Google Ads Audit Hour Analysis (Part 12 Tutorial 2022)

Google Ads Audit Overview:

This is part 12 in our Google Ads Audit tutorial series where we review Hour Analysis.

We'll use Data Studio Report, Google Sheets/Excel and Google Slides to help collect and analyze the data. This can be used to perform bid adjustments, exclusions, and campaign strategy changes. Also, much of the campaign management can be automated through Google Script so it can be adjusted monthly.

1.      Go into the Overview Report under Data Studio for the Hour of Day.

Google Ads Audit Hours

2.      Choose the date range. The more data the better, but I’m doing 14 days.

Google Ads Audit Hour

3.      Screenshot the data for the visuals.

Google Ads Audit Hours
Google Ads Audit Hours

4.      Copy and paste it into the Analysis Report.

   

Google Ads Audit Hours

5. Go back and export the Overview to Google Sheets as in previous modules.

Google Ads Audit Hours

6.      Now Sort the data by Cost. We want to see the biggest cost subjects here. This is in military time; it’s Eastern.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Take a look and determine what are the most expensive times. I would do bid adjustments on these top ones. This is a visual cue.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Now you will need to update the spreadsheet, which has the script of the 24/7 bidder. If it’s not here, then go to the Ad Account Maintenance Checklist.

Google Ads Audit Hours

7.      Click on Master Scripts.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Google Ads Audit Hours

From there, go down to the bottom and click 24/7 Bid Multiplier.

Google Ads Audit Hours
Google Ads Audit Hours

Copy the blue highlighted text.

Go back to the account, then go to Scripts.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Click 24/7 Bid Multiplier, create new script.

Google Ads Audit Hours

And paste it in here.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Once that is in place, make sure this spreadsheet has changed.

Google Ads Audit Hours
Google Ads Audit Hours

8.     Typically, you will have to make a copy.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Name it, and then copy the link of the newly created spreadsheet. Then paste it in here.

Google Ads Audit Hours

This spreadsheet is showing the days along with the hours of the day.

Google Ads Audit Hours

With this data, we can use our insights listed on the Google Overview spreadsheet to do bid adjustments. It will perform hourly checks on these times forever and then do the bid adjustments.

Google Ads Audit Hours
Google Ads Audit Hours

At 9:00 AM on Tuesdays, it’s minus five and then again at 10:00 AM on Tuesdays, it’s minus 5. At 3:00 PM on Wednesday, it’s also minus 5 – not ideal.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Share and link this report with the client.

Google Ads Audit Hours

9.      Go to the Script and crawl it. Click Preview and it will show it processing.

Google Ads Audit Hours

Google Ads Audit Hours

10.      Go back to Scripts and make sure it’s running hourly. It will do those changes every hour.

Google Ads Audit Hours

11. Open the Hour of the Day spreadsheet and share it with the client.

Google Ads Audit Hours
Google Ads Audit Hours

12.      Under Analysis, link the script and share your insight.

Google Ads Audit Hours

I wrote: “Tuesday mornings are the most expensive time of the week.”

And that's how you do the hour of the day analysis.

The next tutorial in this series will tackle Auction Insights.

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