#Performance Max

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Google Ads Introduces Channel-Level Reporting in Performance Max Campaigns

Google Ads’ Performance Max (PMax) campaigns have been advertisers’ game-changers, leveraging AI to optimize ad placements across Google’s vast network. However, the lack of transparency regarding channel-specific performance has been a longstanding concern. Addressing this, Google has announced the rollout of channel-level reporting in PMax campaigns, providing advertisers with detailed insights…

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What’s New in Google Performance Max Campaign Updates 2025?

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Eindelijk is deze feature in beta om makkelijker Performance Max campagnes te optimaliseren. Finally the negative keyword exclusion feature is in beta for Performance Max campaigns!

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Maximizing Your Google Performance Max Ads: Key Metrics for Success

Google Performance Max Ads are a game-changer in the world of digital marketing, offering a streamlined way to manage and optimize your ad campaigns across multiple Google channels. But how do you know if your ads are truly effective? Understanding the right metrics to measure is crucial for gauging success and making informed decisions. In this blog post, we'll dive into the key metrics you should focus on to ensure your Google Performance Max Ads are hitting the mark.

Key Metrics for Measuring Google Performance Max Ads Success

Click-Through Rate (CTR)

CTR is the percentage of people who click on your ad after seeing it. It's calculated using the formula:

CTR=(TotalClicks/TotalImpressions)×100

A high CTR indicates that your ads are relevant and engaging to your audience. Monitor your CTR to assess the effectiveness of your ad copy and creatives.

Conversion Rate

Conversion rate measures the percentage of users who complete a desired action after clicking on your ad. The formula is:

ConversionRate=(TotalConversionsTotalClicks)×100

Tracking your conversion rate helps you understand how well your landing pages and overall sales funnel are performing.

Cost Per Click (CPC)

CPC indicates how much you are paying for each click on your ad. It's calculated as:

CPC=TotalCost/TotalClicks

A lower CPC can mean that your ads are well-targeted and efficient. It's a crucial metric for managing your advertising budget.

Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)

CPA measures the cost of acquiring a customer through your ads. The formula is:

CPA=TotalCost/TotalConversions

Monitoring CPA helps you evaluate the efficiency of your ad spend in generating conversions. Aim for a lower CPA to improve your return on investment (ROI).

Return on Ad Spend (ROAS)

ROAS is a critical metric for understanding the profitability of your ad campaigns. It’s calculated as:

ROAS=Revenue from Ads/Total Cost of Ads

A higher ROAS indicates that your ads are generating more revenue relative to their cost, signifying a successful campaign.

Impression Share

Impression share shows the percentage of total possible impressions your ad received. It's an indicator of your ad visibility and competitiveness:

ImpressionShare=(Impressions/TotalEligibleImpressions)×100

A high impression share suggests a strong market presence, while a low impression share may indicate the need for bid adjustments or improved ad relevance.

Advanced Metrics to Consider

Engagement Rate

Engagement rate goes beyond clicks to measure interactions with your ads, such as video views, likes, shares, or comments. This metric is particularly useful for video and display ads where engagement is a key performance indicator.

Quality Score

Quality Score is Google's rating of the relevance and quality of your keywords, ads, and landing pages. A higher Quality Score can lead to lower CPCs and better ad placements. Monitor this score to improve your ad performance.

View-Through Conversions

View-through conversions track the number of conversions that occurred after a user saw but did not click, your ad. This metric helps you understand the broader impact of your ad campaigns.

FAQs

What is a good CTR for Google Performance Max Ads? A good CTR varies by industry, but generally, a CTR above 2% is considered good. Monitor industry benchmarks to set realistic goals for your campaigns.

How can I improve my conversion rate? To improve your conversion rate, optimize your landing pages for relevance and ease of use, ensure your ad copy aligns with the landing page content, and test different calls to action.

Why is my CPC increasing? Your CPC may increase due to higher competition, lower Quality Scores, or broader targeting. Analyze your keyword bids, improve ad relevance, and refine your audience targeting to control costs.

How do I calculate my ROAS? Calculate your ROAS by dividing the revenue generated from your ads by the total cost of those ads. A higher ROAS indicates more profitable campaigns.

What affects my Impression Share? Impression Share can be affected by your ad bids, budget, ad relevance, and competition. Ensure your ads are highly relevant and consider adjusting your bids to improve visibility.

