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(Formerly known as "Google AdWords", and different from "Google AdSense") Google Ads is an online advertising platform offered by Google, where advertisers bid to display brief advertisements, service offerings, product listings, or videos to web users. It can place ads both in the results of search engines like Google Search, and on non-search websites, mobile apps, and videos. Services are offered under a pay-per-click (PPC) pricing model.

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Can I find my own Google analytics audience segments I belong to?

I want to be see my own data about what Google has grouped me as for things like affinity audience etc. I am aware I can see broad categories in 'insights' but I am interested in the more specific ...
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How to whitelist Google Ads (my website blocks all non-Australia visitors)

Google Ads says my ad destinations are not working. They are working, but the website blocks non-Australian visitors due to the phenomenal amount of spammers clicking on my ads and filling out contact ...
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Google Ads Conversion Actions - Do you need both a GA4 Purchase event and GoogleAds Conversion event measuring the same thing?

I've just been trying to get my head around the difference between GA4 "Purchase" events and Google Ads "Conversion" events. The Google Ads set-up I am looking at has the GA4 ...
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In Google Ads, how can I clear the old campaigns, ad groups, and ads and start over?

I haven't used AdWords in a few years. There's all kinds of clutter on the overview from over a decade ago. There are a list of campaigns that I don't need or want there. I really want to start over ...
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Google Ads PPC Campaign & EU Deadline on January 16, 2024

I am a sole proprietor selling a product through my website, and I am based in Asia. I run a basic HTML site and advertise it globally (including Europe) via a PPC campaign on my personal Google Ads ...
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Cannot see my rewarded Ads on website using Google Ad Manager

I have set up my site to display rewarded videos - this is a test page where you can check it https://smartle-test.web.app/ It works with the Google provided example Ad unit ID but not with mine. Can ...
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Google ads: Is the GT prefixed Google tag the same as the AW one?

In Google Ads, if I go to tools > Google Tag then it shows two Google tag IDs. One starts with AW- and one with GT-. The suffix on both is different. This is a new account, so I've not changed any ...
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Why does URL based tracking require the global site tag installed on all pages?

The About conversion tracking → How conversion tracking works help page has Setting up Conversion Tracking video series, part 1 of 2; creating conversion actions embedded. On 0:20 it says the ...
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Why does google ads not coinde with google analytics [duplicate]

Google ads says that my ads gets 100 clicks, but google analytics says that my site gets 5 visits. Isn't google contradict to itself?
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Does Google Ads show conversion data if the linked GA4 "App and web metrics" setting is off?

A PPC marketer is saying that since the site I am responsible for updated to GA4 from UA, they are not seeing any conversion data. The site is Magento 2.4.5, which has a core module to add Google Ads' ...
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Marketing company set all pages to noindex,nofollow on website

In Jan 2022, a marketing company that was rebuilding my website set all pages to noindex,nofollow. The agreement also allowed them to run ads, optimize, improve SEO, etc., and I was paying a monthly ...
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conversions from google don't match up with the number of leads i got that had gclid set

On Friday, August 11, I got 152 leads, according to Google Ads. And yet, according to my local database, I got 111 leads that had a gclid. I'm trying to understand why. A number of possibilities occur ...
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Google AdWords showing more clicks than keywords clicked?

Why does AdWords sometimes show for example a total of 185 clicks, and in the keyword tab it shows a total of 12. Most of the time, if I manually add up the clicks on each keyword and the "total&...
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Google Ads showing ads on search term, not what I intend to show them. How can I resolve?

