Evaluating Campaigns — KPIs, Test Duration, Budgets and Sensible Test Setups
Which KPIs actually matter, how long a test must run, how much budget it needs, and which setups deliver reliable answers — and which don't.
in Search Engine Advertising
Funnel, Brand- vs. Generic- vs. Competitor-Bidding, Profit-First, Value-Based, Experiments und Lift-Studien.
Deliberate split of a Google Ads account by brand, language, country, product line, or funnel stage — prerequisite for clean steering and reporting.
SEA strategy of bidding on your own brand name to secure the top SERP position and intercept competitor clicks.
Strategic model that splits SEA activity by funnel stage: Top (reach), Middle (consideration), Bottom (conversion).
Three-way segmentation of SEA keywords: generic terms, your own brand terms, competitor brand terms — used for steering and reporting.
SEA strategy of bidding on search terms containing competitor brand names to capture market share and switching-prone users.
Which KPIs actually matter, how long a test must run, how much budget it needs, and which setups deliver reliable answers — and which don't.