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illustration: DALL-EThe rise in costs is not a temporary anomaly but a long-term trend affecting companies’ marketing strategies worldwide. Several key factors drive the dynamic increase in click prices:
- Increased competition. Digital transformation, accelerated by the pandemic, brought thousands of new advertisers into Google Ads. More firms compete for the same users, driving up auction prices.
- Fewer clicks. Users click ads less often, especially when answers appear directly in search results. The introduction of generative AI in search has further reduced click availability.
- Automation and lack of transparency. The growing role of tools like Performance Max means systems set bids automatically, often raising them in pursuit of predicted conversions. Advertisers lose control over how budgets are used.
How to optimise advertising campaigns?
In response to changing conditions, optimisation efforts are expanding beyond campaigns to the whole customer acquisition process:
- Broader data perspective. Instead of focusing only on CPC, analyse metrics such as cost per lead (CPL), conversion rate (CR), lifetime value (LTV), or return on ad spend (ROAS).
- Raising campaign quality. Better keyword matching, more effective ad copy, and fast, intuitive landing pages help improve quality scores and reduce costs.
- Diversifying marketing channels. Investing in SEO, social media, email marketing, or partnerships reduces reliance on a single advertising ecosystem.
- Using first-party data. Data directly from customers is key for effective remarketing and personalised messaging strategies.
- The rise in CPC in Google Ads is not just about higher costs, but about decreasing control over how these costs arise. Automation, like Performance Max, works as a black box today. We do not know why a specific click cost what it did - says Borys Marushchak, performance marketing manager at Harbingers. - This forces us to think beyond campaign settings. True optimisation now starts on the landing page, in the purchasing process, and in customer service. Focusing on lifetime value (LTV), not just ROAS, is the only way to remain profitable in today’s ecosystem.
Rising Google Ads costs are now part of the changing digital advertising market. Instead of competing only on bids, focus on strategic adaptation, full sales funnel optimisation, better data use, and building long-term customer value. In today’s reality, quality and flexibility, not budget, determine competitive advantage.
source: Harbingers/Biuroprasowe.pl
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