How often should I review my Performance Max Ads metrics? Review your metrics regularly—ideally weekly—to identify trends and make timely adjustments to your campaigns for optimal performance.

Conclusion

Monitoring the right metrics is essential for the success of your Google Performance Max Ads. By focusing on CTR, conversion rate, CPC, CPA, ROAS, and other key indicators, you can fine-tune your campaigns for maximum impact. Remember to review your metrics regularly and adjust your strategies based on the data to achieve the best results.

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Fungsi Automatically Created Assets di P-Max

Saat membuat p-max campaign kita akan menemukan opsi Automatically Created Assets (kedepannya saya akan singkat dengan: ACA) di dalam campaign settings. Fitur ini mengizinkan sistem untuk membaca konten (baik teks maupun gambar) yang ada di landing page untuk dapat dijadikan bagian dari asset iklan (ad copy dan final URL). Secara default fitur ACA ini aktif. Tapi kita bisa menonaktifkannya…

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2024 Brazilian GP | x

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Carol Maso - The Art Lover

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im a big fan of esper powers slipping loose in harmless ways when they're happy

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Thinking Of Excluding Branded Queries from Your Performance Max Campaign

It can be challenging for advertisers to decide whether to exclude branded questions from Performance Max campaigns. While branded searches can bring in high-quality visitors to your website, eliminating them can help you save money and concentrate on luring in new clients. Making the best choice for your organization requires carefully weighing the advantages and disadvantages of including or removing branded queries. Here, we will discuss when brand exclusions are appropriate and when they aren't.

🙂 When Brand Exclusions Make Sense?

In some circumstances, it may make sense to leave branded queries out of your Performance Max campaigns. The following are some scenarios where brand exclusions are justified:

👉 High brand search volume: Including branded searches can squander money if your brand is well-known and has a high search traffic.

👉 Launching a new product: Excluding branded questions can help you reach a wider audience and build brand recognition for new products when you're launching a new product or service.

👉 Budget constraints: By excluding branded queries, you can save money and direct resources toward non-branded search phrases that may result in the acquisition of new customers.

👉 Testing ad text: By excluding branded search phrases, you may assess how well your ad copy performs for generic search terms.

It may be wise to exclude branded enquiries in order to save money and concentrate on luring in new clients. You can use it to test the efficacy of ad text and gauge demand for new products.

🙄 When Brand Exclusions Don’t Make Sense?

It might not always be the best for your company to exclude branded queries from Performance Max campaigns. Brand exclusions are unnecessary in the following circumstances:

👉 Your brand is not well-known: By omitting branded searches, you may be able to narrow your audience and prospective traffic if your brand is not yet well-known or has a low search volume.

👉 Your branded search phrases have a high conversion rate. If this is the case, removing these terms could have a detrimental effect on the effectiveness and profitability of your campaign.

👉 You have a low volume of non-branded searches: If the volume of non-branded searches is minimal, eliminating branded queries may narrow the scope of your campaign and produce a low level of traffic.

👉 Increasing brand recognition is your main objective: If this is the case, omitting branded queries may impede your efforts and reduce your exposure to potential clients.

Excluding branded questions can reduce your audience, have a negative effect on the effectiveness of your campaign, and impede your efforts to build brand recognition.

🏁 Conclusion

Finally, removing branded queries from Performance Max campaigns can be a calculated move that both saves money and draws in new clients. Before making a decision, it's crucial to balance the advantages and disadvantages of excluding branded queries and take into account the particular requirements and objectives of your company.

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okay it was an amazing race but i do have one thing to say which is that the f1tv commentators decided to piss me off a little - because right after the race was over, the narrative was that max was understandably angry because anything less than first was a loss for him (i mean also contextually cos he was on pole) but that charles "must be very gratified with P3 given his season so far". it's like they're not even paying attention. he and max are cut from the exact same cloth – charles is just house trained. he's gonna put on the smile and the gracious set to his shoulders because he has the hopes of a religion on his shoulders – but the hunger that claws his ribs inwards is the very same as max's, the same down to their chromosomes. neither he nor max will be satisfied with anything less than P1 – in quali, in the race, in the championship, in everything.

