Why Trades Google Ads Cost More In Peak Season

Noticed your Google Ads getting pricier the moment the sun comes out? It’s not Google being greedy, it’s competition, and there’s a smarter way to handle it than pulling back your budget.

Peak season isn’t the time to spend less, it’s the time to spend smarter.

The quick rundown

• Peak season means every local trade bids on the same clicks, pushing costs up naturally.
• One painting account saw click costs swing from about seven to nearly fourteen dollars in busy months.
• Cutting your budget when clicks get pricey is the wrong move.
• Tightening targeting with negative keywords pushed conversion rates as high as fourteen percent.
• The real goal is making sure every click is a genuine local buyer, not a tyre-kicker.

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