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Let’s talk about Google’s Performance Max – or PMax – and why recent updates make it more useful than ever.

In short, Performance Max is Google’s “all-in-one” ad campaign type. You give Google your creative assets – your headlines, images, and videos – and their AI decides when and where to show your ads across Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps and more.

This format is designed to maximise performance across all Google platforms automatically. But until recently, it was hard to know what was actually working. Google’s reporting didn’t tell you which channels were driving results – only the total outcome.

That’s now changed.

Google has introduced channel-level reporting for Performance Max campaigns. That means we can finally see whether your conversions came from YouTube, from Search, or somewhere else entirely.

That’s a big improvement. Because now, instead of guessing, we can use real data to make better decisions:

• Where should we increase your ad budget?
• What creative is working best on each channel?
• Which parts of your ad campaign need refining?

At Base Creative, we’re already building this into how we manage and report on campaigns. Because when we understand the full picture, we can make your campaigns work harder – and make your marketing spend go further.

This kind of visibility is essential – especially in a digital world that’s changing fast. When AI is making more decisions behind the scenes, you need clarity on what’s driving your results.

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