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Google Ads

Score8.3 out of 10

1,329 Reviews and Ratings

Features

Top Performing Features

  • Display advertising

    Supports banner and rich media display ads, including video, audio, mobile, etc.

    Category average: 4.8

  • Ad performance reports

    Allow users to generate reports comparing the performance of various ads or the performance of certain aspects of ads (like headlines, etc.)

    Category average: 6

  • Ad conversion tracking

    Tracks ad conversions by campaign and type of conversion—the customer might have clicked on the ad and then purchased a product, subscribed to a newsletter, filled out a form, or downloaded a whitepaper, etc.

    Category average: 6.8

  • Ad attribution reporting

    Generates accurate, detailed reports that attribute conversion to a combination of different touch points (ads, and other factors) leading up to conversion.

    Category average: 6.1

Ad Campaigns

Features related to creating and deploying ad campaigns.

  • Ad campaign creation

    Allows users to programmatically create ads and build new campaigns within the tool.

    Category average: 5.2

  • Ad deployment

    Allows users to quickly and easily deploy new ad campaigns from within the tool.

    Category average: 5.6

  • Display advertising

    Supports banner and rich media display ads, including video, audio, mobile, etc.

    Category average: 4.8

  • Ad display and retargeting segmentation

    Allows users to display and retarget ads to audience segments based on demographics, location, account, role, or other profile aspects.

    Category average: 5.5

  • Sequence targeting

    Allows users to create ad sequences that have several stages covering different topics or products; individual viewers are shown ads in a particular order across websites. This provides very fine control over brand messaging and storytelling.

    Category average: 2

  • Contextual advertising

    Advertising that relates to the content on a given web page. Sequence targeting allows ads to be shown to individual viewers in a particular order across different websites, enabling greater control over brand messaging.

    Category average: 3.7

  • Social advertising

    Advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

    Category average: 1.8

Ad Reporting & Analytics

Features related to reporting on and analyzing advertisements.

  • Ad dashboards

    Dashboards for analyzing and/or optimizing ads are clean, easy to use, and easy to understand.

    Category average: 4.2

  • Ad performance reports

    Allow users to generate reports comparing the performance of various ads or the performance of certain aspects of ads (like headlines, etc.)

    Category average: 6

  • Ad conversion tracking

    Tracks ad conversions by campaign and type of conversion—the customer might have clicked on the ad and then purchased a product, subscribed to a newsletter, filled out a form, or downloaded a whitepaper, etc.

    Category average: 6.8

  • Ad attribution reporting

    Generates accurate, detailed reports that attribute conversion to a combination of different touch points (ads, and other factors) leading up to conversion.

    Category average: 6.1

  • Ad forecasting and optimization

    Ad forecasting models predict campaign performance to assist with optimization.

    Category average: 4.3

Ad Auctions

Allows users to bid for ad space for search results based on specific keywords.

  • Ad bidding

    Automated bidding based on budget parameters and the click or conversion likelihood of an ad.

    Category average: 6.7