The Paid Search Podcast | A Weekly Podcast About Google Ads and Online Marketing

This week Chris Schaeffer discusses the truth behind how exact match keywords work in 2026. Let's talk about what Google says an exact match keyword is allowed to do and what really happens when you run an exact match keyword. 

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This week Joey Bidner discusses Performance Max campaigns. Let's try and demystify this often confusing PPC campaign type. Also Chris Schaeffer discusses the often forgotten tool, Google Ads Editor.
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This week Chris Schaeffer answers 6 questions from listeners. Great questions covering a wide variety of topics like the dying industry of home services on google ads, AI, the future of PPC on Google, how to recover from a crashing campaign, and if sitelinks are good or bad for performance.

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Let's get to the point, your Google Ads is wasting money! This week Chris Schaeffer talks about the three most common reasons your account is wasting money. Keywords do not represent the real traffic you are getting, some bid strategies do not allow cost per click management, and the goals you set in Google Ads do not reflect the results you are getting! Let's talk about that.
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Have you heard about the new mandatory changes coming to Google Shopping campaigns? This week Joey Bidner joins Chris Schaeffer to talk about the upcoming changes and how you need to respond. Also, Chris discusses three ways you can stand out in a PPC interview when you are trying to get a job with an agency or as an in-house marketing manager.
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Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com
Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com

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