Optimize ads for CTR and traffic

• Be descriptive. Since your ad text is your chance to communicate your offerings to each potential customer, start by clearly identifying what you're selling. Also, use the space to describe specific benefits like "60-day Returns," unique qualities like "Award-winning," or other things that make your product or service stand out from other similar businesses.

• Include deals and benefits. If you offer a special discount or service like free shipping, highlight this in your ad. Try to emphasize any benefits offered on your website such as "15% Off" or "Secure Online Ordering." This can help make your ad more appealing to customers and they may be more likely to click your ad to learn more.

• Match your keywords as closely as possible. Ideally, the ad text seen by a potential customer should reflect the keyword they searched for as closely as possible. If the ad closely matches their search, it will appear more relevant and will be more likely to be clicked. An additional benefit of including keywords from your ad group in your actual ad text is that those keywords can appear in attention-grabbing bold type when someone views your ad.

• Consider keyword insertion. More advanced advertisers might want to use keyword insertion in their ad text. This will plug your keyword into your ad text when a user searches on that query. This is a good solution for advertisers using keywords with different model numbers or brands. For example, the same ad's title can appear as either "Buy #320 Widgets" if a user searches for "320 Widgets" or appear as "Buy #88 Widgets" if a user searches for "88 Widgets." If a user's search matches an expanded version of your keyword but not the exact keyword itself, your ad will show the keyword instead of the expanded version; therefore, include relevant variations in your keyword list to get the most out of keyword insertion. When a user sees an ad with the same term they searched for, they'll be more likely to click the ad.