{"id":1552764,"date":"2025-05-11T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/?p=1552764"},"modified":"2025-05-11T05:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:17:31","slug":"googles-ai-max-ads-hone-search-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/googles-ai-max-ads-hone-search-intent","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s AI Max Ads Hone Search Intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote in December that Google would launch keywordless Search ads in 2025. I based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/keywordless-search-ads-are-coming\">my prediction<\/a> on Google&#8217;s evolving assessment of searchers&#8217; intent. Keywords used to be the sole factor. Now, they are one of many variables that dictate the ads a user sees.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Google introduced a campaign type called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/ads-commerce\/google-ai-max-for-search-campaigns\/\">AI Max for Search<\/a>.&#8221; Keywords are present but as themes instead of the leading indicator.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence drives the new campaign type. Performance Max campaigns and smart bidding already rely on AI. AI Max moves beyond query matching to capture signals of what searchers seek.<\/p>\n<p>The main features of AI Max are already available in Search as options to turn on or off. With AI Max, advertisers go all in. Google determines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ads that show from the initial broad match keyword list.<\/li>\n<li>Ad text to convert the most searchers.<\/li>\n<li>The URL for top performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s review each of these components.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1552782\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AI-Max-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1552782\" class=\"wp-image-1552782 size-large\" title=\"Screenshot of AI Max settings in Google Ads admin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AI-Max-1-570x335.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of AI Max settings in Google Ads admin\" width=\"570\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AI-Max-1-570x335.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AI-Max-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AI-Max-1.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1552782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With AI Max, Google determines the ad text and the final URL. <em>Click image to enlarge.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Search term matching<\/h3>\n<p>Existing Search campaigns include an option for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/google-ads-alters-design-broad-match-payments\">broad match<\/a> keywords <em>solely \u2014 <\/em>pausing phrase and exact match. Google claims the combination of broad match and smart bidding will improve targeting and thus performance.<\/p>\n<p>Search term matching is a logical iteration of pairing queries with ads. A keyword list is only the beginning. Google&#8217;s AI analyzes the keywords, assets, and landing pages to determine the ads to show.<\/p>\n<p>Search term matching is akin to &#8220;you might like&#8221; suggestions on Netflix based on a user&#8217;s viewing history. The same principle applies here. Google will show an ad if it&#8217;s relevant to a searcher, regardless of the advertiser&#8217;s keyword.<\/p>\n<h3>Text customization<\/h3>\n<p>Formerly called automatically created assets, text customization allows Google&#8217;s AI to use the verbiage from ads, landing pages, and assets to produce customized headlines and descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>For example, an advertiser selling picture frames may write a headline of &#8220;All Sizes of Picture Frames.&#8221; Google may instead show &#8220;4 x 6 Picture Frames&#8221; if it determines the searcher wants that dimension and the advertiser carries it.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisers can view Google&#8217;s headlines and descriptions via &#8220;asset performance&#8221; at the account or campaign level and filter by &#8220;automatically created&#8221; to see the exact assets that showed. Advertisers can remove an asset as needed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1552780\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Asset-Source.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1552780\" class=\"wp-image-1552780 size-full\" title=\"Screenshot of the &quot;automatically created&quot; list in the Google Ads admin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Asset-Source.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the &quot;automatically created&quot; list in the Google Ads admin\" width=\"340\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Asset-Source.png 340w, https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Asset-Source-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1552780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertisers can filter by &#8220;automatically created&#8221; at the account or campaign level to see the exact assets.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Final URL expansion<\/h3>\n<p>Google has long altered advertisers&#8217; URLs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/new-search-themes-boost-performance-max-ads\">Performance Max<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/dynamic-search-ads-tap-informational-queries\">Dynamic Search Ads<\/a> campaigns. Like text customization, Google changes the final URL to improve performance. Combined, the two features produce an entirely new ad.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisers can now provide URL inclusions and exclusions. Inclusions instruct the AI what URLs to target, such as those manually submitted or in a page feed. URL exclusions can target blog pages, for example, if an advertiser doesn&#8217;t want to pay for that traffic.<\/p>\n<h3>Other features<\/h3>\n<p>Google&#8217;s announcement of AI Max for Search included a slew of additional features. One is brand settings, wherein advertisers can include or exclude brand names from their ads.<\/p>\n<p>For example, an advertiser selling only Nike and Adidas shoes could designate a brand inclusion for those names and a brand exclusion for &#8220;Reebok&#8221; queries.<\/p>\n<p>Google is upgrading reporting transparency, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/updates-to-performance-max-improve-transparency\">much-needed improvement<\/a> after the launch of Performance Max campaigns, which did not include a search term report. AI Max campaigns correct this by including an &#8220;AI Max&#8221; column in the report to show the query and the combination of query, assets, and the final URL.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Google Ads continues to evolve. Keywords are no longer the primary targeting method. 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