Love it or hate it, Google Ad Manager is a staple for paid media stacks
October 31, 2024

Love it or hate it, Google Ad Manager is a staple for paid media stacks

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Ad Manager

We use Google Ad Manager for running search ads to market & promote the products we sell at our company.

Pros

  • Easy payment
  • Easy ad creation
  • Easy keyword selection

Cons

  • Limited reporting transparency for certain ad types, particularly Performance Max campaigns
  • For those accustomed to the legacy interface, the new layout (new as of mid-2024) is difficult to navigate
  • The in-platform suggestions are often unhelpful or even detrimental
  • Google Ads has been a major source of revenue for our company over the past decade, and obviously the Google Ad Manager platform has made running those ads possible
Google Ad Manager is relatively user-friendly and comparatively intuitive for inexperienced media buyers to navigate and use.
Among all the ad management platforms I use on a regular basis, Google Ad Manager is the most straightforward to use. However, I probably have a paid search bias, as I spend more time there than with the paid social or programmatic platforms. Even still, Google Ad Manager is functionally superior to Microsoft Ads, if only slightly.
That said, all the ad platforms fall short in providing user support, and Google is the worst, in my experience. As long as everything goes as it should, the platform is easy to use. But if issues arise with which you need support from Google, good luck.

Do you think Google Ad Manager delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Google Ad Manager's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Ad Manager live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Google Ad Manager go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Ad Manager again?

Yes

Google Ads Manager is a good solution for those looking to run search ads to promote their products or services.

Google Ad Manager Feature Ratings

Ad campaign creation
9
Ad deployment
9
Display advertising
7
Ad display and retargeting segmentation
7
Sequence targeting
5
Data Transfer
Not Rated
DSP integration
Not Rated
Ad dashboards
5
Ad performance reports
7
Ad conversion tracking
7
Ad attribution reporting
7
Ad forecasting and optimization
7

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