marketingskills/tools/integrations/google-ads.md

Google Ads

Pay-per-click advertising platform for search, display, and video campaigns.

Capabilities

Integration	Available	Notes
API	✓	Google Ads API for campaign management
MCP	✓	Available via Google Ads MCP server
CLI	-	Use gcloud or API scripts
SDK	✓	Client libraries for multiple languages

Authentication

• Type: OAuth 2.0
• Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adwords
• Setup: Create credentials in Google Cloud Console, link to Google Ads account
• Headers: developer-token, login-customer-id (for MCC)

Common Agent Operations

Get account info

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/googleAds:searchStream

{
  "query": "SELECT customer.id, customer.descriptive_name FROM customer"
}

List campaigns

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/googleAds:searchStream

{
  "query": "SELECT campaign.id, campaign.name, campaign.status, campaign_budget.amount_micros FROM campaign ORDER BY campaign.id"
}

Get campaign performance

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/googleAds:searchStream

{
  "query": "SELECT campaign.name, metrics.impressions, metrics.clicks, metrics.cost_micros, metrics.conversions FROM campaign WHERE segments.date DURING LAST_30_DAYS"
}

Get ad group performance

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/googleAds:searchStream

{
  "query": "SELECT ad_group.name, metrics.impressions, metrics.clicks, metrics.conversions FROM ad_group WHERE segments.date DURING LAST_7_DAYS"
}

Get keyword performance

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/googleAds:searchStream

{
  "query": "SELECT ad_group_criterion.keyword.text, metrics.impressions, metrics.clicks, metrics.average_cpc FROM keyword_view WHERE segments.date DURING LAST_30_DAYS ORDER BY metrics.clicks DESC LIMIT 50"
}

Pause campaign

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/campaigns:mutate

{
  "operations": [{
    "update": {
      "resourceName": "customers/{customer_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}",
      "status": "PAUSED"
    },
    "updateMask": "status"
  }]
}

Update budget

POST https://googleads.googleapis.com/v14/customers/{customer_id}/campaignBudgets:mutate

{
  "operations": [{
    "update": {
      "resourceName": "customers/{customer_id}/campaignBudgets/{budget_id}",
      "amountMicros": "50000000"
    },
    "updateMask": "amountMicros"
  }]
}

Key Metrics

Metric	Description
metrics.impressions	Ad impressions
metrics.clicks	Clicks
metrics.cost_micros	Cost in micros (divide by 1M)
metrics.conversions	Conversions
metrics.conversions_value	Conversion value
metrics.average_cpc	Average cost per click
metrics.ctr	Click-through rate
metrics.conversion_rate	Conversion rate

Campaign Types

• SEARCH - Search network text ads
• DISPLAY - Display network
• SHOPPING - Product shopping ads
• VIDEO - YouTube video ads
• PERFORMANCE_MAX - AI-optimized across channels
• DEMAND_GEN - Discovery/Demand Gen

GAQL (Google Ads Query Language)

SELECT
  campaign.name,
  metrics.clicks,
  metrics.conversions
FROM campaign
WHERE
  campaign.status = 'ENABLED'
  AND segments.date DURING LAST_30_DAYS
ORDER BY metrics.conversions DESC
LIMIT 10

When to Use

• Managing search advertising campaigns
• Analyzing campaign performance
• Adjusting budgets and bids
• Keyword research and management
• Conversion tracking analysis

Rate Limits

• 15,000 operations per day (basic)
• Higher limits with developer token levels

Relevant Skills

• ads
• analytics
• cro