{"id":42571,"date":"2026-11-13T04:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/?p=42571"},"modified":"2026-11-13T04:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:53:41","slug":"black-friday-google-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/black-friday-google-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Google Ads &#8211; Search, Shopping and PMax Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 18px 16px 60px; font-family: Inter,system-ui,-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; color: #111827; background: #ffffff; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0 0 18px; padding-bottom: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: 900; color: #ff711e; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .7px;\">Black Friday \u00b7 Google Ads<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #6b7280;\">Search \u00b7 Shopping \u00b7 Performance Max<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- QUICK ANSWER --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #111827; border-radius: 18px; padding: 25px 27px; margin: 0 0 26px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 13px; color: #ff9a5b; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .08em;\">Quick Answer<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #f3f4f6; font-size: 16px;\">Strong <a style=\"color: #ffb580; font-weight: 850;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/google-ads-spy\">Black Friday Google Ads<\/a> campaigns treat Search, Shopping and Performance Max differently instead of simply increasing every budget on November 27.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 22px; color: #f3f4f6; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Use Search for high-intent deal and product queries.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Use Shopping to win with feed quality, price and promotions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Use PMax to scale across Google&#8217;s inventory with strong conversion values, feeds and seasonal signals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Submit promotions and sale-price data before peak week.<\/li>\n<li>Do not make major structural changes during the final 48 hours unless something is genuinely broken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- HOW ADSPYDER HELPS --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fff7ed; border: 1px solid #fed7aa; border-radius: 18px; padding: 25px; margin: 0 0 38px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: 900; color: #c2410c; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .07em; margin: 0 0 8px;\">How AdSpyder Helps<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.35; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 10px;\">Research Google Competitors Before Black Friday CPCs Peak<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0 0 14px;\">AdSpyder&#8217;s Google Ads Spy and Shopping Ads Spy help marketers see how competitors position Black Friday offers before deciding what keywords, product groups, pricing messages and landing pages to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Use AdSpyder to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 21px; color: #374151; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.72;\">\n<li>Search competitor Google ads by domain or keyword.<\/li>\n<li>Compare current and historical Search ad copy.<\/li>\n<li>Identify recurring competitor keywords and seasonal terms.<\/li>\n<li>Review Shopping product titles, pricing and images.<\/li>\n<li>See first-seen and last-seen dates.<\/li>\n<li>Inspect competitor landing pages.<\/li>\n<li>Compare which products competitors push during November.<\/li>\n<li>Build an original Black Friday campaign brief before launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #6b7280; margin: 14px 0 0;\">Competitor ad longevity and repetition are research signals. They do not reveal private ROAS, profit or conversion rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CHANNEL DATA --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Search, Shopping and PMax Should Not Use the Same Black Friday Strategy<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Triple Whale&#8217;s BFCM 2025 dataset shows why separating campaign types matters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 30px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #111827;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Campaign Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">Spend<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">ROAS<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">CPA<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Search<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$30M<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">4.68x<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$20.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Shopping<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$23M<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">3.23x<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$26.34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Performance Max<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$57M<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">3.15x<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$29.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">These are aggregate benchmarks, not targets for your account. But they show that Search can behave very differently from PMax and Shopping even during the same four-day shopping period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Your Black Friday plan should therefore define the job of each campaign type before deciding where additional budget belongs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- DECISION MAP --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">The Black Friday Google Ads Decision Map<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background: #111827; border-radius: 17px; padding: 25px; margin: 0 0 38px;\">\n<p style=\"color: #f3f4f6; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin: 0;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">Search<\/strong> \u2192 Capture explicit deal, product and brand intent<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">Shopping<\/strong> \u2192 Win product comparison with feed, price, image and promotion<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">PMax<\/strong> \u2192 Scale product and customer signals across Google inventory<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">Remarketing<\/strong> \u2192 Bring back product viewers, cart visitors and past customers<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">Landing page<\/strong> \u2192 Confirm the exact offer promised in the ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SEARCH --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Black Friday Search Ads Playbook<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Search is where you can maintain the most direct control over the queries, ads and landing pages used for your highest-intent Black Friday traffic.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Build Keywords Around Intent, Not the Event Alone<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Avoid building the entire campaign around broad phrases such as \u201cBlack Friday\u201d or \u201cBlack Friday deals.\u201d Those searches are broad, expensive and frequently disconnected from your specific product.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">More useful patterns include<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px; line-height: 1.75;\">\n<li>[product] Black Friday<\/li>\n<li>[category] Black Friday deals<\/li>\n<li>[brand] Black Friday sale<\/li>\n<li>Black Friday [product] discount<\/li>\n<li>best Black Friday [category] deal<\/li>\n<li>[product] Cyber Monday<\/li>\n<li>[product] sale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Use last year&#8217;s search-term data wherever possible before expanding into new seasonal keywords.