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For home service businesses running Google Ads

Google Ads audit for home services.

The phone rings when a customer needs you, and not every search is a customer: some people want to do the job themselves, buy a part or find work.

Plumbing · HVAC · Roofing · Electrical · Cleaning · Pest control

For the audit, our software only reads the account. No credit card.

4.6/5 18 reviews (opens in a new tab)

What the audit looks at first in a home services account

  • C-12 Does the account count sales at all? Conversion tracking
  • C-08 Targeting by "interest" instead of presence Campaign settings
  • C-21 Hours and devices that buy nothing Schedule and devices
  • C-01 Searches that spend and never sell Keywords and search terms

Codes and names from the list the audit engine runs. It runs all 22 on your account.

  • 1,000+

    accounts audited

    audits by Attilio Curcio

  • $1,000s

    of waste found

    audit reports

  • 4.6/5

    on Trustpilot

    18 reviews

  • 20

    years of Google Ads

    Attilio Curcio, founder

1,000+ Google Ads accounts audited

01Four things to check

Four things to check in a home services account.

Each one names the checks the audit runs on your own data. When one of them finds something, the report lists the fix under the same code.

  1. C-12 C-13

    Are the calls your ads bring counted?

    If the account counts forms but not calls, Google's bidding only learns from the forms, and the calls your ads brought in stay invisible to it.

    What the report shows: Every enabled conversion action, with its kind (phone calls, lead form, purchase, sign-up or other), whether it is set as primary, when it last recorded something, and a "Not firing" mark on any action silent for 30 days or more while spend kept running.

  2. C-08

    Ads shown outside your service area

    You serve a set of towns. Google's default location option also reaches people who are only interested in them, wherever they are.

    What the report shows: The campaigns that still reach people "interested in" your area, not only people in it, with the location option to change. Google reports no separate spend for this setting.

  3. C-21

    Hours that spend without a lead

    Ads can run at night and at weekends. If nobody picks up then, those clicks can buy nothing.

    What the report shows: The hour-by-hour grid of spend and results in the account's time zone, and the hours that spent money without a single lead or sale. It does not know your opening hours: you compare.

  4. C-01 C-02 C-03

    Searches from people who will never book a job

    How-to videos, spare parts and job openings share words with your services. Without blocked searches, broad keywords can pay for them.

    What the report shows: Every search that spent money in the last 30 days without a single recorded lead or sale, with its cost and clicks, and the searches to block in a file, ready to paste into Google Ads.

Not part of the checks: Local Services Ads (Google Guaranteed), their leads and their profile.

02What should count as success

A booked job, or the call that leads to one.

Count the calls and requests that turn into work, not every tap on your number. Google's bidding learns from what is counted, and looks for more of it.

For every conversion action, the report shows

Its kind
Phone calls, lead form, purchase, sign-up or other.
Primary or not
Whether it is set as primary: the actions Google's bidding learns from.
When it last recorded something
In days, so a tag that stopped is easy to see.
Not firing
A mark on any action that has recorded nothing for 30 days or more while spend kept running.

03The 22 checks

The same 22 checks, on your real account.

Whatever the business, every account gets all 22, run on 90 days of its real campaigns, ad groups, keywords and search terms.

What you see while the checks run. About 30 seconds.
  • Keywords and search terms C-01 C-02 C-03 C-04 4 checks
  • Structure C-05 C-09 C-11 3 checks
  • Campaign settings C-06 C-07 C-08 3 checks
  • Budgets and visibility C-10 C-19 C-20 3 checks
  • Conversion tracking C-12 C-13 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 7 checks
  • Schedule and devices C-21 1 check
  • Account care C-22 1 check

See all 22 checks See the full methodology

Open a full sample report - an invented account, no sign-up.

Not ready to connect? Scan your site from its URL.

We read your public pages and check whether your Google Ads tracking is in place. No account, no login, 30 seconds. Connecting is what shows the waste inside the account.

No login. No card. 30 seconds.

04Hand it to our team

Or we run it for you.

Your time goes to the jobs, not to Google Ads.

Managed by our team

No commitment

Attilio and the team he leads run the account for you: a full overhaul in month 1, then campaigns, keywords, ads, budgets and targeting, with a monthly report of what changed. It starts with a free 30-min call.

$997

per month, per account, for ad spend up to $10,000 a month. Above that, a quote on the call.

Prices in USD, before sales tax.

Sample data Northwind Analytics

July report

What changed, and what it did

  • Stopped 47 searches They had spent for 90 days without a sale Saved -$1,247/mo
  • Repaired the call-tracking tag It had been silent since April Fixed sales now counted
  • Separated brand search from Performance Max No more paying twice for your own name Saved -$640/mo
  • Raised the budget of a capped campaign It ran out of budget by 11:00 AM Raised +$1,400/mo
  • New ad copy in test Against the two best performers Testing result next month

Illustrative figures on a sample account. Your report shows your own account, and every line is a change we actually made that month.

05What clients say

In their words.

4.6/5 on Trustpilot Read all 18 reviews

  • "Attilio has been great in managing our Google ads. He is knowledgeable and always answers any questions about our account. He also has this great tool, DigiWise, that helps with report building."
    Kimberly, US - Trustpilot verified
  • "Attilio and DigiWise are fantastic! The personalized help and accurate reporting has been very helpful. Highly recommended."
    Kate, US - Trustpilot verified
  • "Great communication with Attilio. He's easy to reach and helps you through the process without being too 'techie'. Will return, for sure."
    Bart Van Wassenhove, BE - Trustpilot verified

06Questions

Before you connect anything.

Is it safe to connect our Google Ads account?

For the audit, our software only reads the account. Google's own screen asks for more, because its API has no permission limited to reading. You can revoke access in one click, from your DigiWise dashboard or your Google account, and your access token is encrypted (AES-256-GCM).

Does the audit check our service area?

In part. For every campaign it reads whether ads reach people in your area, or people interested in it too. It does not read the towns or the radius you entered, so it cannot tell you whether those are the right ones.

What if the audit finds nothing?

That is an answer too: the account is in good shape, and the audit cost you nothing. It is free, with no credit card.

Can I see a report before I connect?

Yes: open a full sample report, an invented account, no sign-up.

07Free AI Audit

See which searches your budget buys. It is free.

All 22 checks, every leak and the fix for each one, with what it costs where we can measure it. The full report is yours to keep.

For the audit, our software only reads the account. No credit card.

4.6/5 18 reviews (opens in a new tab)