Google Ads details
Google Ads management for small business
The campaign should be judged by whether it creates useful commercial activity, not by how much budget it can consume.
Campaign setup
Campaign structure follows the business service, target geography and available measurement.
- Keyword research
- Campaign/ad-group structure
- Location targeting
- Ad copy
- Extensions/assets
- Negative keywords
- Budget controls
Measurement
Conversion tracking is central where the business has a measurable enquiry or sale.
- GA4 events
- Google Ads conversions
- Tag Manager where useful
- UTM campaign tracking
- Call/form measurement where available
Ongoing review
Search behaviour changes and campaigns need pruning as well as expansion.
- Search-term review
- Negative keyword additions
- Bid/budget review
- Ad copy testing
- Landing-page recommendations
- Conversion quality review
Technology
Google search, measurement and business services
Search, analytics, advertising and business services work best when the website is structured and measured properly.
Full text list
- Google Search Console — Indexing, crawl visibility, search queries, coverage and site health. Provider information
- Google Analytics — Traffic, engagement and conversion measurement. Provider information
- Google Tag Manager — Controlled deployment of measurement and conversion tags. Provider information
- Google Workspace — Business Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet and productivity services. Provider information
- Google Ads — Paid search, conversion tracking and campaign measurement. Provider information
- PageSpeed Insights — Performance and Core Web Vitals diagnostics. Provider information
- Google Business Profile — Local business visibility and public business information. Provider information
- Google Merchant Center — Product feeds and shopping visibility where relevant. Provider information
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The detailed pages exist for customers who want to inspect the engineering. The customer-facing offer remains deliberately straightforward.