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">You can also use AdSpyder&#8217;s <a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 850; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/spy-on-competitor-google-ads\/\">competitor Google Ads research workflow<\/a> to identify seasonal keywords competitors repeatedly appear against.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Write Black Friday Responsive Search Ads Before Peak Week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Build the ads before Thanksgiving so review delays do not become a sale-day problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Test headline angles such as<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Black Friday &#8211; 30% Off [Product]<\/li>\n<li>Save $100 on [Product]<\/li>\n<li>Black Friday Ends Monday<\/li>\n<li>Free Shipping During Black Friday<\/li>\n<li>Shop [Category] Black Friday Deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">The ad should answer four questions quickly:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<li>What is on sale?<\/li>\n<li>How much will I save?<\/li>\n<li>When does the offer end?<\/li>\n<li>Why should I buy from this advertiser?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- PROMOTION ASSETS --><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Use Black Friday Promotion Assets<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Google Ads supports a dedicated Black Friday occasion for promotion assets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Promotion assets can show:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Percentage discount<\/li>\n<li>Monetary discount<\/li>\n<li>Promotion code<\/li>\n<li>Minimum order value<\/li>\n<li>Promotion dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Google&#8217;s current eligibility window for the Black Friday occasion runs from October 15 through December 15, giving you room to prepare the asset well before the event.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SEARCH TERMS --><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Monitor Search Terms More Frequently During BFCM<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Search behavior changes quickly when customers switch from research to deal hunting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Watch for<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<li>Unexpected informational queries<\/li>\n<li>Coupon-code searches you do not support<\/li>\n<li>Competitor terms consuming too much budget<\/li>\n<li>New long-tail deal queries worth adding<\/li>\n<li>Cyber Monday terms appearing early<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- SHOPPING --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Black Friday Google Shopping Playbook<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Shopping works differently because the product feed is effectively the ad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Your title, image, price, availability and Merchant Center promotion can determine whether shoppers consider your product before they ever visit the website.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Fix Feed Problems Before You Increase Budget<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Check for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Disapproved products<\/li>\n<li>Price mismatches<\/li>\n<li>Availability mismatches<\/li>\n<li>Missing GTINs or identifiers<\/li>\n<li>Weak product titles<\/li>\n<li>Low-quality or misleading images<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-stock bestsellers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Black Friday is a poor time to discover that your highest-revenue product has been disapproved for three days.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Use Sale Price Data Correctly<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">Google Merchant Center supports the <code>sale_price<\/code> attribute for temporary product discounts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">When Google&#8217;s conditions are met, shoppers may see the sale price alongside the previous price and a sale annotation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">Do not wait until Black Friday morning to discover that your website price and feed price disagree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Submit Merchant Center Promotions Early<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">Optmyzr&#8217;s current 2026 checklist recommends treating <strong>November 20<\/strong> as the operational deadline for Black Friday promotions, even though Google&#8217;s minimum submission guidance can be shorter.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">The reason is practical: promotions can require review and validation, and Thanksgiving week leaves little room for correcting rejected offers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">Test your actual promo code at checkout before submitting it to Merchant Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ADSPYDER DATA --><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Watch Which Products Competitors Push in November<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">AdSpyder&#8217;s first-party Shopping archive contains <strong>60,204 Black-Friday-title ads<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">Approximately <strong>65% appeared during November<\/strong>, while only about 3% first appeared in October.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #374151;\">That tells us Black Friday Shopping activity is highly compressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Use <a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 850; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/shopping-ads-spy\">AdSpyder Shopping Ads Spy<\/a> during November to monitor:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Which competitor products appear most frequently<\/li>\n<li>Product-title structure<\/li>\n<li>Advertised prices<\/li>\n<li>Product images<\/li>\n<li>First-seen and last-seen dates<\/li>\n<li>Country differences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">The full methodology is available in AdSpyder&#8217;s <a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 850; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/seasonal-google-shopping-ads-competitor-intelligence\/\">seasonal Google Shopping competitor intelligence study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- PMAX --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Black Friday Performance Max Playbook<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Performance Max can scale across Search, Shopping, YouTube, Display, Discover, Gmail and Maps, but the automation still depends on the quality of the information you provide.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Do Not Build a Brand-New PMax Campaign at the Last Minute<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">If your existing PMax campaign already has strong history, rebuilding everything for Black Friday can sacrifice valuable learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Instead, decide whether the sale needs:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>A new seasonal asset group<\/li>\n<li>Updated promotional assets<\/li>\n<li>Updated creative<\/li>\n<li>Additional budget<\/li>\n<li>Different product segmentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Only create a separate campaign when the sale genuinely requires separate budget, targeting or profitability control.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Add Black Friday Search Themes Where They Add New Information<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Google currently allows up to <strong>50 search themes per PMax asset group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Useful seasonal themes might include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>[category] Black Friday<\/li>\n<li>Black Friday [product]<\/li>\n<li>[product] sale<\/li>\n<li>[category] Cyber Monday<\/li>\n<li>holiday [product] deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Do not fill all 50 slots with near-duplicates. Google recommends using themes that add information the system may not already understand from your feed, landing pages and creative.