Account Structure and Navigation

Main Terms

The MCC is used to manage multiple Google Ads accounts quickly and easily and also to generate multiple, advanced reports. MCCs are not mandatory, but they are set only in case there are multiple accounts to be managed simultaneously.

At the highest level, there are accounts that contain campaigns. These are associated with a unique email address, password, and billing information.
Inside accounts are campaigns. On campaign level, one can specify budget, location, and language settings. The maximum number of campaigns is 10,000.
Ad Groups are groups of keywords that share the same ads. Therefore, keywords inside each ad group should be very similar. The maximum number of Ad Groups per campaign is 20,000.
They are created at Ad Group level. The maximum number of keywords per account is 5 million, while the maximum number of ads is 4 million.

Navigation

There are 4 main tabs in each account. Other settings, such as billing and account information, can be found in the gear dropdown menu.

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This is an overall picture of the account and a summary of general KPIs.

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This is the main tab. Here all campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and ads can be managed, edited, created, or deleted. In the graphs at the top of the page, performance is shown.

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In this tab you can find keyword, bidding, and budget ideas to improve campaigns.

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Here, a set of more advanced tools to improve the performance of the account can be found. Among the most important tools are:

  • The keyword tool and keyword planner to develop the portfolio of keywords
  • The ad preview and diagnosis tool to understand whether ads are shown and why

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