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Google Ads Audit: discover what your campaigns cost and what they deliver

Your Google Ads account is running. Budget is going out. Whether it's actually delivering results — that's exactly the question an audit answers. Adsvantage reviews your account manually: no automated report, but someone who understands what the numbers mean for your business.

What we review

An audit is not a report.
It's a judgement.

We assess every part of your account in the context of your business and objectives — not as an isolated metric.

Account structure

Campaign and ad group organisation, keyword overlap and match type distribution. A poor structure lets budget leak in ways that aren't visible in standard reports.

Bidding strategies & budget

Are Smart Bidding strategies correctly configured? Is the set tROAS or tCPA realistic given the conversion data in the account? Is budget on the campaigns that deliver the most?

Ad quality

How are your Responsive Search Ads performing? Which asset combinations are barely shown? Where is there Quality Score room you're leaving on the table?

Conversion tracking

Is the GA4 connection correct? Are conversions being double-counted? If your tracking data is wrong, your bidding strategies make the wrong decisions — and you pay for that without seeing it.

Audiences & signals

Are remarketing lists active and populated? Are customer match lists being used? Which audience signals are configured on Performance Max — and do they match your best customer profile?

Shopping & feed

Are there Merchant Center errors? Are product titles, GTINs and descriptions correct? A weak feed translates directly into higher costs and lower visibility in Shopping.

Wasted budget

Which search terms trigger irrelevant impressions? Where is budget being spent on placements that never convert? This is the most direct result of a good audit: stopping unnecessary costs.

How it works

How does an audit
at Adsvantage work?

No automated report with a score of 74/100. No dashboard full of charts without context.

1. Access & intake

You grant read-only access to your Google Ads account and GA4. You don't need to configure anything — we handle the connection. A short 15-minute intake is enough.

2. Manual analysis

Maxim systematically reviews the account across all domains. Every part is assessed in the context of your business — not as an isolated metric.

3. Findings & prioritisation

We split findings into two groups: what's costing you money now (act immediately) and what will improve results in the medium term. We make that distinction explicit.

4. Presentation of results

Live or async — your choice. Always with concrete action points. No list of observations that you need to draw conclusions from yourself.

5. Next step: your choice

After the audit you decide what to do. Adsvantage can implement the findings. You can also handle it internally. The audit results are yours — with no further obligation.

Result

What does an audit deliver?

B2B
B2B service provider, North Netherlands
€1,000 monthly budget
0 → 15 Leads/week
1–2 Months
€1K Same budget

The account had been running for a while but generating zero leads. Budget was going to the Display Network, keywords were too broad, tracking wasn't working. After the audit: Display Network turned off, phrase match deployed, tracking corrected, ads rewritten. Result: from 0 to 15 leads per week within 1 to 2 months — with the same budget.

For whom

An audit is valuable
if you're already advertising

It's most valuable when you're advertising but not certain about the outcome.

Results have stagnated

Budget is running, but ROAS or leads aren't growing. You want to know why — not hear that you "need to test more".

Account taken over

From a previous agency or internal colleague. You want to know what state you're starting from before making decisions about strategy or budget.

Considering a new agency

An independent audit gives you a starting point for that conversation — without depending on the judgement of the party you want to hire.

Peak coming up

Black Friday, seasonal peak, product launch. At these moments, waste directly costs revenue.

FAQ

We have an answer
for everything

The most frequently asked questions about a Google Ads audit at Adsvantage.

On average 3 business days from intake to presentation of findings.

The intake audit is free. Implementation by Adsvantage is a separate conversation — with no obligation after the audit.

No. The audit results are yours. You decide if and how you act on them.

Read-only access to Google Ads and GA4. That's all.

Tools see structure. They don't see context. A tool doesn't know whether your bidding strategy fits your average order value, or whether a low Quality Score is a symptom of a deeper landing page problem. That judgement requires someone who understands the account.

Free account check

Request a free Google Ads audit

Free account check

Send us access,
we'll schedule the audit.

No obligations — you decide what to do with the findings.