Google Ads: Terms & Definitions

When providing Ads reports and information, there are terms that we will use that will be important to understanding their definition:


  • Ad Group: Two or more ads that share a set of keywords. Your Google Ad Grant campaigns are broken up into a variety of different ad groups based on the content and goal.

  • Keywords: The words and phrases used to match your ads to what people are searching for.

  • Landing Page: The page on your site where people end up if they click your ad.

  • Expanded Text Ads: The standard search ad option, including 3 headlines (30 characters) and 2 descriptions (90 characters).

  • Responsive Search Ads: An ad option that uses an algorithm to match and create ads based on 15 potential headlines and 4 descriptions.

  • Impressions: How many times an ad is shown to someone in a search result.

  • Clicks: How many times that someone who saw an ad ended up clicking on it.

  • Click Through Rate: The amount of clicks vs. impressions. This metric tells us if your ads are appealing to visitors once they see them. Ad Grants policy requires an account-wide click-through rate of 5%.

  • Total Spend: The cost to run your ads for the last month. This metric tells us how close you are to fully maximizing your grant.

  • Bounce Rate: The percent of visitors who only visit a single page before leaving your site. This metric helps us understand if we’re driving relevant and interested visitors to your website.

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