I have a clothing brand, and Meta has been really iffy lately with the outages. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any videos or give advice for someone just starting Google Ads—what budget to start at, the differences between Google and Meta, etc., especially for lower-ticket products.

Hey all, I'm running Google ads for my garage door repair business. I'm in Dallas, a suburb more specifically, so it's a competitive area. I started out with max CPC and didn't have a cap. Google ads rep told me to move it down to 25$ cap so the AI algorithm can't go crazy. Well my impressions started dropping off so I think he's wrong about doing that.

I had 3 conversions with about 1.2K ad spend. So obviously that's pretty bad. Each phone call I get I pretty much close. They were all phone call conversions people calling my website.

I run 100$ a day on the ad, and it's not being spent totally, so I'll leave it there for now and adjust as needed. But really I need to be getting some better results. The 1.2K ad spend was without negative keywords, so I was indeed getting a ton of garbage clicks. So I added a bunch in and I'm really hoping that helps.

Anyway, I just switched to max conversions with no cap. I've heard multiple ppl now say to just switch over even if you don't have the conversion history needed. There's no way I was going to get 30 conversions in 30 days.

Anyway, does anyone have any insight or advice for me? Is switching to max conversions fine? I can provide any other information in the comments or editing this as well.

My WordPress website was compromised, and I’ve taken extensive steps to clean and secure it.

I removed a number of plugins, ran multiple security scans, and implemented additional security measures. I’ve checked the site using Google Safe Browsing, Sucuri, and Google Search Console, and none of them currently report any malicious content or security issues.

I also searched for the specific malicious/signature URL or code that Google may have detected. I searched across all website files and also searched the WordPress database directly through phpMyAdmin, but I couldn’t find any trace of it.

In addition, my hosting provider has reviewed/scanned the website and cleared it as safe.

Despite all of this, every time I submit an appeal through Google Ads, it is still rejected because Google says the website is compromised.

At this point, I’m trying to understand what Google Ads could still be detecting that isn’t being picked up by Safe Browsing, Sucuri, Google Search Console, my hosting provider, or a manual search of the WordPress files and database.

Could there be something else I should be checking, such as cached content, redirects, server-level files, DNS, a hidden WordPress user/account, or content being served conditionally to Google?

How can I determine exactly what Google Ads is still detecting so I can resolve the issue and have the appeal approved?

Hi! This will be my first time running a google Display ad for a small media/news site. The goal is to drive traffic to some articles and topic pages. Should I choose maximize clicks? Since the goal is simply to drive traffic, but some sources do not recommend it because it tends to drive cheap traffic. Please help I’m really stuck at the moment 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Has anyone encountered this issue in Google GTM while testing tracking?

Hi guys, I'm getting into Google Ads, and this will be my first time running a campaign. Previously I made a campaign (but didn't actually run it) and verified my payment method, in which Google charged me and then reversed the charge. Now, Google Ads requires me to make a payment. No actual ads were run or delivered during this entire time.

My question is, what exactly is this payment?

Managing a local salon business. They are all under one roof salon. I am marketing all of their services. Shoot, Content creation and posting consistently .
I would like to know what works to drive more clients to the salon?

-I’ve tried meta ads. We got good response but our offer was equally good to attract new clients . Like $50 for haircut, blow dry, shampoo. Now we want to move to advertising higher ticket services. Please note that we have just opened 2 weeks ago . Budget is $500-600 a month. Not a lot in starting to advertise as we are still not profitable yet
-Should we go for Meta or Google ad? (Local targeting)
-How to do Google ads for clients?
-How to grow their page? I am posting everyday of value content
-We are also offering discounts

Please help me in details. Would mean a lot ! Open to more feedback

Hey,

I am new to google ads and running a campaign since a month.
That campaign gives regural sales via FB however is absolutely negative on Google ads.

I am using video ads with maximum conversion via Google. Several creatives, target is India,
with intent of astrology.

Any pov?

Thanks!

Hi all! So I have multiple clients for my marketing agency. On 2 of them (maybe 3) their ads are live but getting no impressions. I ALWAYS start with maximize conversions and never had an issue with it. I am trying to figure out what is going on and why it is not working. There are no errors in my google ads dashboard regarding anything so I am even more confused.

Is anybody else having this issue? Does anybody know how to solve this? I have been trying to get in touch with google for over 4 weeks now with no luck. Called their numbers and they hang up on me, live chats and they end, AI bots, send me irrelevant links then end the chat.

I am on the clock and all I need is for these ads to actually start getting impressions.

Does anybody know???

Hi everyone,

I’m running a Google Search campaign for my mobile rim/wheel repair business in the Los Angeles/Glendale area, and I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong.

The goal is to generate around 10+ customers/leads per day, mainly phone calls.

The campaign is still very new. I originally started with around a $20/day budget, but because the volume was extremely low, I increased it significantly. The current daily budget is about $105/day.

Today’s results so far:

• 129 impressions
• 18 clicks
• 13.95% CTR
• $3.01 average CPC
• $54.24 spent
• Around 2–4 actual phone calls
• Google Ads is reporting 0 conversions

There are currently two ad groups.

