Most Google Ads accounts rely on vanity metrics that hide poor performance. This guide covers the 7 metrics that actually reveal whether your campaigns are profitable, how to build a dashboard that does not deceive you, red flags that signal failure behind good-looking numbers, and how to evaluate your agency's reporting honestly.
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