The State of Google Ads Q2 2026 Benchmark Report

Google’s August 17 Bidding Change: What Advertisers Need to Do Now

Starting August 17, 2026, Google is changing how campaigns running Target CPA and Target ROAS strategies behave once they’re limited by budget. Per Google’s Help Center, campaigns that are “Limited by budget” on Target CPA, Target ROAS, or Target CPC for Demand Gen “will more consistently perform toward your bid target, including when you make budget adjustments.”

How to Protect Smart Bidding From Spam Conversions in Google Ads

Recently, a lead-gen agency that mostly works with home builders shared this with one of our salespeople: a bot finds one search term overnight, and by morning a community has around 50 new conversions: