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Dec 11 2017

Google Adwords Auto Ad Suggestions – Serious Impact on Your Campaigns

What do you know about automated ad placement? More specifically, are you utilizing auto ad suggestions for placement of ads on your site? Such as those offered by Adsense.

Auto Ads (AdSense Auto Ads by Google) is a new inclusion in AdWords’ offerings. It’s a tool designed to better optimize your ad selection and conversion strategies. But what are the benefits and implications of Auto Ad Suggestions?

  • Related: How does Google AdWords Work?

Interestingly, the feature works by suggesting variations of previous text ads that have been used by an advertiser. It chooses these variations using analytical data that shows which ads performed best.  And which ads caused a visible boost in Search Network campaigns.

Ads generally perform better when they are in ad groups, providing several variations to different viewers. Data gathered by Google shows that ad groups that contain 3 or more high-quality ads usually get up to 5% to 15% more clicks than groups with a single ad. The rotation presents the audience with several variations (much like A/B testing), increasing your chances of better optimization.

Ideally, the more ads provided in the ad group, the higher your chances of presenting the right ad to the right viewer.

If you haven’t used the feature yet, it Beta launched in January 2017. Since then, it’s slowly been rolled out to advertisers. If you have access, Ad Suggestions should be on your Opportunities page for your review.

  • Related: 5 Myths Holding Your Business Back from PPC Marketing

Proposed Benefits of Ad Suggestions

  • Saves time in ad creation

The obvious reason behind the introduction of ad suggestions is the time it will help save in creating, testing and deciding on an ad choice. Ad suggestions work to create new variations of ads using previously applied, successful ones.

  • Free optimization

The automated process means Google uses its resources, including analytical data gathered, to improve the effectiveness of your ads.

  • Related: 11 Google AdWords Tools You Must Know

Implications of Auto Ad Suggestions

  • It could generate a low-quality ad

The assumption is that, because the ads are generated using their best performing predecessors, they will be of high quality. However, because it is an automated process, and the generating software cannot view an ad the way a person would, this advantage could backfire.

One of the important factors in content creation for advertising is creating an ad that aligns with the company’s message and its pre-established style of communicating with its audience. This could range from the wording to Call-to-Actions. Ads that are automatically generated cannot always be in line with these set standards.

When creating ads, the Call to Actions used along with intended messages should clearly align with the company’s set marketing goals.  Google is implementing existing tools for this feature. And for now, it’s function will be limited to creating ads and landing pages. If a company sees the need to implement this tool, it will be essential that they review every ad generated to ensure that they line up with the company’s voice and the aim of their ad campaigns.

  • Use of information from URL linked to previous ads

A major impact on both ads and their performance is the primary source of information used. For advertisers who use final URLs at the keyword level, Google could use that to create ads that are not focused on your desired topic. For example, if the URL included is your homepage URL, the ad created will be something generic with no clear targeting. It will clearly be low quality and stick out in an ad group, especially if the ad group was designed by an actual advertiser, not automatically.

For URLs to work hand-in-hand with ad suggestions, they must be URLs that lead to specific pages and are still relevant to the campaign.

  • A loss in goal-targeting

Using site links, for example, as a base for ad copies might disrupt the entire purpose of creating new ads. Site links are included to give the readers a view of extended content, usually for the purpose of providing more content on a particular topic. Automatically generated ads, using extensions like the one mentioned above, might be given a whole different goal or meaning from the one intended.

  • Ads are automatically enabled

Whether the advertiser views them or not, ads are automatically enabled 14 days after they are generated. Meaning, if the automation process is not monitored closely, the ads could go live and be presented to the target audience unintentionally. Thus, ads that don’t reflect the purpose of a company or do not clearly define their offers would be live.

This could lead to a much more significant problem. The harm created by a poorly crafted ad could potentially cause a permanent scar on the company’s reputation. You always want to review generated ads to ensure something unacceptable isn’t published.

If a brand sees the need, after knowing this, for the implementation of Ad suggestions, they should keep a watchful eye on the ads generated. Advertisers need to ensure that content that can be considered irrelevant or offensive, is not approved and the ad campaign is not enabled.

Conclusion

Everyone who has had to create targeted content for an ad group understands how much creative energy and analytical work goes into it. Because of this, Ad suggestions might seem like sweet relief in this situation. However, with the functionalities currently provided, it should not yet be considered as a reliable tool for such a major function.

The elements being used still ‘think’ and make decisions like machines. Clearly removing the natural ability to identify what’s relevant. And challenges with what might be considered unnecessary or offensive to your audience. Or even what’s in line with your company’s objectives. There’s also the lack of creativity needed in developing ads an audience can relate to. All of this can heavily impact the success of any ad campaign.

Think of it this way: they can’t take your campaigns beyond where they already are. These campaigns are designed using data that has already been applied in campaign efforts, by you!

Instead of recycling, come up with something fresh. Try a new way to engage your target audience, and improve the success of your advertising campaigns.

  • Related: Five Reasons You Should Use Google AdWords

What has been your experience with using Auto Ad Suggestions? Good, bad, indifferent? Share with us in the comments section below!

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Written by George Gill · Categorized: Advertising, Business Strategy · Tagged: Adsense, advertising campaign, Auto ad suggestions, google adwords, PPC

About George Gill

George Gill is the founder of GILL Solutions. He lives in Peterborough Canada, and is an avid learner, passionate trainer and speaker. For over 20+ years, he's helped businesses implement growth strategies and systems to consistently out perform their expectations. Measurement is always key!

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