Google Ads automation without strong human strategic inputs is the most reliable way to produce expensive mediocrity at scale. This article breaks down the specific failure modes of Smart Bidding, broad match, and Performance Max when treated as strategy replacements rather than execution multipliers, and explains why the best results come from pairing precise human constraints with autonomous execution.
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