Google AdWords campaigns

Adjust your campaign settings to help you tailor your campaign. The campaign settings that you select will apply to all ads within the same campaign. The type of campaign that you choose determines which settings are available to you.

What each campaign setting means

Campaign name

This is where you enter a name for your campaign. Although AdWords enters a default campaign name for you, you should choose a name that clearly describes the theme of the campaign so that you can easily find it in your account. Your campaign name isn't visible to your customers.

Campaign Type

The campaign type determines which settings we'll show you as you create or edit your campaign. The type you choose tailors the campaign setup to what's appropriate for your goals, eliminating unrelated features. We recommend that new advertisers start with a "Search Network with Display Select" campaign type, which offers a wide variety of potential placements for your ads.

You’ll also choose a campaign subtype or marketing objective. The subtype or objective determines which settings and options are available so that you can focus on the features most relevant to your business goals. If you prefer a simpler overview of your campaign and feature options, then consider using the “Standard” campaign subtype; use “All features” if you want to see everything about your campaign and feature options.

Networks

The Networks setting indicates where you want your ad to appear based on the campaign type that you chose. For example, with the Google Search Network, your ad can appear on Google search results, other Google sites (such as Maps and Shopping), and non-Google search sites that partner with Google to show search ads. With the Google Display Network, your ad is displayed on other sites that partner with Google to show ads. To change your Networks, you’ll need to change your campaign type or create a new campaign.

Devices

Campaigns target all types of devices, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices. Later, you can choose to customise ads for different devices.

Locations and languages

Your campaign’s ads are eligible to show to customers in your targeted geographic locations, or to customers who have selected your targeted language as their interface language. We recommend choosing the language that you serve your customers in.

Bidding and budget

Choose to manually set your bids for clicks on your ads or let AdWords do it for you. Depending on your campaign type, you may see additional bidding options to choose from.

Your bid strategy controls how you pay for users to interact with your ads. Your default bid is the most that you’ll pay per click for ads in an ad group. Your budget is the average amount that you’re comfortable spending each day on your campaign. The budget that you choose is entirely up to you, and you can adjust it at any time.

Ad extensions Advanced settings

Once you’re comfortable using AdWords’ most essential settings, consider adopting one or more of these optional features to help get your ad campaign on the same schedule as your customers' (these settings are available for campaigns with "All features" enabled):

• Schedule: Set a campaign start and end date.
• Ad scheduling: Choose certain days or hours of the week for your ads to show.