Google Ads Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of Google Ads based on over 46434 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

Google Ads, Wordstream, Microsoft Advertising, Smartly.io, Optmyzr, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Search and Social Advertising. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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Google Ads supports business activities such as:

  • Advertisement
  • Campaign Management
  • Digital Marketing
  • Generation Of New Leads
  • Communication Management

Google Ads can help you with many business goals, such as Acquire Customers, Improve ROI, Increase Sales & Revenue, Build Brand Awareness, Scale Best Practices, etc. It can help manage these activities if you use Website for these needs. As a solution, Google Ads's capabilities include SEM, SEO, Landing Page, etc.

Google Ads Marketing and Advertising Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"After reaching new customers only by word-of-mouth, our small customer base started to expand rapidly six months after we started to use Google Ads. " - Ronny Tangguh

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Google Ads solved their Search and Social Advertising needs. Cuspera uses 46434 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Search and Social Advertising needs.

Business Priorities

Acquire Customers and Improve ROI are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using Google Ads.

Other priorities:

  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Grow Market Share
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Launch New Products
  • Increase Customer Life Time Value
  • Improve Consistency
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Improve Visibility
  • Manage Risk
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
  • Improve Navigation
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Advertisement , Campaign Management , Digital Marketing , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using Google Ads.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Advertisement

3.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (17569)

"...You can control your daily budgets and essentially bid your ads into whatever position you like on the page...."
Campaign Management

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (621)

"...AdWords now visually displays the breakdown of clicks, cost, and conversions across desktop, tablet, and mobile, making it easier to manage your campaigns and optimize your device bid adjustments...."
campaign analytics

4.48/5 ★

Read Reviews (153)

"...The analytics for the campaigns are very straight forward and in depth...."
campaign monitoring

4.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (97)

"...The best part about AdWords is the straight-forward tracking of your campaigns and spend...."
Digital Marketing

4.91/5 ★

Read Reviews (447)

"...In this article, we highlight how solar contractors can successfully implement the paid digital marketing platform Google Ads...." How to use Google Ads to drive traffic to your solar website - Solar Power World
PEER EXPERIENCES
Advertisement

3.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (17569)

"...You can control your daily budgets and essentially bid your ads into whatever position you like on the page...." Peer review by Anthony B, Content Marketing Manager, Marketing and Advertising
Campaign Management

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (621)

"...AdWords now visually displays the breakdown of clicks, cost, and conversions across desktop, tablet, and mobile, making it easier to manage your campaigns and optimize your device bid adjustments...." Peer review by Consultant
campaign analytics

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (153)

campaign monitoring

4.60/5 ★

Read Reviews (97)

Digital Marketing

4.91/5 ★

Read Reviews (447)

"...In this article, we highlight how solar contractors can successfully implement the paid digital marketing platform Google Ads...." How to use Google Ads to drive traffic to your solar website - Solar Power World

93+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 46434 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these Google Ads use cases fit your Search and Social Advertising needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Ronny Tangguh

Founder

Buana Joglo

After reaching new customers only by word-of-mouth, our small customer base started to expand rapidly six months after we started to use Google Ads. Testimonial By Ronny Tangguh

Erika Anggreini

Corporate Director of Marketing

Archipelago International

Google Ads has helped us to increase brand awareness and brand equity of our product. It has really helped us to advertise to an audience that's already interested in us and produces a noticeable increase in targeted leads. Testimonial By Erika Anggreini

Andrew Sutherland

General Manager

Bali Hai Cruises

At this stage in our growth, we urgently needed to revisit our digital marketing and redesign our website using the latest tools from Google Ads to keep up with market innovations. Testimonial By Andrew Sutherland
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Ronny Tangguh

Founder

Buana Joglo

After reaching new customers only by word-of-mouth, our small customer base started to expand rapidly six months after we started to use Google Ads. Testimonial By Ronny Tangguh