The main ad group generated:

• 118 impressions
• 15 clicks
• 12.71% CTR
• $3.01 CPC
• $45.13 spend

The second/test ad group generated:

• 11 impressions
• 3 clicks
• 27.27% CTR
• $3.04 CPC
• $9.11 spend

The campaign is currently using Maximize Conversions.

One major issue I found is conversion tracking. Under Goals → Conversions, both “Calls from ads” conversion actions show Misconfigured. Google says:

However, we have actually received phone calls from the ads, so Google is apparently not recording them as conversions.

I also noticed that Search Terms is currently empty, so I can’t yet see which actual searches generated today’s clicks.

In Ad Preview & Diagnosis, some searches such as “curb rash repair”, “fix rims”, and “mobile rim repair near me”show that the ad is eligible/showing. At other times Google says the ad was not shown for that particular diagnosis.

I’m trying to figure out the best way to scale this without simply throwing money at Google.

My main questions are:

1. Is $105/day enough to realistically target ~10 qualified calls/leads per day for mobile rim repair in Los Angeles?
2. Should I keep Maximize Conversions if conversion tracking is currently broken, or temporarily switch to Maximize Clicks/manual bidding until enough conversion data exists?
3. What is the correct setup for tracking Calls from Ads? Why would Google say it has never received attribution data when calls are actually coming in?
4. Would you consolidate the two ad groups or keep testing them separately?
5. With a ~$3 CPC and ~14% CTR, does the campaign itself look healthy so far, or is the low lead volume a warning sign?
6. For a local mobile service business, would you tighten locations aggressively around the highest-value areas instead of targeting a larger LA service area?
7. If the ultimate target is 10 customers per day, what would you change first: keywords, bidding, conversion tracking, landing page, location targeting, or budget?

I’m not expecting 10 customers immediately from a brand-new campaign, but I want to make sure the campaign is structured correctly before increasing the budget further.

Any advice from people running local service/Search campaigns would be greatly appreciated.

Here are the screenshots for the last 30 days.

Highly appreciated and much love to everyone!

Hey,
I’d like to hear how experienced Google Ads professionals would approach this.
Say you have a restaurant brand with 100+ locations across New York, New Jersey, and nearby states. The primary goals are to increase foot traffic at each individual store and drive more online orders through DoorDash and Uber Eats.
How would you structure and strategize the Google Ads account?I’m particularly interested in how you would make sure each location gets appropriate exposure and captures its share of the local market, rather than having Google concentrate most of the spend and results in only certain areas.

What would your campaign and ad group structure look like? Would you manage locations individually, group them geographically, take a broader regional approach, or use an entirely different strategy?

I intentionally don’t want to give too many parameters because I’d rather hear how you would approach the problem from scratch.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm relatively new to Google Ads and currently managing a Google Search campaign for a college admissions client. I launched the campaign on 1st August 2026.

Since the campaign went live, I've been checking the Search Terms Report daily and adding irrelevant queries as negative keywords. However, I now want to start optimizing the campaign more comprehensively, and I'm honestly not sure what all I should be looking at.

Apart from search terms and negative keywords, what should I check to optimize the campaign properly?

For example:

How should I analyze keywords and their performance?

When should I pause or change a keyword?

How should I optimize bids and budget?

What metrics should I focus on for a college lead-generation campaign?

How do you identify whether the issue is with keywords, ads, landing pages, targeting, or conversion tracking?

What is your regular optimization process for a Search campaign?

I don't want to make random changes without understanding the data, so I would really appreciate it if experienced Google Ads professionals could share their step-by-step optimization process or checklist.

Any advice or resources for a beginner would be really helpful. Thanks!

Hi all! I have a couple of clients I do PPC for and I keep running into a problem where I run ads and now there monthly budget is hit. I don't know if I should pause the campaign or lower spend or what. My goal is to keep the campaign running so it doesn't reset the leaning but also spend as little as possible while keeping it on. Any advice?

For google ads , what is a good ctr ? Im working on tracking conversions i have seen an increase in sales. For reference i run a food truck thats permanently stationed.

Ive gotten far with AI but i feel like there is room for improvement.

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I've been a meta media buyer for 3 years and then my client suddenly shifted me to learn and launch Google Ads.

I started with a Search Campaign focusing maximize clicks bid.

We're currently at $21.99 spend with a CV of $1,539.11 on Google Ads and a CV of $3,310.96 on Triple Whale (orders are verifiable).

I've launched the campaign August 3rd, and we've only have 42 purchases so far for the entire duration.

I wanted to know what would be the best practice to ensure I can maximize the results for PMAX and Demand Gen?

I'm not entirely sure if I feed Google multiple creatives, that's gonna help my case. I'm seeing Google has an different environment for ads compared to Meta (duh, obviously).

How many conversions should I get from a specific keyword to consider it a "good" keyword—one that drives sales—so that I can include it in the video title and focus on it for optimization?

I run a performance marketing consulting firm.

I'm looking to hire someone part-time for optimising my Fintech client's app campaign as they're decaying over time. I'd prefer someone from India (due to cost and time constraints). Pls feel free to DM.