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Advertising on Google: The High Performance Cookbook

By : Kristina Cutura
Book Image

Advertising on Google: The High Performance Cookbook

By: Kristina Cutura

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Advertising on Google: The High Performance Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Predicting impact of bid changes using the Bid Simulator


Ever wonder how changing your bids might impact traffic? While there is no way to know for sure, Google's Bid Simulator can help you make informed predictions based on your most recent performance.

Getting ready

Choose an ad group or multiple ad groups you'd like to edit bids for. Here are the ad groups you may wish to increase bids for:

  • Ad groups appearing in a low position

  • Ad groups generating profitable conversions

Ad Groups you may want to decrease bids for include the following:

  • Ad groups generating no conversions despite high costs

  • Ad groups generating conversions at a high CPA

How to do it...

To use the Bid Simulator, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the Campaigns tab.

  2. Click on the Ad groups tab.

  3. Click on the graph icon below an ad group's bid and explore how different bids could have affected your traffic.

  4. Choose a new max CPC and click on Save to apply it directly to your ad group.

How it works...

The Bid Simulator allows you to estimate...