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Google Ads guides for local service businesses
These guides explain Google Ads for Australian local service businesses, from how the ad auction works to setting up a first campaign. They cover whether Local Services Ads suit your trade, how to read competitors' ads, how to send clicks to a page that converts, how to count calls once, and what to check when the leads are wrong before you raise the budget.
How Google Ads works, and how to set up your first local campaign
The ad auction explained, plus the setup order for a first local campaign.
Read the guideSEO vs Google Ads
Weigh paid clicks against organic rankings for where your business is right now.
Read the guideGoogle Local Services Ads in Australia: are they right for your trade?
Whether Local Services Ads suit your trade, and how to check eligibility yourself.
Read the guideHow to see competitors' Google Ads in the Ads Transparency Centre
Read a competitor's Google Ads and what the tool can't show.
Read the guideGoogle Ads landing page checklist
Check message match, calls and conversions before launch.
Read the guideCall tracking and conversion reconciliation
How to count the calls that turn into real enquiries.
Read the guideWhy Google Ads produce the wrong leads
What to check when Google Ads brings the wrong leads.
Read the guideWhen social retargeting supports search
When social ads help people still comparing quotes.
Read the guideKeep exploring
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