Lead-gen and ecommerce managers: two Google Ads bidding changes landed this summer. Here’s what shifts, what doesn’t, and which campaigns to audit first. The post Google Ads Bidding Strategies: Where To Spend Your Time In 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ads-bidding-strategies-where-to-spend-your-time-in-20..
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If you run ecommerce campaigns on target CPA or target ROAS and any of them sit at “Limited by budget,” Google’s August 17 bidding change is going to move your numbers, and we’re likely not talking about the direction you want. Starting August 17, campaigns that are limited by budget and use a target-based bid ..
Google AI Mode returned a text ad on 29% of the commercial keywords in a new SE Ranking analysis, and for most of those keywords the advertiser’s domain was not among the sources the answer cited. SE Ranking checked if the pages or domains of each keyword that produced a text ad also appeared in ..
You’re finalizing a monthly PPC report, excited to show improvements you’ve seen in the account. You highlight an A/B test that yielded an improvement in CPA, along with a new Meta campaign that is driving marketing qualified leads. Yet when you present the report to leadership, you still get questions like, “How are these actions ..
This month’s Ask A PPC tackles a very real concern: Search term visibility keeps shrinking on some platforms while other platforms continue to maintain more transparency. Advertisers still need to understand, diagnose, and optimize campaigns even when they do not have full search term signals. “With search terms increasingly unavailable, what technical signals should advertisers ..
Google Ads is expanding its Search campaigns for Travel beta to two additional verticals: Things to Do and Events. Google announced the update in a post on X and LinkedIn on July 8, 2026. Advertisers selling attractions, tours, and event tickets can now access the campaign type through an open beta, although availability remains limited. ..
Google is clarifying its Smart Bidding update after advertisers questioned how budget-limited campaigns will behave beginning August 17. The original announcement around Smart Bidding changes was June 22. The update essentially changes how Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns behave when they’re limited by budget. Today, many budget-limited campaigns outperform their bidding targets. Smart Bidding ..
Google is testing a new Search ads label that could give certain advertisers a visible endorsement directly within search results. In a LinkedIn post, Google Ads Liaison Ginny Marvin announced a limited U.S. experiment that adds a “Strongest match” or “Strong match” label to select Search ads. According to Marvin, the labels are intended to ..
Microsoft announced a wave of AI updates this week, and most of the coverage will likely focus on the individual launches. New targeting options, diagnostics, commerce tools, Copilot enhancements, and campaign features will naturally get the headlines. What stood out to me was the broader vision behind them. Microsoft is not just talking about better ..
For years, many advertisers treated product feeds as a channel task tied mainly to Shopping campaigns. If you were running Shopping ads, feed optimization likely got attention. If you weren’t, it often slipped behind priorities for the PPC campaigns you were running. Now, that approach is starting to show its age. Google’s recent Ads Decoded ..
