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We created over 300 professional reports for you to use. Use our library of templates. Modify Google Ads data reports or create them from scratch.
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Clean and transform Google Ads data
Use our business rules editor to build custom Google Ads metrics and dimensions. Our FX converter supports over 140 world currencies.
Modify data processing logic
Create advanced data lookups and formulas to calculate complex fields: from campaign name updates to tax calculations.
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Enable white label client portal
Create and host white label client portal on your website using Google Ads data. Use our library of templates, place your logo and send automated reports in seconds.
Share data view links
Create public and private Google Ads dashboards and reports. Embed data views into any page of your website. Setup is very easy and does not require IT support.
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Export Google Ads data
Octoboard supports Google Ads data pipelines for BigQuery, Looker, Google Data Studio and Google Sheets
Control Google Ads data transfer process
Make sure every dataset is successfully delivered to your BI tool or Data Warehouse.
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Send Google Ads data to Google Sheets
Install Octoboard plugin, connect to your marketing accounts, select Google Ads metrics and dimensions you want, and generate custom marketing reports - all in your Google Sheets documents.
Automated Google Ads data refresh
Build your custom reports. Configure automated hourly, daily, weekly and monthly scheduled data updates.
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Use OpenAI and ChatGPT to indentify Google Ads data trends
Octoboard will constantly monitor Google Ads data changes for you. We use ChatGPT and OpenAI to identify Google Ads trends and send regular updates.
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Can I track my Google Ads performance in real-time?
There is a number of metrics that can be viewed together on a daily basis as part of a dashboard. Google makes it easy to switch between views for Ad Group, Ad Campaign full Google Ads account. We have grouped the following statistics for live view display and real-time tracking: IMPRESSIONS, CLICK-THROUGH RATE and COST PER CLICK.
IMPRESSIONS AND CLICKS
Ad Impression, Clicks and Click-Through Rate over time.
Description
Impressions is the number of times your ads have been displayed to your audience.
Clicks is the number of times users clicked on your Google ads.
Click-Through Rate (CTR) is the ratio of ad clicks relative to Impressions
CTR = Total Ad Clicks % Impressions
Tips
Select ad account, ad campaign or an individual ad in the widget configuration screen.
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COST OVERVIEW
Ad Cost, Cost Per Click and Cost Per Transaction over time.
Description
Ad Cost is the total spend on your Ads and Campaigns.
Cost Per Click (CPC) - Ads spend divided by ad clicks.
CPC = Ads Spend / Ad Clicks
Cost Per Transaction - Ads spend divided by number of transactions.
Cost Per Action = Ads spend / Number of Transactions
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How many people see my ads and how frequently?
REACH is a great metric. It tells you how many people are shown (reached by) your content (or ads). Not all networks report user counts. Instead, they report counts of views or IMPRESSIONS. Use REACH to evaluate and fine-tune definitions of your ad campaigns. It could be useful to correlated your REACH with user ACTIONS (such as clicks). If your content REACH grows but ACTION RATE declines this could be an indication of low content relevance. To improve relevance you should consider increasing Ad quality and/or fine-tune your Ad Campaign target audience settings.
IMPRESSIONS
Ads impressions over time.
Description
Impressions presented as value or historic trend - Line, Bar or Area graph.
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CLICKS
Ads clicks over time.
Description
Ads campaign or ad group clicks over time (total number of times users have clicked on an ad to reach the property).
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CTR
Click-Through Rate (CTR) over time.
Description
Click-Through Rate over time for all or selected campaigns or ad group (the number of clicks divided by the number of impressions for the ad).
CTR = Total Ad Clicks % Impressions
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How much am I paying for Google Ads? Is it worth it?
Tracking cost of Ads over time is easy. Google provides such metrics as COST PER MILLE, COST PER CLICK and COST PER ACTION (explained below). Understanding if you are getting return on your Facebook Ad investment is a little more complicated. It is a good idea to correlate COST PER CLICK with dollar value of one Ad Click. Ad Click Dollar value can be calculated from CONVERSION RATE (percentage of site visits from Facebook that lead to conversion, such as product purchase) and Revenue that comes from conversions. CONVERSION RATES are available from Web Analytics applications such as Google Analytics that Platform also provide.
COST
Ads cost over time.
Description
Ads cost displayed as numeric value or in a graph tracking your spend over time.
