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Is Quality Score Dead?

Is Quality Score Dead?

Serge Nguele

October 23, 2024
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  1. 1 . Quality Score is a dogma and doesn’t matter

    anymore. 2 . Quality Score is still relevant 3 I am pragmatic and think it depends. Where do you stand?
  2. 1 . Your Ad Relevance. 2 . 3 What makes

    up Quality Score? The user’s Landing Page Experience. Your ad Expected CTR
  3. 1 . Match your ad text to your keywords. 2

    . Demonstrate solutions and answer questions. 3 Grouping keywords into themes. Tips to make your ads more relevant
  4. 1 . Make your ad match the keyword intent. 2

    . Highlight a unique benefit. 3 Pause zero impressions ad groups. Tips to improve your CTR
  5. 1 . Keep messaging consistent from ad to landing page.

    2 . Give users what they’re looking for. 3 Make your website mobile friendly. Tips to improve your Landing page experience
  6. Charity client. Up to $10,000 Google Ads Grant account: Increase

    traffic Average CPC of $5.20 Our Finding: Jan 2024 Ad groups with +25 keywords 55% of ads with a ‘Poor’ Ad strength ‘
  7. What we did This is how we did it ☺

    Google Ads Grant account: Action Splitting congested ad groups into themes Our Actions: Feb-March Matching ad text to the keywords Experimenting different CTAs they had on the landing page
  8. What we did... This is how we did it ☺

    Google Ads Grant account: Action Paused zero impression keywords with QS <=5 Our Actions: Feb-March Paused keywords with QS <4 and Ad Relevance ‘Below average’
  9. Charity client. Google Ads Grant account: High click volume Only

    19% of ads have a ‘Poor’ Ad strength Results: Apr - Jul Average CPC lowered by 3x to $1.76 More traffic and potential donors to the charity
  10. Key takeaways: 1. 2. 3. Use Quality Score as a

    diagnostic tool. Achieve max efficiency on Search leveraging QS Insights Focus on your overall Google Ads strategy
  11. Alive. As Google Ads evolves, will Quality Score or a

    similar metric be applied to non-search campaign types in the future. What are your thoughts?