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How Google Ads Benchmarks are Calculated
How Google Ads Benchmarks are Calculated

Learn one-by-one how we calculate each metric in the Google Ads benchmarks

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Written by Yarden Shaked
Updated over a year ago

In general, Varos pulls benchmark metrics directly from the Google Ads API, meaning that metrics are normalized across all accounts to ensure accurate benchmarks.

Here's how each one is calculated:

Metric

Definition

Cost Per Purchase

The average cost of each purchase. Attribution is 30 day click, 1 day view. Based on purchases pulled directly from Google Ads.

Cost per Conversion

The average cost of each conversion. Attribution is 30 day click, 1 day view. Based on purchases pulled directly from Google Ads.

CPM

The avg cost per 1,000 impressions
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Amounts are normalized to $USD.

CTR

The percentage of users who saw your ad and clicked on it

CPC

The avg cost per click on your ads
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Amounts are normalized to $USD.

Conversion Rate

Conversion rate from Google Ads traffic only. It includes purchases within the attribution window 30 day click, 1 day view.

Spend

The total ad spend for the given period
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Amounts are normalized to $USD.

ROAS

The total Return On Ad Spend, which is your revenue divided by spend as reported by Google Ads. It includes purchases within the attribution window 30 day click, 1 day view.

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