1) Search funnels provide insights into the multi-step process consumers undergo from initial search to conversion.
2) Key metrics like assisted conversions and time lag reveal that the last click attribution model is often misleading as many conversions involve multiple interactions over time.
3) Analyzing top paths, assisted keywords, and time factors between stages allows optimizing budgets and messaging to better assist consumers at each point in the funnel.
2. 43% of paid search conversions
include more than 1 paid click
3. Sample Conversion Journey
“boutique
Time for a “Hotels in “ambassador Conversion
hotels in
Vacation! vienna” hotel vienna” $$$
vienna”
4. AdWords campaign would show:
Keyword Cost Conversions CPA
Hotels in vienna $1,000 10 $100
boutique hotels in
$500 10 $50
vienna
altstadt hotel vienna $200 20 $10
5. Assisted Conversions:
The number of conversions that were assisted
by a particular campaign, ad group, or
keyword. (not including last click conversions)
7. Typical Search Funnel
“boutique
Time for a “Hotels in “ambassadoe Conversion
hotels in
Vacation! vienna” hotel vienna” $$$
vienna”
Assisters Converters
16. Typical Search Funnel
“boutique
Time for a “Hotels in “ambassador Conversion
hotels in
Vacation! vienna” hotel vienna” $$$
vienna”
17. Takeaways
Last Click is misleading in many cases
Understand Assists concept & numbers
Shift budgets towards assisting keywords
Understand the time factor and act accordingly
Segment your messages and offers per different stages of the search
funnel