An asset group is made of images, logos, headlines, descriptions, videos, sitelinks, assets, and audience signals that you upload or that are automatically created by Google AI during your Performance Max campaign setup. These assets are automatically mixed and matched based on which Google Ads channel (YouTube, Gmail, Search, and others) your ad is being served on.
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Before you begin
If you keep automatically created assets selected, Performance Max campaigns may auto-generate assets if Google AI predicts that your campaign performance can be improved. It’s recommended that you keep this setting on to optimize campaign performance. Google AI may create descriptions, headlines, image, and video assets based on your landing page, domain, and existing ads and creative assets in your account and website. You can use Ad Preview to review possible image and text combinations across the various serving channels. You can pause or delete automatically created assets in the asset report.
While advertisers with a Merchant Center feed don't need to supply any additional creative assets to launch a Performance Max campaign, they may notice a Poor Ad Strength rating. We recommend that you provide creative assets to allow your campaign to serve maximally across surfaces and have optimal performance. Ads may be auto-generated on your behalf when possible. Note that automatically created assets aren’t available for Shopping ads.
Performance Max ads can serve on:
- Google Discover feed
- Gmail
- Google Display Network
- Google Search
- Shorts feed on mobile devices
- YouTube
Keep in mind
An asset provided in an asset group can be combined with any other asset from the same group to create ads that serve across Google Search, Google Maps, Display, YouTube, Gmail, Google Discover feed, and Google partner websites. Advertisers can create multiple asset groups per campaign after their initial asset group is created and the campaign is launched.
Instructions
Start your asset group by adding headlines, descriptions, images, and videos related to a single theme or audience. Performance Max will automatically assemble these assets into all applicable ad formats for your goal and show the most relevant creatives in each ad.
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Add an asset group name to identify your asset group theme. Though you can only set up one asset group before publishing your campaign, you can add additional asset groups later.
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Your ads will be directed to the Final URL and your URL expansion is activated. If the Final URL expansion is turned on, additional URLs on your domain will serve when relevant.
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Add text, images, videos, and additional assets to your asset group. Learn about the specific asset requirements in the next section.
Asset types for Performance Max campaigns
Text assets
Text assets combine headlines, long headlines, a final URL, descriptions, display URLs, business names, and a call to action in unique variations to help you reach your campaign goals. You can use text assets to share information about your product or service, direct people to your landing page, encourage a specific call-to-action, and more.
Learn more About text assets for Performance Max campaigns.
Image assets
Upload quality, relevant images to complement your ads and help convey information about your business visually. Image assets include your logos and other images to help attract people to your business. You can even use the image assets you create on search campaigns with your Performance Max campaigns.
Learn more About image assets for Performance Max campaigns.
Video assets
You can upload your own videos or use videos Google AI helps to create using your provided assets, if that feature is available in your account. You can also use the Google Ads video creation tool to create a video that you can use in your Performance Max campaign.
Learn more About video assets for Performance Max campaigns.
Custom labels from page feeds
Page feed custom labels allow you to specify which URLs from your page feed will be included in ads generated from each asset group. Follow the instructions below to use customs labels for your Performance Max campaign asset groups.
Learn more about How to use page feeds in Performance Max.
After you upload your assets, you can create asset groups. Learn more about Asset group best practices.
Audience signals
Audience signals allow you to add audience suggestions that help Google AI optimize for your selected goals. Although adding audience signals is optional, using audience signals can help you guide machine learning models on the ideal way to optimize your campaign.
Learn more About audience signals for Performance Max campaigns.
Ad creative best practices
Uploading assets is just the start. You’ll need to continue to keep in mind your weekend sales, replacing low-performing assets, and other best practices to make the most of your assets. Learn more about Ad creative best practices.
Asset report
The asset report lists each asset used in a Performance Max campaign and allows you to compare performance across a variety of assets. You’ll need to set up a Performance Max campaign to view your asset report. Learn more About asset reporting in Performance Max.
