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Working notes on running Google Ads with an AI agent — what to automate, what to approve, and what the API actually permits.
32 entries
- google ads wasting money10 Silent Budget Leaks in Google Ads AccountsThe waste in most accounts never shows on the Overview page. Ten leaks hiding in reports advertisers rarely open, and one AI session to find all ten.Updated 2026-08-10 · 8 min read
- chatgpt prompts for google ads40 ChatGPT Prompts That Read Your Google Ads AccountForty prompts written for an AI that can read your account — audits, negatives, pacing, RSAs and builds — plus the patterns that make them work.Updated 2026-08-10 · 9 min read
- google ads ad copy testingAd Copy Testing With AI: A Framework That Holds UpRSAs killed the clean A/B split. The honest replacement is asset-level analysis plus deliberate variants — and AI does the tedious half of both.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- ai in ppcAfter AI Takes the Busywork: The New PPC JobAI is eating the PPC work that required attention but not judgement. The professionals who thrive are redefining the job around what it cannot touch.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- ppc agency reportingAgency Reporting Day, Cut From Hours to MinutesThe monthly reporting grind is mostly narration — explaining what numbers mean. Narration is exactly what a connected AI drafts well, per client.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- ai max for search reviewAI Max for Search: Opt In, Wait, or Fence It?AI Max trades keyword control for query expansion. The right call depends on whether your negatives and tracking can police what it brings in.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- google ads auto apply recommendationsAuto-Apply Recommendations: What to Turn Off TodayAuto-apply is Google optimising for Google's definition of optimised. Some toggles are hygiene; several quietly restructure your account.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- black friday google ads strategyBlack Friday Google Ads Prep, Run as an AI ChecklistQ4 prep is a September project, not a November scramble — and every classic checklist item is now a prompt away from done.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- broad match google adsBroad Match in 2026: Powerful, Cheap, and UnpolicedBroad match finally works — with Smart Bidding, real conversion data, and someone reading the search terms. Skip the third leg and it reverts to a money pit.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- google ads budget pacingBudget Pacing in Google Ads: The Month-End SaveGoogle spends to daily budgets while you answer to monthly ones. The gap between those clocks is where overspend hides — a pacing prompt closes it.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- dynamic search ads sunsetDSAs Are Sunsetting: Your AI Max Migration PlanDSA campaigns auto-upgrade to AI Max on Google's schedule whether you plan or not. Migrating deliberately keeps your URL controls and data intact.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- google ads experimentsGoogle Ads Experiments, Set Up and Read by AIMost accounts run zero experiments because setup and readout are chores. An AI removes the chores and leaves only the decision — the valuable part.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- google ads changes 2026Google Ads in 2026: What Actually ChangedAI Max went GA, ads entered AI Mode, Google shipped its own agent, and every ad platform released an MCP server. What each shift means for operators.Updated 2026-08-10 · 8 min read
- google ads performance dropGoogle Ads Performance Dropped? Diagnose It in OrderDrops have a diagnostic order: measurement, change history, auction, demand, constraints. Walk the five layers and find the culprit in minutes.Updated 2026-08-10 · 8 min read
- google ads reporting aiGoogle Ads Reporting With AI: Kill the Friday DeckReporting is a question-answering problem, not a dashboard problem. How a connected AI builds the weekly readout and answers the follow-up.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- google ads scripts vs aiGoogle Ads Scripts vs MCP Agents: When Code LosesScripts answer questions you thought of last month. An MCP agent answers the one you have now. Where each wins, and the hybrid that beats both.Updated 2026-08-10 · 8 min read
- official ads mcp serversGoogle, Meta, TikTok Shipped MCP Servers. Now What?Four ad platforms shipped official MCP servers within months. Google's is read-only — which defines exactly where third parties still matter.Updated 2026-08-11 · 7 min read
- how to get ads in ai overviewsHow to Get Your Ads Into AI Overviews and AI ModeThere is no AI Overviews checkbox. Eligibility flows from campaign types and asset quality — an account-hygiene problem you can actually work on.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- how to use chatgpt for google adsHow to Use ChatGPT for Google Ads: Real WorkflowsWhat ChatGPT can do for Google Ads without account access, and the four connected workflows that turn it from copywriting intern into analyst.Updated 2026-08-11 · 8 min read
- how to use claude for google adsHow to Use Claude for Google Ads: An Operator's GuideClaude's long context fits an entire account in one conversation. How to connect it, the whole-account questions to ask, and the guardrails.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- human in the loop ai marketingHuman-in-the-Loop PPC: Approval Without BottleneckApproving every AI action sounds safe and scales terribly. The working pattern is tiered: log the trivial, confirm the material, forbid the irreversible.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- manage multiple google ads accountsManaging 20+ Google Ads Accounts With One AI ChatThe morning triage across a client roster — who overspent, who tanked, who got disapproved — collapses into one cross-account prompt.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- search term n-gram analysisN-Gram Analysis of Search Terms, Without SpreadsheetsN-gram analysis used to need a script and a pivot table. A connected AI tokenises, aggregates and — crucially — makes the negative-keyword call.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- improve quality score google adsQuality Score: Fix the Inputs, Not the NumberQuality Score is a diagnostic readout, not a KPI. Map every low-QS keyword to its failing component and the vanity metric becomes a fix list.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- smart bidding not workingSmart Bidding Still Needs a Babysitter. Here's the JobSmart Bidding automates the bid, not the judgment around it. Targets, learning resets, constraints and seasonality are still yours — made visible by AI.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- google ads keyword researchThe Best Keyword Tool Is Your Search Terms ReportThird-party keyword tools estimate demand you might get. Your search terms report records demand you already paid for. Mine it with AI first.Updated 2026-08-11 · 6 min read
- performance max optimizationThe Four-Prompt Weekly PMax ReviewPMax punishes daily fiddling and rewards disciplined weekly review. The four-prompt sequence that covers spend, queries, assets and brand leakage.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- mcp servers for marketingThe MCP Stack for Marketing Teams in 2026Not which MCP servers exist — which five layers cover a marketing team's actual week: ads, analytics, CRM, content, comms, composed in one client.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read
- audit ai changes google adsTrust, Then Verify: Auditing Every AI Change in AdsGoogle's change history plus a connector-side audit trail gives you two independent ledgers of what the AI did. Reconcile them weekly.Updated 2026-08-10 · 6 min read
- ai safety google adsWe Gave AI Write Access to Ads. Never Delete AccessThe safety line for AI in ad accounts is not read vs write — it is reversible vs irreversible. Drawing it there makes full write access rational.Updated 2026-08-11 · 7 min read
- ai agent approval loopWhy Your Ads Agent Needs an Approval LoopFull autonomy sounds like the goal until an agent spends real money. The approval loop is what makes an autonomous Google Ads agent shippable.Updated 2026-08-10 · 4 min read
- write responsive search ads with aiWriting RSAs With AI That Google Actually RewardsThe hard part of RSAs is not fifteen headlines — it is writing them against real search terms and pushing them live without a copy-paste chain.Updated 2026-08-10 · 7 min read