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When Creative Testing Hurts Google Ads Performance: A Contrarian Guide

The standard advice to always test Google Ads creative is often wrong and actively harmful. This contrarian guide explains why premature creative testing fragments conversion signal, confuses Smart Bidding, and stalls account performance, plus what serious advertisers should do instead.

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