5 August 2026

Google Ads

Value-based bidding: when it helps and when it hides problems

Value-based bidding can rescue a starved account or quietly optimise to fiction. How to tell which is happening in yours.

Daniel Whitehouse

Daniel Whitehouse, performance marketing consultant

What VBB actually changes

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Why soft signals get added

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The failure mode: token values drift

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Guardrails that keep VBB honest

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When to switch back

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