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CPM
Cost per 1000 impressions (CPM) over time.
Description
Cost per thousand impressions over time (also known as Cost per mille or CPM). CPM = Ad cost / (Number of ad impressions / 1000).
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Am I getting return on my Google Ads investment?
This is a great question to be able to answer. We have put together REVENUE PER CLICK metric that you can combine with COST PER CLICK. The names are self-explanatory. Put these metrics side-by-side in Platform and get smarter with your Paid Advertising investment. Hopefully your REVENUE is higher than COST with a big margin. If it is not, then you got a problem to fix.
CPC
Cost Per Click over time.
Description
Cost per click over time for all or selected campaigns or ad group.
CPC = Ads Spend / Ad Clicks
Tips
This is a very important metric. Place Revenue Per Click widget next to Cost Per click to view your Return On Investment trend. Alternatively, select Ads ROI widget.
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Can I benchmark my ad performance?
Google Analytics can tell you how often ads are displayed and how often they are clicked. Combine above with COST-PER-CLICK and you get a great tool for ranking your ads. In Platform you can rank Campaigns and Ad Groups by comparing in real-time IMPRESSIONS, user ACTIONS (such as clicks) and COST. If click count decreases or COST goes up, you should look at fine-tuning your underperforming campaign and individual ads.
AD CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE
Ad Campaign ranking by clicks.
Description
Ad campaign performance. Your top campaigns in the last period ranked by clicks.
Most effective campaigns shown at the top.
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AD GROUP PERFORMANCE
Ad Group ranking by clicks.
Description
Ad group performance. Your top ad groups in the last period ranked by clicks.
Most effective ad groups shown at the top.
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CONVERSIONS
Ad conversions over time.
Description
Total number of conversion for account, selected campaign, ad group or ad.
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CONVERSION RATE
Ad conversion rate over time.
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REVENUE
Ad conversion value over time.
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ROI
Return on paid ads investment.
Description
Return on Ad Investment over time using value of conversions and ad costs.
ROI = (Total Conversion Value / Total Ad Costs - 1) * 100%
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COST PER CONVERSION
Cost per conversion.
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VALUE PER CONVERSION
Value per conversion.
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CONVERSION CATEGORIES
Categories ranked by number of conversions.
Description
Ad categories parameters in table format (Number of conversions, Conversion rate, Conversion value). Categories ranked by number of conversions.
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AD ENGAGEMENT
Ad engagements over time.
Description
The number of engagements. An engagement is an instance of customer interaction with your ad (for example, expanding your ad lightbox).
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AD ENGAGEMENT RATE
Ad engagement rate.
Description
Engagement rate for your ads over time.
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AD PERFORMANCE BY DEVICE
Ad performance by device.
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AD PERFORMANCE BY AGE
Ad performance by user age.
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AD PERFORMANCE BY GENDER
Ad performance by gender.
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KEYWORDS
Top 50 keywords ranked by clicks.
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CLICKS BY COUNTRY
Map of countries ranked by ad clicks.
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TOTAL COST (DEPRECIATED)
Ads cost per aggregation period
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CLICKS BY COUNTRY (INSIGHTS)
Countries ranked by ad clicks.
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ROAS
Return on Advertising Spend
Description
ROAS = Total Conversion Value / Total Ad Costs
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VIDEO VIEWS
The number of times your video ads were viewed.
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VIDEO VIEW RATE
The number of views your TrueView video ad receives divided by its number of impressions.
Description
The number of views your TrueView video ad receives divided by its number of impressions, including thumbnail impressions for TrueView in-display ads.
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VTCONVERSIONS
The total number of view-through conversions.
Description
The total number of view-through conversions. These happen when a customer sees a Display network ad, then later completes a conversion on your site without interacting with (e.g. clicking on) another ad.
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100% PLAY RATE
Percentage of impressions where the viewer watched all of your video.
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25% PLAY RATE
Percentage of impressions where the viewer watched 25% of your video.
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50% PLAY RATE
Percentage of impressions where the viewer watched 50% of your video.
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75% PLAY RATE
Percentage of impressions where the viewer watched 75% of your video.
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VIDEO CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE
Key video performance metrics for selected campaigns.
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VIDEO AD GROUP PERFORMANCE
Key video performance metrics for selected ad groups.
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COST-PER-VIEW
Cost-per-view tracked over time
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