Quick Answer · Local PPC

What is Quality Score?

Quality Score is Google's 1–10 rating of how relevant and useful your ads, keywords, and landing pages are — and it directly sets how much you pay per click. A high score means lower costs and better ad positions; a low score means you pay more for worse placement. It's the lever most local advertisers ignore.

The Longer Answer

Why it controls your costs.

Google rewards relevance because relevant ads keep searchers happy. Quality Score bundles three things — expected click-through rate, ad relevance, and landing-page experience — into a grade that discounts your cost-per-click when it's high and penalizes it when it's low. Two advertisers bidding the same amount can pay very different prices. How it cuts cost per lead →

That makes Quality Score the difference between a campaign that scales profitably and one that quietly bleeds budget on overpriced clicks.

The Three Inputs

What you can actually fix.

Tighten ad relevance (match the ad to the keyword), lift expected click-through (sharper copy and extensions), and improve the landing page (speed, relevance, a clear next step). Each input is in your control. Landing pages that convert →

Why Locals Ignore It

The hidden tax.

Most local advertisers set up campaigns once and never address Quality Score — so they overpay on every click indefinitely. Fixing it is one of the highest-ROI moves in a neglected account. How we run paid →

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