Free Google Ads graders from WordStream, AdsGrader, and others produce scores based on surface-level metrics that have little correlation with actual profitability. This article breaks down the 6 critical factors graders structurally cannot evaluate, explains why these tools are really lead generation mechanisms, and identifies the 5 metrics serious advertisers should track instead.
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