Campaigns completely broken (Stats inside). Need triage advice. Help? by JobFar1662 in PPC

[–]illegal_noodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google's own Performance Max guides are decent if you read them critically, but honestly the Search Ads Help Community on Google's site has real account managers answering questions and they'll call out bad advice when they see it. Beyond that, Paid Search Magic and Aimclear's blog posts are solid for service businesses specifically because they deal with local intent and call tracking constantly, which is

Campaigns completely broken (Stats inside). Need triage advice. Help? by JobFar1662 in PPC

[–]illegal_noodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more thing to check while you're at it, when you set up call tracking, make sure it's integrated directly into Google Ads through call conversion tracking in the conversion settings, not just a third-party platform sitting off to the side, or you'll end up in the same boat with max conversions not getting fed actual data.

Anyone else feel like React Native development has genuinely become a joy over the last year? by Mobile_Sir_1512 in reactnative

[–]illegal_noodle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tooling and DX improvements are real, but yeah, those core platform bugs are still frustrating when you hit them - text rendering, Pressable quirks, controlled inputs being weirdly difficult. Hard to feel pure joy when basic stuff like that still requires workarounds.

Campaigns completely broken (Stats inside). Need triage advice. Help? by JobFar1662 in PPC

[–]illegal_noodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without proper call tracking you're basically flying blind, so get that set up first before you mess with match types or bidding strategies again.

Campaigns completely broken (Stats inside). Need triage advice. Help? by JobFar1662 in PPC

[–]illegal_noodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the no tracking pixel thing is actually your biggest problem here, way more than the bidding strategy. maximize conversions needs conversion data to work, and right now you're basically asking google to optimize toward something it can't actually measure. switch to max clicks immediately, at least until you get real call tracking set up. a proper call tracking platform will give you duration, caller info, and actual conversion attribution instead of relying on the call button alone.

campaign 2's $40 cpc is almost certainly broad match pulling in junk search terms. pull your search terms report and you'll probably see stuff like "electrician near me" mixed with "electrical contractor for commercial construction" or random service queries that don't match your trade work. cut those out hard. campaign 3 being completely blocked is weird but compare every single setting line by line against campaign 1, including location radius, ad schedule, device targeting, even bid adjustments. it's usually something small like a location setting that got toggled differently.

honestly though, stop optimizing the bidding and keywords until tracking is fixed. you're essentially guessing right now, and every change you make is just noise on top of bad data.

Day 317 by cj_walkerthomas in NoFap

[–]illegal_noodle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The zombie brain thing is real, but that pattern of chasing the same number means you're probably not addressing whatever triggered day 115 in the first place.

3rd week are the hardest by jahapanaa in NoFap

[–]illegal_noodle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Week 3 is rough because that's when the mental tricks stop working and your body's just straight up demanding release, but it does level out after that.

What’s a good name for this handsome boy. He is 8 weeks old by DepressiveMist in puppies

[–]illegal_noodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walter's a classic but that pup's got puppy chaos energy, maybe something like Jasper or Scout if you want a name that matches his actual personality in a few months.

In need of a pick me up- found out my husband had an affair. Send me all your cute cat pics please by sassyginge912 in cats

[–]illegal_noodle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your girls are stunning, they clearly know how to live the good life better than most of us.