What keyword match type gives Smart Bidding the most data and flexibility to compete in the right auctions?

To track product newsletter sign-ups on a website, what type of conversion action would a marketer use?

A marketer would use lead. A marketer would use purchase. A marketer would use app installs. A marketer would use pageview. The correct answer is: A marketer would use lead.

A marketing manager is closely monitoring their data to see how effectively their ads are driving online sales and generating leads through sign-ups. When the marketing manager compares Google Ads data with their offline data, they see a difference in the number of sign-ups in Google Ads vs. their offline data source. Assuming everything is working as intended and the issue lies with when a conversion was counted, what’s likely causing this data discrepancy?

Google Ads reports conversions against the date/time of the click that led to the conversion. Depending on the other data source, it might use the date/time of the conversion itself. Google Ads reports conversions against a unique ID of the event that led to the click. Depending on the other data source, it might use […]

After implementing conversion tracking for their website, a marketing manager is looking at the campaign report in their Google Ads account. They see that at least two of their ads got over 100 view-through conversions. What action could be called a view-through conversion?

One that’s done in-store only and doesn’t require the customer to have interacted with your ad. One in which a customer sees and interacts with the marketing manager’s ad, but then doesn’t complete a conversion on their site. One in which a customer sees but doesn’t interact with the marketing manager’s ad, and then later […]