Google Flashcards
What is Ad Rank?
Where an ad ranks on Search Engine Results Page
What is Quality Score?
Google’s algorithm to determine relevance
What is a CPC Bid?
Amount you are willing to pay
How does Quality Score get determined?
- Keyword Relevance
- Landing Page
- Historical Click through rate
- Account historical performance
What is the quality score rating system on?
A 1-10
What are the 4 types of bidding strategies?
- Manual CPC
- Enhanced CPC (ECPC)
- Maximize Conversions
- Maximize Conversion Value
What is Manual CPC bidding strategy?
You set your own CPC
What is Enhanced CPC bidding strategy?
A hybrid of manual CPC and smart bidding, you set a max and google adjusts
What is Maximize Conversions bidding strategy?
(the main bidding strategy that we use)
You get the highest volume
There is an option to set a target CPA
What is Maximize Conversion Value bidding strategy?
Automatically sets to generate revenue
Can set a target ROAS within max conversion value
What are the limits to Google Ad Grant?
$2 CPC limit
Daily max budget = $329 or $10,000 per month
Search text ads only
Only to approved domains (donation links are hard)
No single keywords (but certified professionals can use them with quality score above 6)
What are the requirements to keep up compliance for Google ad grant?
Structure: at least 2 ad groups per campaign, 2 ads per ad group, and 2 sitelink extensions on the account level
Quality: no keywords with a quality score below 3, no generic keywords, CTR must be at least 5% overall, no single keywords
Other: must have valid conversion tracking and must respond to annual Ad Grants program survey
What does paid search have that ad grants don’t?
No manual CPC limit
Ads are entered into initial auction
Always show above ad grants
~60% impression share
What does Paid Search Have in common with Ad Grants?
Keyword auction
Auction Structure
Ad Creation
What does Ad Grant have that Paid Search does not?
$2 manual CPC bid limit
Ads are entered into a secondary auction
Will always show below paid ads
~10% impression share