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r/googleads: rules, promo tolerance & best time to post

strict — no promo (3/10) · tone: Practical, frustrated, detail-oriented; people ask tactical questions about Google's updates and budget/performance problems with a mix of skepticism and earnestness.

Can you promote in r/googleads?

Strict: this community removes promotional content on sight. Contribute value only; pitching here risks removal and a subreddit ban.

r/googleads is a practical, frustrated practitioner community focused on tactical troubleshooting and platform updates. Members are mid-to-experienced PPC operators who encounter budget anomalies, policy edge cases, and algorithm opacity; they reward detailed problem-solving, undercovered update analysis, and concrete case studies. Low tolerance for self-promotion, memes, or beginner questions without evidence of prior research; moderate mod strictness inferred from absence of heavy-handed rule text but visible gatekeeping via wiki/FAQ redirection.

• DO ask specific, data-backed questions (include spend, ROAS, campaign type)
• DO share what you've already tried and results
• DO cite Google documentation or recent platform updates
• DO acknowledge the community wiki/FAQ before asking beginner Qs
• DON'T drop self-promo links or agency pitches without community value
• DON'T post memes unless the culture explicitly invites it (one 'do you guys allow meme?' suggests it's a boundary)
• DON'T ask without showing you've Googled or checked Google's own docs first
• DON'T claim certainty on Google's opaque algo—frame as 'what worked for me'

New to this? Read how to promote without getting banned and the Reddit self-promotion rules before you post here.

Best time to post in r/googleads

Based on when this community's recent top & hot posts were created: 10:00–14:00 UTC. Re-compute it live →

What this community complains about

Recurring pain points in recent threads — each one is a conversation your product might belong in:

• Google's automated features causing unexpected budget overages or campaign changes
• Quality score and landing page experience optimization uncertainty
• Platform policy compliance (duplicate campaigns, multi-store setups, suspension risks)
• Poor ROAS/profitability on YouTube and high-ticket e-commerce
• Lack of Google customer support and opaque algorithmic decisions
• Tracking and attribution complexity (conversions, location assets, customer type labels)

How locals talk

quality scorelanding page experienceROASP-MaxSmart Biddingconversion-based listCPCin-streamauto-upgradecustomer type

Using a community's own vocabulary is the difference between reading as a member and reading as a marketer.

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