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Article cover: Google Ads ad sample: examples that actually work

Google Ads ad sample: examples that actually work

11.08.202610.08.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

A strong ad mirrors the query and names a concrete result, price and condition.

Article cover: Remarketing Examples: When Retargeting Works and When It Hurts

Remarketing Examples: When Retargeting Works and When It Hurts

11.08.202610.08.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

Remarketing works on unfinished decisions, not past visits; attributed ROAS misleads, and 75% of Demand Gen spend over $1k ended paused or removed in our…

Igor Ivitskiy ranked #6 in the PPC Survey Top 50 of 2026

04.08.202627.07.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

The PPC Survey ranked Igor Ivitskiy #6 in its 2026 Top 50, from votes of 1,306 PPC professionals plus ten scored factors. Full weights table, top ten and sources.

Your Google Ads Optimization Score Is Lying to You

04.08.202617.07.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

One account scored 99.1% while wasting 18.7% of its budget. Across 31 accounts and $133M, Optimization Score barely tracked real efficiency. What to check instead.

Why Negative Keywords Will Not Cut Your Google Ads Waste

04.08.202617.07.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

Across 31 accounts and $133M, the size of your negative keyword list had almost no relationship to how much budget you waste. Here is what actually controls it.

The 3x CPC Gap: Why the Same Google Ads Query Costs Wildly Different Amounts

04.08.202617.07.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

On the same query, the weakest advertiser paid $2.95 per click while leaders paid under $1.11. Why CPC differs so much on identical demand, and what changed the economics.

The Campaign Graveyard: Where 75% of Demand Gen Budgets End Up

04.08.202617.07.2026 by Igor Ivitskiy

75% of Demand Gen spend sits in paused or removed campaigns, against 8.9% for Search. What that clutter signal means and how to test without the pile-up.

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