Erika Anggreini

Corporate Director of Marketing

Archipelago International

Google Ads has helped us to increase brand awareness and brand equity of our product. It has really helped us to advertise to an audience that's already interested in us and produces a noticeable increase in targeted leads. Testimonial By Erika Anggreini

Andrew Sutherland

General Manager

Bali Hai Cruises

At this stage in our growth, we urgently needed to revisit our digital marketing and redesign our website using the latest tools from Google Ads to keep up with market innovations. Testimonial By Andrew Sutherland

Case Studies

COMPANY CASE STUDIES
Case Study Buana Joglo

How Buana Joglo increases sales by >50% with Google Ads

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Case Study Archipelago

How Archipelago increases bookings by 440% using Google Ads

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Case Study Kredivo

How Kredivo reduces CPA by 80% and increases daily conversions by 14X

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Based on peer insights

Cuspera recommends Google Ads for

Use Cases Advertisement , Campaign Management , Digital Marketing
Medium Website
Features SEM, SEO, Landing Page
Business Priorities Acquire Customers, Improve ROI, Increase Sales & Revenue
Industries Marketing And Advertising, Computer Software, Information Technology And Services

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Google Ads

What is Google Ads?

Google Ads is an online advertising tool that helps to promote the business, help sell products or services, raise awareness, and increase traffic to the website. Google Ads helps to reach more relevant customers within the budget also helps to improve the ads over time to get more of the results that matter to the business.

What is Google Ads used for?

Google Ads is a Search and Social Advertising Software mainly used by its customers to Acquire Customers and Improve ROI by Advertisement, Campaign Management and Digital Marketing .

What are the top features of Google Ads?

SEM, SEO and Landing page are some of the top features of Google Ads.

Who uses Google Ads?

Google Ads is used by Marketing And Advertising, Computer Software and Information Technology And Services among other industries.

What are Google Ads alternatives?

Wordstream, Microsoft Advertising, Smartly.Io and Optmyzr are popular alternatives for Google Ads.

Where is Google Ads located?

Google Ads is headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, US.

Popular Business Setting

for Google Ads

Top Industries

  • Marketing and Advertising
  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

Peers used Google Ads to Acquire customers and Improve ROI

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for Google Ads

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
SEM

3.90/5 ★

Read Reviews (5394)
SEO

4.03/5 ★

Read Reviews (1442)
Landing page

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (606)
Dashboard

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (419)
Personalization

3.44/5 ★

Read Reviews (275)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
SEM

3.90/5 ★

Read Reviews (5394)
SEO

4.03/5 ★

Read Reviews (1442)
Landing page

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (606)
Dashboard

3.82/5 ★

Read Reviews (419)
Personalization

3.44/5 ★

Read Reviews (275)

IT and Other Capabilities

for Google Ads

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.50/5 ★

Read Reviews (968)
Data Import

3.34/5 ★

Read Reviews (2714)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.50/5 ★

Read Reviews (968)
Data Import

3.34/5 ★

Read Reviews (2714)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (134)
Phone Support

4.21/5 ★

Read Reviews (219)
Email Support

4.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (97)
24/7 Support

3.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (1091)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.40/5 ★

Read Reviews (134)
Phone Support

4.21/5 ★

Read Reviews (219)
Email Support

4.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (97)
24/7 Support

3.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (1091)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.05/5 ★

Read Reviews (251)
Analytics

3.96/5 ★

Read Reviews (2530)
Custom Reports

3.57/5 ★

Read Reviews (4081)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.05/5 ★

Read Reviews (251)
Analytics

3.96/5 ★

Read Reviews (2530)
Custom Reports

3.57/5 ★

Read Reviews (4081)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for Google Ads

Overall Risk Meter

Low Medium High

Top Failure Risks for Google Ads

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

Google

Company Website

https://about.google/

HQ Location

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, US

Employees

10,001+

Social

Financials

SERIES A