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Journey-aware Bidding gives Smart Bidding visibility into the lead funnel
Journey-aware Bidding is a beta upgrade for Search campaigns with Target CPA that lets Google's bidding algorithm learn from every step of the lead journey: not just the biddable conversion: to sharpen predictions and improve performance. The mechanic requires advertisers to import all relevant conversion actions (phone calls, form submissions, newsletter signups, marketing/sales-qualified leads, closed deals) into Google Ads, and then Smart Bidding uses the full sequence to model conversion likelihood.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means B2B and considered-purchase lead-gen accounts can finally feed the full consumer journey into Smart Bidding rather than only the final conversion. Worth coordinating with the measurement team to ensure all relevant lead-stage conversions are imported into Google Ads, then running a structured experiment against a baseline Target CPA setup to measure the lift. Availability: Beta, Global, All languages.
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Journey-aware Bidding gives Smart Bidding visibility into the lead funnel
Journey-aware Bidding is a beta upgrade for Search campaigns with Target CPA that lets Google's bidding algorithm learn from every step of the lead journey: not just the biddable conversion: to sharpen predictions and improve performance. The mechanic requires advertisers to import all relevant conversion actions (phone calls, form submissions, newsletter signups, marketing/sales-qualified leads, closed deals) into Google Ads, and then Smart Bidding uses the full sequence to model conversion likelihood.
For you, this means B2B and considered-purchase lead-gen accounts can finally feed the full consumer journey into Smart Bidding rather than only the final conversion. Worth coordinating with the measurement team to ensure all relevant lead-stage conversions are imported into Google Ads, then running a structured experiment against a baseline Target CPA setup to measure the lift.
Availability: Beta, Global, All languages.
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