Google Ads showing ads on search term, not what I intend to show them. How can I resolve? My service/product is providing bulk shoes. My audience are only those, who intend to buy in bulk not single ...
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thare are sales from google ads campiagn but no recent conversions in google ads

I connected google ads event (purchase) in my store with GTM, and make sure the event is correctly set in GTM & in Google Ads but, there are some sales came from google ad campaign without any ...
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Adsense says ads.txt "Not found", but it's definitely there

Google has been saying it can't find ads.txt for a long time, but the page is there. ads.txt is accessible over http, https, and without a defined protocol. It is also accessible with or without www. ...
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Google Ads displaying on all browsers except Safari. (Adx/AdSense in safari, Ad Server for the rest)

Test page (ads only enabled for certain counties so please let me know yours if you're trying to troubleshoot): http://www.fitsnews.com/category/healthcare/ Two ads on this page (one 728/90 and one ...
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How to dynamically assign an order value to a Google Ads conversion tracking script in WHMCS

My online store uses WHMCS. I have the Google Analytics WHMCS app installed and configured. I'm setting up a Google Ads campaign to send clicks to my store, and during Google Ads conversion setup, ...
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Someone seems to be running ads for our business with incorrect or misleading information

We've been getting a lot of people contacting us saying they saw an ad for our business advertising free services or services we do not provide as well as people coming from regions we do not operate ...
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How do you manage clients' Google accounts/services as administrator? [closed]

When you have multiple clients, do you use your own master Google account to set up all your clients in, OR do you set up all the Google services for each client in their own Google account? For ...
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How to combine Google Analytics and Google Ads tags into one script?

I want to add Google Analytics and Google Ads tags to my website: This is for Google Analytics: <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x"></...
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Google Ads: rx_lidar and abg_lite_fy2021 being called a dozen or so times

On https://www.iq-mag.net/ I can see a dozen calls being made to: https://www.googletagservices.com/activeview/js/current/rx_lidar.js?cache=r20110914 https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/...
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Google Ads/ Analytics is adding Domain to the end of every URL

We are running Google Ads campaigns. Our destination URLs are not set up with any tracking parameters on them. However, in Google Analytics, all of our PPC landing pages have ?https://www.example.com/=...
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Google Analytics Realtime report suddenly shows very few views by page title, even though many users are present

Here's what this looks like in my dashboard. This never used to happen, but now it's my norm. This behavior coincided around the same time I set up google tag manager and started promoting my content ...
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Capture Source (From Google Ads) In the Form

I have a client who wants to know (based on an actual form submission) when a client came from a Google Ad conversion. I have everything wired up properly (GA4 > Google Tags > Google Ads) so ...
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getting google adwords to send the utm_term parameter

When I click on a Bing ad for my website the URL that it takes me to has mscklid, utm_source, utm_term and other utm_* parameters that are tacked onto the URL. How can I get Google ads to behave ...
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linking google adwords conversions to IDs

I have a four page funnel and I have conversion tracking code on the second page. On this second page a lead # is generated and all subsequent pages of this funnel add data to this lead #. I'd like to ...
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Google Ads tracking template

I am setting up a conversion ad where I would have to set a tracking template. The ad would link to a Google form for sign up. Are there any workarounds for the error?
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When a user clicks on a Google Ad, hide the referrer from the landing page

I am doing Google Search Ads, after a customers click on my ads they will get forwarded to an affiliate page. Now, I don't want these affiliate networks to know from where my customer came (had bad ...
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Does Google Adsense work on decent websites anymore?

There are many websites which are stuffed with ads. People may click on ads incorporated within the free content. However, for decent websites such as StackExchange where ads are placed outside of the ...
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Is it possible to "anti optimise" Google AdWords for users who carry out a particular action?

We are using Google AdWords Ads to drive traffic to a site. The site has two contact forms on it each with a separate "thank you page" to track conversions. The contact forms are as follows: ...
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Save / Bookmark Google Ads Keyword Planner Search

I couldn't find anyway to save Google Keyword Planner search results. Copy pasting the url results in loss of data. I don't like to put filters everytime I use this tool. So what is the way to save a ...
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Unwanted ads so on websites seems to be ad malware

Google popup Ads randomly show on two of our websites which are hosted with same hosting provider and possible on same server as its shared hosting. We dont use and kind of ads on our websites Ads ...
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Ads receiving clicks, but not actual traffic (phantom clicks from multiple ad platforms)

I am not receiving ad traffic from Facebook ads, Google Search ads, or Reddit ads to my website any more, despite receiving clicks on my ads across all these platforms. This is according to multiple ...
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How to block competitor's Google AdSense ads from being displayed on my website?

