Tutorial: How to analyze segments data
Get deeper insights into audiences, locations, devices, and time of day
Segments data helps you understand performance by audience, location, time, device, and more. Use it to review bid adjustments, compare trends, and identify optimization opportunities.
Start by opening the Segments menu.
Review bid adjustments
Under Bid adjustments, you’ll see your current bid adjustments. If an adjustment is incompatible with your bid strategy, it'll be marked with a red alert here and on the Audit screen.
Review your bid adjustments before changing bid strategies. This helps you avoid switching to a strategy that suddenly applies bid adjustments your previous strategy ignored.
Analyze location performance
Use the Location view to evaluate performance by country, city, county, province or region:
Graph data by campaign or date range
Break down by targeted, matched, or excluded locations
Customize which metrics are displayed
Scroll to see detailed performance by location and campaign
This makes it easy to identify regions to increase bids, decrease bids, or exclude.
Evaluate hour of week and ad schedule
The Hour of week view shows when your ads perform best, based on a wide range of metrics.
The heatmap breaks down performance by day of week and time of day
Compare weekdays vs. weekends
Visualize trends with the graph function
Use this data to refine your ad scheduling and bid adjustments.
Review segment performance
In the Device, Audience, and demographic views, you can view aggregated performance data. You can also manage bid adjustments and see recommended changes.
Demographics include age, gender, parental status, income, and networks. User location refers to people inside and outside your targeted location.
Each view provides aggregated data so you can monitor performance and make informed bid decisions.
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