Bid adjustments allow you to display your ads more or less frequently based on where, when and how people search. If you are using the newer Google Ads experience, you can also adjust bids for certain ad interactions, such as calls to your business. This article shows you how to add or remove bid adjustments on both the Search Network and the Display Network.
Before you begin
Note that not all bid adjustments are compatible with all campaign types. If you’re not familiar with bid adjustments, then read about bid adjustments first.
Instructions
Add or remove a bid adjustment on the Search Network
- In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon
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- Click the Audiences, keywords and content drop-down in the section menu to select Locations, Ad schedule, Audiences, Content, Placements, Demographics or Advanced bid adjustments.
- To reach Devices, click the Insights and reports drop-down in the section menu and click When and where ads showed.
- Clicking Advanced bid adj. opens the Interactions page, where you can set your bid adjustments for calls, audiences or demographics.
- Select the row that you’d like to adjust, and click the pencil icon
under the 'Bid adj.' column. If you want to set bid adjustments for Devices, you also have the option to choose an ad group.
- Choose 'Increase' or 'Decrease' from the drop-down menu, and enter a percentage. To remove a bid adjustment, delete the value in the field.
- Click Save.
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under the 'Bid adj.' column. If you want to set bid adjustments for Devices, you also have the option to choose an ad group.Add or remove a bid adjustment on the Display Network
- In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon
- Click Audiences, keywords and content.
- To adjust your bids for specific demographic groups, click on the desired group after clicking Demographics and continue from step 3.
- To adjust your bids for Placements, click 'Manual' and continue from step 3.
- Click the campaign or ad group that you’d like to change.
- Select the row that you’d like to adjust and click the pencil icon
- Choose 'Increase' or 'Decrease' from the drop-down menu, and enter a percentage. To remove a bid adjustment, delete the value in the field.
- Click Save.
Tip: Exclude your ad from a certain device
You can decrease your bid by 100% (not 0%) to completely exclude your ad from a certain device. For device bid adjustments, note that the ad group bid adjustment won’t be used if the campaign bid for the same device is decreased by 100%. Only Device bid adjustments support a -100% adjustment.
