Finding success with Smart Bidding

Test your bid strategy

 

Gear icon with wrench

Keep each bidding test simple and only change one variable at a time

  • You want your tests to reveal clearly whether automated bidding is working well, so avoid testing new ads or landing pages at the same time.

 

Question mark icon

Choose which campaign to test

  • Pick the largest campaign that you’re comfortable experimenting with. Test campaigns that have been running for a while.
  • Aim for campaigns and experiment splits that would provide you with at least 30 conversions in the last 30 days.

 

Checkmark icon

Time your test

  • Follow the recommended experiment timeline.
    • Day 1: Launch the experiment following the best practices above.
    • Day 1-14: Give the experiment time to ramp up. This could be 2 weeks or 3 conversion cycles, whichever is longer. Always exclude this period of time when evaluating performance.
    • Day 14-44: Let the experiment run uninterrupted for at least 30 days.
    • Account for conversion lag: When evaluating results, be sure to account for conversion delay by excluding any recent days from your assessment, where less than 90% of your conversions have been reported.

 

 

Mail iconWant advanced Google Ads tips and updates sent right to your inbox? Sign up for the Best Practices newsletter.

Was this helpful?

How can we improve it?
true
Subscribe to our Best Practices newsletter

Approved by the team who built Google Ads, the Google Ads Best Practices newsletter provides actionable tips and tactics to help you get the most out of your campaigns.

Subscribe

Search
Clear search
Close search
Main menu
2090830457772707464
true
Search Help Center
true
true
true
true
true
73067
false
false
false