Google Ads Quality Score is made up of 3 primary factors: Expected CTR, Landing Page Experience, and Ad Relevancy. We’ve previously examined how to improve Quality Score and Understanding and improving Landing Page Experience. In this video, we will dig into the Ad Relevancy portion of Google’s Quality Score. While ad relevancy is only 22% […]
We recently introduced a feature that lets you graph keyword and ad group Quality Scores, along with their subfactors. Since then, we’ve been analyzing common Quality Score patterns and the reasons behind them. In this article, we’ll explore the good, the bad, and the downright puzzling. The flatline The flatline never changes. In some cases, […]
Google recently announced that you can see more Quality Score data in AdWords including historical Quality Score. Being the first system to let you see and filter on all the sub factors (Expected CTR, Landing Page Experience, and Ad Relevance), we’re all for transparency in reporting. While Google has brought more data to Quality Score, […]
We recently did a great Quality Score webinar with Finch. If you’ve not looked at Finch before; it’s a very interesting software solution for ecommerce accounts. From a Quality Score perspective, in the webinar, we walk through how to work with Quality Score, it’s factors, etc; and then Finch walks through their ‘Wheel of Goodness’ […]
Most articles on Quality Score are a bit confusing as what you see inside of the AdWords interface and what the articles mention (lowering CPCs, raising positions) are based upon two entirely different numbers. Quality Score, along with your ad extensions and bid determine your ad rank; how high your ad is positioned compared to […]
We’re often asked by advertisers questions such as “I have a 44% CTR, why does Google say my expected CTR is average”. Now, 44% is high, and that’s for a brand term. However, we’ll see some accounts where non-brand needs at least a 15% CTR to be ‘above average’. As expected CTR is a major […]
Ad Relevance makes up 22% of your visible quality score and it can be a difficult item to work with since it doesn’t always make logical or semantic sense. For instance, an easy way of thinking about relevance is semantically. If the keywords and overall idea is in the ad, then the ad should be […]
Quality Score optimization is essential to any PPC account. Increasing your quality scores can: Decrease your CPC Increase your ad position Cause your ad to show if its not showing due to poor quality scores Cause your ad to show on more matching queries (depending on match types) There’s two factors to increasing quality score: […]