items. Each should have a different cost per acquisition (CPA). For example, a $1,000 item should have a different CPA than a $1 item. In these cases, setting a target CPA is not an effective bid strategy.