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Are Google Ads Really Expensive?
Google Ads

Are Google Ads Really Expensive?

Google Ads can be expensive or cost-effective depending almost entirely on how your account is built. This guide helps you decide whether a given budget is viable before you spend it.

17 Apr 2025 5 min read
Improving Your Google Ads Quality Score with Landing Page Keywords
Google Ads

Improving Your Google Ads Quality Score with Landing Page Keywords

Landing page experience is the most improvable component of Quality Score, and most advertisers don't treat it with the same discipline they bring to their ad copy. Here's what actually moves the needle.

3 Apr 2025 3 min read
The Disintegration of Keyword Match Types in Google Ads
Google Ads

The Disintegration of Keyword Match Types in Google Ads

Keyword match types in Google Ads no longer work the way they used to. Exact match isn't exact, phrase match behaves like old broad match, and the account structure strategies that worked five years ago need updating. Here's what's changed and how to adapt.

20 Mar 2025 6 min read
Driving Down Costs and Driving Up Leads
Google Ads

Driving Down Costs and Driving Up Leads

A niche UK insurance broker was spending over £1M per year on Google Ads with an account too complex to manage. Here's how a restructure cut costs 50% and increased leads by 171%.

6 Mar 2025 5 min read
The Power of Negative Keywords: How to Stop Wasting Money on Irrelevant Clicks
Google Ads

The Power of Negative Keywords: How to Stop Wasting Money on Irrelevant Clicks

Negative keywords are the most consistently effective way to cut wasted spend in Google Ads. Here's how they work, how to build your list, and the common mistakes that undermine them.

20 Feb 2025 6 min read
20 Ways To Kill Your Google Ads Performance
Google Ads

20 Ways To Kill Your Google Ads Performance

Most Google Ads accounts aren't failing because the product is bad. They're failing because of specific, preventable mistakes that accumulate quietly. Here are 20 of them, and how to fix each one.

6 Feb 2025 5 min read
The Perils of Automation: How Google Uses MAR to Capture More Ad Revenue
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The Perils of Automation: How Google Uses MAR to Capture More Ad Revenue

Google's automation has an incentive to push your ROAS down toward the minimum point where you'll keep spending. This is my working theory on what MAR optimisation looks like in practice, and what to watch for in your account.

23 Jan 2025 6 min read
How a Google Ad Auction Works
Google Ads

How a Google Ad Auction Works

Whenever someone searches on Google, an ad auction kicks off behind the scenes to determine which ads (if any) will appear alongside the organic ...

9 Jan 2025 4 min read