Google Ads News

March 2026

227 updates from March 2026, newest first.

Friday

13 March 2026

NC-ROAS vs NC-POAS

Most brands measure new customer acquisition the wrong way. They optimize for: NC-ROAS (New Customer Revenue on Ad Spend) Revenue from new customers ÷ Ad spend. Sounds logical. But there’s…

New Customers vs Returning Customers

Most Google Ads accounts optimize for conversions… but they rarely separate new vs returning customers. That’s a mistake. Because the economics are completely different. New Customers. • Higher CPA. •…

Meta Ads

Location Fees

Meta Ads Update: New “Location Fees” Starting July 2026. Meta has announced that additional location-based fees will be applied to ads delivered in certain countries starting 1 July 2026. These…

Correlation ≠ causation

Ice cream sales go up. Shark attacks go up. Does ice cream cause shark attacks? 🍦🦈. Of course not. Both increase because of a third factor: hot weather. When it's…

This is what he achieved

→ Impressive titles. → Big numbers. → Public wins. → Visible success. But this is who he was: → Doubting himself in silence. → Making decisions without certainty. → Learning…

Wednesday

11 March 2026

Most marketers optimize for ROAS

But ROAS can be misleading. Two products can show the same ROAS while having completely different profitability. Example: Product A. Price: $100. Cost: $80. Profit: $20. Ad spend: $20. ROAS…

Conversions

How People see Google Ads in 2026

Most people think running Google Ads is simple: 1️⃣ Create an ad. 2️⃣ Get clicks. 3️⃣ Make sales. But anyone who actually manages Google Ads knows it’s much more complex…

At some point, you need to change things

Not because what you’re doing is wrong. But because what once worked has already taken you as far as it can. Staying consistent is powerful. Staying static is not. If…

We’re covered

Another sentence that sounds reassuring… until you start looking state by state. In the U.S., regulation doesn’t move as one system. It moves as 50 different ones. What triggers compliance…

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