Running Google Ads in this competitive world is like playing chess. You are making your own moves while trying to predict what moves competitors are making. To stay ahead, you need to know where they are advertising, what keywords they are targeting, and how their campaigns are structured. That’s where competitor monitoring and analysis come in.
Read more »This week’s PPCChat session centred around PPC guardrails like negative keywords, placement exclusions, and ad copy adjustments that help advertisers filter out unwanted traffic or audiences. The discussion explored whether PPC professionals actively use such guardrails in their campaigns, how these practices differ across platforms, and what additional guardrail features they wish existed. The session was hosted by Julie F. Bacchini, who invited industry experts to share their insights and experiences.
Read more »In Q3 2025, AI-driven automation took center stage in PPC, with platforms giving advertisers more power to optimize. Ad platforms are rolling out smarter automation, better audience insights, and tools that help advertisers spend smarter. Here’s a quick roundup of what has changed.
Read more »Changing bidding strategy, refreshing ad copy, or tweaking targeting can have a huge impact — positive or negative. Instead of guessing, Google Ads Experiments let you test changes in a controlled way by splitting traffic between your current campaign (the base campaign) and a modified version (the experiment).
Read more »This week’s PPCChat session explored the theme ‘Automation vs. Control – Where is the line in PPC today?’ Host Julie F. Bacchini engaged experts in a discussion on the current attitudes toward automation vs control, highlighting their favourite and least favourite aspects of today’s ad platform automation, along with other key insights.
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