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    Google Ads

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Ads (formerly AdWords) is Google's pay-per-click online advertising program. With Google Ads users set their budget and choose where their ads appear in search listings, and on partner websites. Google Ads uses cost-per-click (CPC) bidding.

    $500

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    Google Ads
    Editions & Modules
    Offer A
    $500
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offer B
    $1500
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offer C
    $3000
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Ads
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Google Ads
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Ads
    Audience demographic reach is more when compared to the Microsoft Advertising. Google has massive reach and high search volume. It has a very great ecosystem and ad formats which means it supports multiple systems and has various tools integration google analytics helps track …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    I find the Google products easier to use, and with the ease of use it is quicker to get my message out in front of my customer. I think with the other platforms we have also tried (Meta) that the approval process is so much longer that if you want to get something out NOW when …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads is by far the best PPC advertising mechanism I've used especially when compared to the Microsoft/Bing platform. It's easier to navigate and the budgets are spent more effectively and efficiently. The display of the search results is easier to read and the quality of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads remains at the top advertising channel within our business for both lead volume and revenue generation, whilst maintaining a reasonable cost per lead (CPL). Both Meta Ads and Microsoft Ads have a much lower CPL, those channels don't contribute as much revenue and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads is one of the more advanced tools, all the above tools listed are great and provide very advanced features for advertising on those platforms. Usually a business would use multiple tools. Google Ads is great as it is very fined and established so you know what you …
    Incentivized
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    Google is a lot better at not just banning you for no reason. The platform is very intuitive and gets you in front of many people. Meta Ads is notorious for banning people and not giving them any reason. Google is very reasonable and has guidelines. Google clicks are also much …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    These are different channels, with different audiences and targeting options. It is important to first understand your objective, who you want to reach and at what stage of the journey.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Well, I use Facebook/Meta pixels sometimes. But it is not as good as Google Ads. There are a lot of people searching on Google for good web development firms but how many are there finding the same sort of person on Facebook or Linkedin?
    Thus, I like the abundance of users …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    It's gives me better results than the other platforms, cause by setting up keywords that are relevant to my business I can really target people who are actively searching for the topic. This really filters leads and brings better results.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    It is part of the Google suite of tools for content management for advertising and ads in the Google search engine.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads is more robust and has more features as compared to Microsoft Advertising, aka Bing Ads. Google has better and more reach than other search engines in the market. Google stands well against all its competitors when it comes to media planning and buying. Go for it any …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads can be more useful than LinkedIn & Facebook Ads because it is reaching a larger pool of users. Both platforms have even better/more targeting options, but they limit the amount of reach you will receive. Google Ads catches users at the top of the sales funnel.
    Incentivized
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    Google ads provide no customer service.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    We had to stop using Bing as the results were all over the place and so we couldn't trust the service.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    We have observed that the Bing Ads performs better than the Google Ads when we target the older audience. The cost per conversion is also better than the Google Ads on Bing because of low competition possibly. However, Google Ads is preferred by us mostly because of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads clearly has high potential as more users search for their product when compared to other channels hence getting the desired audience.
    Incentivized
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    Neither platform seems to perform in my opinion. Google Ads is much more complicated while Facebook Ads are simpler to implement and run. No positive ROI on either though!
    Incentivized
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    We would use Facebook advertising often to generate strong reactions online. The benefit of using Google Ads is that people are always searching on Google and it's quick to pull your name first in a search ranking, where a majority of people are likely to click on compared to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    In most cases, it's better between features, usability, performance (though Bing can sometimes cost less). Google is also smarter about its keywords. Bing is more similar to how Google was five or more years ago (needing to add variations to those keywords). I will say, though, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads is pretty strong when it comes to search and shopping campaigns. It's a great tool to target people who are ready to buy and actively looking for products we have to offer. On the other hand, Facebook has been a great tool for raising awareness, brand uplift, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Other platforms like Facebook Business Manager or Twitter Ads do not allow the same level of optimization and control of targeting as Google Ads. In same cases it may have less reach, but being more precise is better to see a ROAS sooner.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google is the largest search engine with the most users so this is the first choice. Other advertising options can give results but not to the same degree that Google Ads does. They have a better platform than other types of platforms available. This makes it the best option …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Google Ads has far more reach/audience capabilities than Microsoft Ads. More users use Google than Microsoft products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    Moz Pro allowed me to figure out what words I was needing to use to better use Google Ads.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Ads
    While it is still important to be present in those engines, Google Ads still offers the largest inventory, which helps reach more users and drive bigger volumes of conversions and achieve higher ROI.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    Google Ads
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Ads
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Ad campaign creation7.911 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.510 Ratings
    Display advertising7.410 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation7.511 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.910 Ratings
    Contextual advertising7.210 Ratings
    Social advertising6.35 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ads
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ad dashboards7.511 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.911 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking7.311 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.211 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.911 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Google Ads
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad bidding7.910 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google Ads
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Google Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (126 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Ads is a useful advertising tool to build brand exposure and generate lead volumes for your chosen product. Whilst it can be costly at times due to competitor bidding strategies and requires constant monitoring to ensure campaigns perform as expected, it typically provides the desired quality and quantity of leads for custom budgets.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Automated targeting via Smart Shopping campaign. It's one of the best campaign types in Google Ads. In the beginning, you may see lower revenue and ROAS, but once you give some meaningful time to your campaign, it is most likely to perform well.
    • Smart bidding strategies: Google Ads has developed some really great bidding strategies such as maximizing conversion and maximizing conversion with ROAS settings. Based on one's requirement and their goal with revenue and target ROAS, they can choose the appropriate bidding strategy.
    • Reporting: A business owner and advertising must know about their audiences, how their campaigns have been performing, what's working and what's not, and for that reason, powerful, effective reporting is needed, and Google Ads provides rich details reporting that covers almost every aspect of a business.
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    Cons
    Google
    • If you don't know what you're doing, it will be a costly mistake. You need to target ads, and it is difficult the first time to do that.
    • There isn't a feature to run an add for a couple set date spans, just hours you want to run them or a single date span.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I think Google Ads is good for getting your company out there and becoming more visible to potential customers in general. However, for specific product launches, social media advertising might be a better fit. Also, our user base is younger so social media is a better channel for our target audience.
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    Usability
    Google
    This is more of a subjective rating, because I think it can be increased with how much our ad spend is. The more of an ad spend, the more visibility we can get, and therefore all features can climb. With an overall larger presence the usability is that where we can get messages out quick, and that's the main thing we try to do with our campaigns.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    We have not yet had an account rep who hasn't tried to bully me or other employees to raise our budgets. At the same time, several years ago, one attempted to help refine our ads and ended up changing the ads to be something we were not affiliated with
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    Online Training
    Google
    Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Our agency invests heavily in Google Ads (particularly paid search advertising) on behalf of our clients relative to competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo because Google is the top search engine in the world. Google collects the most search data which enables the company to improve its AI to drive better performance for agencies and brands. As such, our paid search and app install campaigns always start with Google. If a client has a large budget, we will allocate media dollars to other search engines, but in some cases, the entire search budget goes to Google because we see the best returns.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Google Ads is often one of our highest ROI channels, especially when you factor in branded ads.
    • Depending on the stage your business is in, search ads can be really powerful from an ROI perspective, providing an investment with a very high spend cap.
    • If you do not manage the campaigns well though, you can quickly spend a lot of money on nothing. So make sure someone is keeping an eye on your account.
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