Performance Max runs across Search, YouTube, Display, Discover, Gmail, and Maps, and Google would rather you left it alone. The results come from what you can still control: asset quality, audience signals, exclusions, and reading the data it does surface.
One campaign type reaching Search, YouTube, Display, Gmail, Discover and Maps. Convenient, and also the reason so much Performance Max spend disappears without explanation.
Asset groups, audience signals and exclusions are where the real control sits. We use them deliberately rather than uploading a few images and hoping the algorithm is kind.
Performance Max reports far less than a standard campaign, so we pull the search term and placement data it does expose and act on it every month.
Performance Max is designed to be handed over to Google’s automation, which works well when the inputs are disciplined and badly when they are not. We keep brand traffic separated, exclude the placements that waste money, feed it accurate conversion data, and watch what it does with the budget.
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The other campaign types we run.
Text ads on queries where the intent is already there.
Learn more →Feed-driven ads for buyers already comparing products.
Learn more →Remarketing that stays visible without draining budget.
Learn more →YouTube campaigns measured on contribution, not views.
Learn more →Two decades in Google Ads. Certified Google Partner. Same specialist year after year.