Google Ads Metrics

Ad Clicks, or simply Clicks, is a marketing metric that counts the number of times users have clicked on a digital advertisement to reach an online property.

Ad Conversion Rate is the percentage of users who complete a defined action after clicking an advertisement. A conversion can be a purchase, sign?up, lead form, install, subscription, or any event that signals value to your business. CVR shows how effectively an ad turns click traffic into outcomes, not just visits.

Ad Cost per Goal Conversion is the amount of money spent on an ad that leads to a goal conversion. It is used to measure the investment in a single advertisement required to achieve a set goal.

Ad Spend is the total money spent on advertising over a set period, which you can break down by campaign, ad set, or individual ad. It shows where your budget went, not whether the spending worked. Marketers use it to control budgets, report accurately, and judge performance alongside results such as conversions and revenue. Tracking it clearly helps you decide where to move budget and when to pause or scale a campaign.

Ad Impressions (IMPR) is a count of the total number of times a digital advertisement displays on someone's screen within a publisher's network. It measures exposure across search, display, video, and social ad formats.

Campaign Clicks is a count of the total number of times users clicked on ads in a digital campaign. A campaign is a grouping of ads organized by a shared business objective.

Campaign Cost per Goal Conversion is the amount of money spent on an ad campaign, also called Campaign Spend, that leads to a goal conversion. It is used to measure the costs involved in the success of an ad campaign which consists of several ads with a single business objective.

Campaign Impressions is a count of the total number of times digital advertisements within a campaign are shown. A campaign is a grouping of ads organized by business objective.

Campaign Spend is the amount of money spent on advertisements within a campaign. A campaign is a grouping of ads organized by a common business objective; a digital marketing campaign achieves this objective via digital channels only.

Click-Through Rate (CTR) is the percentage of people who click a link after seeing it. CTR applies across paid search, display advertising, email campaigns, and organic search results. It is one of the most widely used indicators of whether your messaging is resonating with your audience.

Cost Per Click (CPC) is the price an advertiser pays a publisher each time a user clicks on an ad or link. CPC applies across search engines, social platforms, and display networks, and is the core pricing unit in Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising. Tracking CPC helps advertisers evaluate spend efficiency, set budgets, and compare performance across channels.

Cost Per Thousand (CPM) is the price an advertiser pays for 1,000 ad impressions on a webpage or digital platform. Also called Cost Per Mille, CPM is one of the most widely used pricing models in digital advertising. It measures how much an advertiser spends to reach 1,000 people, making it a standard benchmark for comparing the cost-efficiency of campaigns across channels and audiences.