You can set bid adjustments in a campaign and an ad group to target mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
Set or edit device bid adjustments in a campaign
- Navigate to a Google Ads campaign.
Steps for navigating to a campaign
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In the left navigation panel, click All accounts.
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Click the navigation bar to display navigation options.
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In the "Agency" list, click on the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.
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In the "Advertiser" list, click on the advertiser that contains the engine account.
- In the "Account" list, click on the engine account that contains the campaign.
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In the "Campaign" list, click on the campaign.
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Click Apply or press the Enter key.
Search Ads 360 displays the campaign page.
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- Click the settings icon .
- In the Targeting section, choose the following settings to specify bid adjustments for each device:
- Under Mobile bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Tablet bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Desktop bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Mobile bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Click Save.
Set or edit device bid adjustments in an ad group
- Navigate to a Google Ads ad group.
Steps for navigating to an ad group
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In the left navigation panel, click All accounts.
What if the left navigation pane isn't visible? -
Click the navigation bar to display navigation options.
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In the "Agency" list, click the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.
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In the "Advertiser" list, click the advertiser that contains the engine account.
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In the "Account" list, click the engine account that contains the campaign.
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In the "Campaign" list, click the campaign that contains the ad group.
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In the "Ad group" list, click the ad group.
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Click Apply or press the Enter key.
Search Ads 360 displays the ad group page.
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- Click the settings icon .
- In the Targeting section, choose the following settings to specify bid adjustments for each device:
- Under Mobile bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Use campaign bid adjustment. The ad group inherits the campaign's mobile device bid adjustment.
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Tablet bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Use campaign bid adjustment. The ad group inherits the campaign's tablet device bid adjustment.
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Desktop bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Use campaign bid adjustment. The ad group inherits the campaign's desktop device bid adjustment.
- Decrease by and specify a percent to decrease bids.
- Increase by and specify a percent to increase bids.
- No bid adjustment for this device
- Under Mobile bid adjustment, click the arrow ▼ to display the list. Select one of the following:
- Click Save.
Bid adjustment settings
Setting | Description |
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Decrease by |
Specifies the percentage by which to decrease the keyword bid to target a device. Enter a percent between -90% and -1% (-91% to -99% are excluded). Specify -100% if you don't want ads to appear on the device. For example, if you want to bid 20% less than the keyword bid to target tablets, you would set the tablet bid adjustment to decrease by 20%. If the keyword bid is $1.00, the tablet bid would be 80 cents. |
Increase by |
Specifies the percentage by which to increase the keyword bid to target a device. Enter a percent between 1% and 900%. For example, if you want to bid 50% more than the keyword bid to target desktop devices, you would set the desktop bid adjustment to increase by 50%. If the keyword bid is $1.20, the desktop bid would be $1.80. |
No bid adjustment for this device |
Specifies that the bid to target the device is the same as the keyword bid. If this setting is selected, the device bid adjustment column displays 0%. |
Use campaign bid adjustment (ad groups only) | Sets a device bid adjustment in an ad group to inherit the campaign's device bid adjustment. |