The Google Ads learning phase is a real seven-day calibration window, not a months-long excuse for poor agency performance. This article breaks down how agencies weaponize the learning phase to dodge accountability, gives you a five-point diagnostic checklist to spot the pattern, explains what proactive learning phase management actually looks like across Search, Shopping, PMax, and Demand Gen campaigns, and shows how to audit your account for mismanagement.
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