We are looking into adding Google Adsense for our website but are a bit concerned about our competitors' ads getting displayed on our website. We know how to block individual domains from "Block ...
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Adsense Ads not visible in Brave Browser

Recently learnt that the Brave Browser, which is gaining steady popularity, is cutting off all Google Ads. It is obviously a loss to the webmasters and site publishers. Is there a way to detect a site ...
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Google Merchant Center Ignoring Price values in product feed

Running Google Shopping advertising for a client who sells nutritional supplements. They have two different pricing options, one-off purchases or ongoing subscriptions. The subscription price is ...
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Low impressions, high CTR for the same keywords with one difference - how to interpret?

Let's say you're A/B testing book titles. All the book titles use the same metadata/description and keywords, but the only thing that changes is the title. Why would you only get 1,000 impressions for ...
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What are the factors that lead to a listing in Google's shopping graph ranking?

I work for an online retailer that sells thousands of products from hundreds of brands. We've been advertising with AdWords (Google Ads) and Shopping for the better part of a decade with great results....
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Filtering out "false positives" from google adwords / analytics goals, to prevent ad budget being optimised incorrectly

We have a site that is using google Adwords to drive traffic. We have our site / Adwords setup to optimise for users submitting a lead form (the lead form confirmation page is tracked as a goal). ...
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getting the gclid for all Google AdWords conversions for a given date range

As I understand it, whenever someone clicks on a Google Ad a gclid parameter is added to the URL. My website logs this gclid parameter but I'd like to be able to compare my own websites logs to Google'...
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How to exclude user/audience from displaying ads in Google Ads API, in real-time?

I want to exclude the user from displaying my ads once he/she clicks my ad; in real-time. So next time he/she should not be displayed same ad again and again. Is there any such api provided by google ...
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How to make sure my google ads conversions are working?

I'm pretty new in the Google Ads world and I was, for the first time, setting up conversion links to know the different type of actions my users do. I created conversions in the Google Ads backoffice, ...
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If I combine UA and AW in the same gtag.js, will my analytic and marketing cookies be triggered at the same time?

I have UA and AW integrated into the same gtag.js. I wonder if analytical cookies (AU) are applied together with marketing cookies (AW) and vice versa, because the IDs are in the same code snippet? ...
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Google Ads — Can't create new campaign, when I click "Continue" nothing happens

Create new Campaign Website Traffic > Search > enter link & company name > Click "Continue"... Results: nothing happens. the interface does not change or give any feedback. ...
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Google ads - what does "This image doesn't meet the minimum requirements for 2 crop ratios mean" Landscape, square, and portrait

What is the secret of the Google Ads carousel card display aspect ratios? In my Google ads campaign, I have an ad that will have a carousel of cards. each card in Google ads wants all 3 of Landscape, ...
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Do affiliate work with Parallel Tracking in Google ads or Bing ads [closed]

For affiliate offer to work, a user need to go through the affiliate link and it a mandatory. if user did not went through the affiliate link then the commission will not get generated for affiliaters....
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Google AdWords "gclid" and Matomo [Offline Conversion Upload]

I recently set up a a Google AdWords campaign for a site. I've enable auto tagging so that Google could append it's "gclid" to the URL. All of the conversions happen offline, so I need the ...
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Can i use both Google Analytics and Google Ads Tag for tracking same event in Google Tag Manager?

I am not very experienced with Google Tag Manager, I wanted to track users who are filling a specific form on my website. So i have set up Google Analytics: Universal Analytics Tag for tracking users ...
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Is it possible to ensure that a Local Search ad will only show up in the SERPs and not in Google Maps?

I've been doing some reading on Google Local Search Ads. I see a lot of Local Search Ads showing up if you search for a local service in Google Maps, but less so when you search for a local service in ...
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