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PerfoAds Feature

Track and Understand Your Google Ads Competitors

Know who you're competing against, how they're changing, and how it affects your performance.

Time Saved: 2-3 hours per week
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Stop flying blind to competition. PerfoAds tracks competitors from Auction Insights over time, correlates competitive changes with your performance, and provides strategic recommendations.

Understand competitive dynamics. Respond strategically.

How It Works

1

Competitor Identification

PerfoAds tracks all domains appearing in your Auction Insights reports.

2

Historical Tracking

Competitor metrics (impression share, overlap rate, position above) tracked over time.

3

Correlation Analysis

AI correlates competitor changes with your performance shifts to identify causes.

4

Strategic Alerts

Get notified when new competitors enter or existing ones significantly change behavior.

Use Cases

Understanding CPC increases

See if CPC rose because of new competitive pressure or account issues

New competitor entering market

Get alerted when new domains appear in your auctions

Competitive strategy planning

Understand competitive dynamics for strategic positioning

Performance diagnosis

Distinguish between competitive factors and account-specific issues

Why Not Do It Manually?

Manual Approach

Process: Check Auction Insights periodically, export to spreadsheets, try to track changes

Time Required: 1-2 hours weekly for basic competitive tracking

  • Google shows only current snapshot
  • No historical comparison
  • Hard to correlate with performance
  • Easy to miss new competitors

With PerfoAds

Time Saved: 2-3 hours per week

  • AI handles the heavy lifting
  • Continuous, not periodic
  • Consistent, reliable results
  • Scales with your accounts

Frequently Asked Questions

We track all data available through Auction Insights: impression share, overlap rate, position above rate, top of page rate, and outranking share. We track this over time to show trends. We also correlate competitor changes with your metrics to identify relationships. Note that this is aggregate auction-level data, not detailed intelligence on competitor accounts.

Ready to Try Competitor Insights?

Start optimizing your Google Ads with AI-powered competitor insights. Plans start at $39/month.

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