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Chris Hemsworth as Dementus Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) dir. George Miller

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His Silly Rabbit

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strawberries & cigarettes ── xu minghao

🤍 pairing, xu minghao x reader

🤍 warnings, non-idol au, fluff, small amount of angst (??), childhood friends to lovers, established relationship, minghao smokes, kissing, reader calls minghao 'hao', skinship (mainly holding hands), reader calls minghao skinny in a flashback, open ending (??)

🤍 summary, in which you recall the moments of how you and minghao came to be.

🤍 author's note, requested by my darling maki (@sknyuz)!! haven't written a performance unit fic before so this was a perfect request to ask for 💗 fun fact i was actually a minghao girlie my first few months of being a carat, so this is a throwback of sorts for me!! i hope i can portray his personality well 🙏 lowkey turned out kind of sad in the end but i hope you like it anyways!!

🤍 now playing, strawberries and cigarettes (troye sivan: requested by @sknyuz)

🤍 word count, 744 | for @kstrucknet, @maestro-net

as you sit on the rooftop of your small loft apartment, head in your boyfriend's lap as he smokes a cigarette, your life feels complete.

minghao softly strokes your hair, thin fingers running races on your scalp as you smile into his clothed thigh. he hums a song, a song you can't recognize, and your heart seems to slow in your chest as you think back.

you think of the first time minghao and you had met—you were a little kindergartner in a class different from minghao, being paired up to be partners for a tea-making project. you had screwed the brewing process, and minghao had yelled at you, bringing you to tears before sheepishly apologizing and helping you try again.

from that moment on you and minghao became the best of friends. wherever minghao went, you went—the two of you had become attached to each other, and slowly, that attachment became attraction.

you started to see the skinny, quiet art kid finally mature into the man he was now—lean, creative, still with a tint of quietness to his nature. seeing minghao in a light that wasn't your best friend was hard, but you eventually came to accept it and told him how you felt.

minghao had felt the same way—he always had, and the two of you started to date the night after he expressed his love for you.

even now, the memory seemed so far away as minghao pressed a kiss to your forehead, warm breath fanning over your face as he smiles down at you.

"what's got you smiling like that?" he asks with a soft tease. minghao was never one for real teasing, but he thought it was so cute when you got shy.

"thinking about you, hao. thinking about how we met and stuff," you let your fingertips go to the sky, seemingly brushing the stars as you stare up at minghao. his dark eyes are focused on you, so in love that his cigarette starts to wither away in the wind.

"i'm very glad that you absolutely butchered the tea boiling process. without that massive blunder, i don't think we would have ever met." minghao's practically reading your mind at this point, eyes meeting yours as he presses a kiss to your cheek."

"that's true....just..." you pause, and minghao carefully places a kiss close to your upper lip, almost locking lips with yours as he smiles, cutting off your sentence as you chuckle.

"just very embarrassing." you finish, cheeks a bright red as minghao chuckles lowly.

the cigarette smoke coming from minghao's soft lips taste like dreams, past moments that you had just lived through your head. it was singing yet familiar, tasting of a life you had once lived.

"embarassing? absolutely. cute? ...absolutely" minghao laughs again, smile lines highlighted on his soft skin as you sit up. your body gently nudges minghao's more sturdy form, and he chuckles at you, watching your eyes sparkle as you stare up at the stars once more.

"you taste like strawberries." you say after a beat of silence, and minghao stares at you, features softening. "do i?"

"mhm." you nod quietly, too overwhelmed with the feeling of the past to look minghao in the eye. it's not that you're sad or hurt because of the past you shared with minghao—in fact, it made you who you were today.

you just wish you could go back to that time: a simpler time that held nothing but whispered dreams and soft embraces. a time when you and minghao were just kids, the only worries being what would be for snack time and what you'd do on the weekends.

"strawberries and cigarettes," you whisper bitterly after a few more seconds of quietness, and minghao doesn't reply to that, taking your hand in his as he lets you lean your head on his shoulder.

minghao tastes the longing for a simpler time in your voice, and suddenly he can feel it too, taking another cigarette in his nimble fingers as he twirls it around, heart clenching at the sight of you.

"times like those....they were irreplaceable, hao." your voice cracks at the nickname, and before you know it, tears are gathering at the corners of your eyes.

"they were, baby," even minghao lets a sigh escape from his full lips, shoulders falling a little as he looks out on the horizon.

for the first time, minghao throws the cigarette away.