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 22px 0 8px;\">Refresh Creative Before the Sale<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Prepare:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Black Friday offer headlines<\/li>\n<li>Short descriptions<\/li>\n<li>Square product images<\/li>\n<li>Landscape images<\/li>\n<li>Vertical video<\/li>\n<li>Short promotional video<\/li>\n<li>Cyber Monday fallback assets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Do not make your only seasonal asset a black graphic with \u201cSALE\u201d on it. Continue showing the actual products people are buying.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SEASONALITY ADJUSTMENTS --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Should You Use a Seasonality Adjustment for Black Friday?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\"><strong>Usually not by default.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Google says Smart Bidding already manages seasonal events and recommends seasonality adjustments only when you expect a <strong>major change in conversion rate<\/strong> that automation is unlikely to anticipate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">They are designed primarily for short events of around 1\u20137 days and may work less effectively across long periods.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #111827;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Situation<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Seasonality Adjustment?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Normal Black Friday demand increase<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Usually no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">One-day flash sale with unusually high expected CVR<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Potentially useful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Extended November promotion<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Usually no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Brand-specific event unlike normal historical demand<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Consider it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">This is one area where blindly following older Black Friday PPC advice can create unnecessary bidding volatility.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CPC PRESSURE --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Plan for Higher CPCs Before You Increase Budgets<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Optmyzr&#8217;s analysis of 2025 BFCM performance found that click costs increased much faster than conversion rates.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 30px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #111827;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Campaign<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">Week-Before CPC<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">BFCM CPC<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: right;\">Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Standard Shopping<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$0.735<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$1.074<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">+46.24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Performance Max<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$0.626<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">$0.809<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: right; color: #374151;\">+29.15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">This is why a blanket \u201cdouble every budget\u201d rule is too simplistic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Increase budget where:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Campaigns are limited by budget.<\/li>\n<li>Conversion value still supports your profitability target.<\/li>\n<li>Inventory can support additional volume.<\/li>\n<li>The landing page and checkout are stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">Do not increase spend simply because traffic is higher.<\/p>\n<p><!-- VALUE --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Feed Google the Right Conversion Values<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Black Friday often changes product margin, average order value and product mix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">If your bidding system thinks a $100 discounted order is economically identical to a $100 full-margin order, your ROAS target may not represent the business outcome you actually want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Before the sale, verify<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<li>Purchase values are passing correctly.<\/li>\n<li>Duplicate purchases are not inflating value.<\/li>\n<li>Currency is correct.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced conversion setup is working where applicable.<\/li>\n<li>Returns and cancellations are understood in reporting.<\/li>\n<li>Your Black Friday target reflects actual margin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- TIMELINE --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Black Friday Google Ads Timeline for 2026<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 38px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #111827;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">When<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Main Job<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">What to Finish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">6 Weeks Before<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Tracking, feeds, product economics and campaign structure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">2\u20133 Weeks Before<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Build<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Search ads, PMax assets, promotions and sale-price feeds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">By Nov 20<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Promotion buffer<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Submit Merchant Center promotions and test promo codes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Nov 25\u201326<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Freeze<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Stop unnecessary structural changes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Nov 27\u201330<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Monitor<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Budgets, search terms, feeds, stock and conversion value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Dec 1\u20137<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Normalize<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">End promotions, lower budgets where demand falls and review by campaign type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- COMPETITOR WORKFLOW --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">AdSpyder Black Friday Competitor Research Workflow<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Run competitor research before changing bids.