Google Ads Audit Ad Position (Part 7 Tutorial 2022)

Google Ads Audit Overview:

Part seven of the Google Ads Audit tutorial looks at Ad Position and Keywords.

This section is helpful in explaining budget constraints or investigating search impression share.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

1.      Go into Data Studio Report as in previous sections.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

1.      Take a screenshot.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

3.      Paste it into the Ad Position Analysis report page.

4.      Retrieve the analysis portion of the Data Studio Report and confirm the date is correct.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

5. Export the data to Google Sheets.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

6.      Sort the data by cost.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

The click-through-rate (CTR) and the costs are front and center. These are our top keywords.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position
Google Ads Audit Ad Position

7. Link and share the data so the client can go over it as well.

8.     Review the top keywords. For example, I see the ‘social media marketing for accountants’ is an interesting keyword and we are achieving a lot of impression share.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position
Google Ads Audit Ad Position

9.      List the top keywords under the Analysis header.

Google Ads Audit Ad Position

Simple and straightforward, but ad position becomes more important as the client wants a specific keyword or wants to rank above a competitor.

Part eight will dive into Audiences Report.

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