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How quality score actually works

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After 7+ years managing Google Ads accounts, here’s the simplest truth about Quality Score:

It’s a feedback signal.

Quality Score shows how Google estimates the relevance and usefulness of your ad and landing page for a specific keyword based on historical performance.

It mainly comes down to three things:

• Expected click-through rate
• Ad relevance to the search intent
• Landing page experience

A stronger Quality Score can help you compete with a lower bid for similar positions.

In practice, improving Quality Score is about building better fundamentals:

Tighter keyword structure.

Clear intent-matched ad copy.

Fast, relevant landing pages.

When those are in place, Quality Score usually improves as a result.

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