8 Google Ads Settings That Are Wasting Your Money (Fix These Today)

Описание: Google changed one setting on a client's Google Ads account overnight and burned £3,000 on junk traffic before they woke up. That's not a glitch, that's how the platform is designed. I'm exposing 8 settings that show you how to optimize your Google Ads account. Instead of Google quietly using them against you. This includes the "feature" that started as an internal Google sales tool to upsell advertisers, now automated and turned on by default in your account. Learn how to turn off auto-apply recommendations before Google switches your bid strategy overnight, fix location targeting so you stop paying for clicks from countries you never intended to target, why your optimization score is a "spend more" meter (not a performance grade), and how to verify conversion tracking that 42% of accounts get completely wrong. Whether you're running Google Ads for local businesses, e-commerce, SaaS, or lead generation, these 8 settings determine whether you're burning budget or actually winning. Keywords: Google Ads settings, Google Ads optimization, auto-apply recommendations, conversion tracking, Google Ads audit, PPC optimization, Google Ads waste.

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Chapters:
0:00 - The £3,000 Overnight Disaster
0:45 - Introduction: 8 Settings Costing You Money
1:30 - Rule 1: Kill Auto-Apply Recommendations
3:15 - Rule 2: Fix Location Targeting (Presence Only)
4:40 - Rule 3: Ignore Your Optimization Score
6:20 - Rule 4: Turn Off Display & Search Partners
8:00 - Rule 5: Fix Your Conversion Goals
9:45 - Rule 6: Verify Your Conversion Tracking
12:30 - Rule 7: Negative Keywords Strategy
14:00 - Rule 8: Search Terms Report Weekly
15:30 - Recap: The 8 Rules Framework
16:45 - Next Steps: Campaign Build Tutorial

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