Google AdSense vs. Google Campaign Manager 360

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AdSense
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Google AdSense provides a way for publishers to earn money from their online content. AdSense works by matching ads to your site based on your content and visitors. The ads are created and paid for by advertisers who want to promote their products. Since these advertisers pay different prices for different ads, the amount you earn will vary. AdSense displays relevant ads to your site visitors next to your content and allows you to customize the look and feel of ads to match your site.N/A
Google Campaign Manager 360
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Replacing DoubleClick, Google Campaign Manager 360 is a web-based ad management system for advertisers and agencies, used to manage digital campaigns across websites and mobile. This includes features for ad serving, targeting, verification, and reporting.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AdSenseGoogle Campaign Manager 360
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Google AdSense
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Ratings
Google Campaign Manager 360
9.0
29 Ratings
20% above category average
Data Transfer00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
DSP integration00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Google AdSense
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Ratings
Google Campaign Manager 360
8.8
33 Ratings
11% above category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
Ad deployment00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings10.030 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
Sequence targeting00 Ratings7.023 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Google AdSense
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Ratings
Google Campaign Manager 360
9.2
33 Ratings
17% above category average
Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.031 Ratings
Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings9.032 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google AdSenseGoogle Campaign Manager 360
Small Businesses
Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
Score 7.1 out of 10
Criteo Commerce Growth
Criteo Commerce Growth
Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
Score 7.1 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Score 8.5 out of 10
Criteo Commerce Growth
Criteo Commerce Growth
Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google AdSenseGoogle Campaign Manager 360
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(7 ratings)
9.0
(45 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google AdSenseGoogle Campaign Manager 360
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
I think any company selling a product or service can benefit from Google AdSense advertising as long as they come with a strategy of who to target with their Ad campaigns. If you just blanket anything and everything with your Google Ads it won't be as effective, and you will be wasting your spend
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Google
I feel pretty neutral about Google Marketing Platform. For the longest time, my company wasn't using it because each of the features (Data Studio, Analytics, etc.) could be accessed separately. In fact, most of the time, I don't even go into Google Marketing Platform because it's easier to directly navigate to the individual platforms. There are very few features about GMP that can only be accessed from the GMP UI. The Integrations Center is probably the main feature I utilize from the GMP UI, which allows me to see a summary of the integrations I have in place across all my client properties and accounts.
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Pros
Google
  • Excellent Ads type and useful content
  • Excellent follow up and analytics
  • Secure your particular ads by following the plagiarism bloggers who steal your content. It happens to me and Google AdSense aware about these thief's by tracking my Google Adsense particular ad code
  • Excellent revenue for the bloggers who are honest about their content
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Google
  • Bringing together data from multiple channels and engines and allows you to visualize the data in an easy to use platform. This saves time from using multiple logins for the different platforms.
  • Auto bidding tools save time from manual bidding, as it allows you to set the specific terms around what levels you want to cap your CPCs at. You then let DoubleClick adjust your bids to gain the most conversions from the cheapest CPCs. This frees up time to do other in-depth analysis and strategy.
  • DoubleClick also has the ability to track conversions and clicks on any page using their floodlight tags. This is good for tracking certain actions on yours or a client's site and is especially good if they do not use any other tools, such as Google Analytics or Adobe, to track conversions and user actions on site. You can also use these in conjunction with the auto bidding tools.
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Cons
Google
  • Google AdSense should monetize mobile applications
  • Google AdSense should monetize Mac native applications and games
  • Google AdSense should pay out more for a click for tier 1 countries traffic
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Google
  • The process for on-boarding new users can be difficult if they do not already have a Gmail or Gmail-linked account.
  • Difficult to troubleshoot technical issues (with the platform, with tags, etc.) because of the lack of customer support. Unclear if the agency has a dedicated team or individual to assist, and often have to deal with out-sourced support teams.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
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Google
Due to its adapting behavior with industry ad formats and seamless integration with publishers and DSP's, I don't see myself moving away from DCM. As we see the display advertising is getting more programatic and automated due to the rise of DSP and concept of RTB, Double Click has evolved with new advanced best practices
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Usability
Google
I feel that Google AdSense has a plethora of features and detailed options for you to utilize when building campaigns. I do think there is room to make it more user friendly for beginning users. I had to request help from my Marketing team to build campaigns. Ultimately, that improvement would push my scoring to a 10.
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Google
The Doubleclick interface is easy and simple to get a hang of. The options are slightly limited compared to other DSPs. But, for a simple campaign, this is a great DSP to move forward with. They have a ton of data and can plug into a lot of different partners
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Support Rating
Google
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Google
They do not have strong support team. It is tough to get answer when I need it. They always refer you to an online guide and not an actual person. If so, the person is based out of an offshore team in India and does not know the specific client goals .
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Implementation Rating
Google
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Google
I would highly recommend asking clients to provide 3PAS tags or use an internal 3PAS
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Alternatives Considered
Google
In addition to Taboola, we also looked at Amazon Associates. I believe the latter could have a place as a source of revenue for many small websites. As stated earlier, Adsense is simply the largest and easiest to use service out there for small to medium-sized websites. It offers the best tools and easiest path to monitization.
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Google
Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Helps us strategize better around potential ad revenue models
  • Helps us evaluate the impact of ads on the user experience on the front end
  • The optimization recommendations have generated an improvement revenue-wise
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Google
  • DS3 has improved ROI considerably due to its ability to make the work of a team of digital marketers to go further and improving internal efficiency.
  • There is a notable improvement in account performance for those integrated with DoubleClick as opposed to not, with better tracking, new bid strategy options, and a more responsive interface.
  • The additional fee on top of media spend is a considerable expense for a large advertiser, but the necessity of a product/solution such as this means that there is always likely to be some comparative cost.
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