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #111827; border-radius: 17px; padding: 25px; margin: 0 0 28px;\">\n<p style=\"color: #f3f4f6; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.95; margin: 0;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">1. Search competitor domains<\/strong> \u2192 Pull active and historical Google Search ads<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">2. Search Black Friday keywords<\/strong> \u2192 Find advertisers competing on seasonal queries<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">3. Compare headlines<\/strong> \u2192 Discount, delivery, urgency, trust or product-led messaging<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">4. Check Shopping listings<\/strong> \u2192 Title, price, image and product emphasis<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">5. Open landing pages<\/strong> \u2192 Compare offer consistency and checkout path<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">6. Build a gap list<\/strong> \u2192 Keywords, products and messages competitors ignore<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #ff9a5b;\">7. Monitor November changes<\/strong> \u2192 Watch new products, new promotions and ad-copy shifts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 35px;\">For the broader methodology, use AdSpyder&#8217;s <a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 850; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/competitor-ad-audit\/\">competitor ad audit<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 850; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/adspyder-shopping-ads-spy-guide\/\">Shopping Ads Spy guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SALE DAY --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">What to Monitor on Black Friday<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Most Black Friday optimization should be monitoring, not constant rebuilding.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #111827;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">Signal<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">What It May Mean<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">First Check<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">CPC rising, revenue rising<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Auction is more expensive but valuable<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Profitability and budget cap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">CPC rising, value flat<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Auction pressure may be outpacing demand<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Queries and competitor activity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">CVR suddenly drops<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Potential site or offer problem<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Checkout, landing page and promo code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fafb; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Top product stops converting<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Inventory or feed issue<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Stock, price and Merchant Center status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; font-weight: 850;\">Campaign limited by budget<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">Demand exceeds current allocation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; color: #374151;\">ROAS, margin and remaining inventory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- LAST 48 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">What Not to Change in the Final 48 Hours<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Avoid unnecessary changes to<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 25px;\">\n<li>Bid strategy type<\/li>\n<li>Campaign structure<\/li>\n<li>Large-scale product segmentation<\/li>\n<li>Major target ROAS or CPA settings<\/li>\n<li>Entire PMax asset-group structure<\/li>\n<li>Catalog-wide title rewrites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Changes that may still be necessary<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<li>Fixing price or availability mismatches<\/li>\n<li>Pausing out-of-stock products<\/li>\n<li>Correcting broken tracking<\/li>\n<li>Fixing disapprovals<\/li>\n<li>Adding budget to a profitable capped campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- AFTER SALE --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Do Not Treat December 1 Like a Normal Monday<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Demand, CPC and conversion behavior do not return to normal at exactly the same speed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">Optmyzr&#8217;s 2025 data found Standard Shopping CPC remained above its pre-Black-Friday level during the week after BFCM, while PMax CPC had already fallen slightly below its earlier level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 18px;\">That means your post-sale reduction should be campaign-specific.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 850; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">After Cyber Monday<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px;\">\n<li>Remove expired promo assets.<\/li>\n<li>End sale-price dates.<\/li>\n<li>Pause Black Friday-only Search campaigns.<\/li>\n<li>Check whether Cyber Monday queries are still active.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce budgets where demand has clearly dropped.<\/li>\n<li>Keep profitable post-sale product demand running.<\/li>\n<li>Save a performance snapshot for next year&#8217;s planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- CHECKLIST --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Black Friday Google Ads Checklist<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #fed7aa; background: #fffaf7; border-radius: 17px; padding: 24px; margin: 0 0 39px;\">\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(250px,1fr)); gap: 11px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Conversion values verified<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Purchase tracking tested<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Feed disapprovals fixed<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Sale prices uploaded<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Promotions submitted<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Search ads approved<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Promotion assets active<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 PMax search themes reviewed<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Seasonal creative uploaded<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Budgets stress-tested<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Search-term monitoring ready<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Stock monitoring ready<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Competitor ads reviewed<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Landing pages matched to ads<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Cyber Monday assets prepared<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #374151;\">\u2610 Post-sale rollback plan ready<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CTA --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: linear-gradient(115deg,#ff711e,#ea580c); border-radius: 19px; padding: 29px 30px; margin: 0 0 40px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap;\">\n<div style=\"max-width: 575px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: 900; color: #fff; margin: 0 0 7px;\">See what competitors change before Black Friday peaks<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #ffedd5; margin: 0;\">Research Google Search ads, Shopping listings, keywords and landing pages with AdSpyder before increasing your seasonal budget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #fff; color: #c2410c; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 900; padding: 13px 23px; border-radius: 9px;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/google-ads-spy\">Research Google Ads \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SOURCES --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 14px;\">Sources and Methodology<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #374151; margin: 0 0 16px;\">This playbook combines current 2026 Google Ads documentation, current Black Friday PPC research, BFCM performance benchmarks and AdSpyder&#8217;s first-party Shopping-ad archive.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #374151; padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 35px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.75;\">\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optmyzr.com\/blog\/black-friday-google-ads-checklist\/\">Optmyzr &#8211; 2026 Black Friday Google Ads Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.triplewhale.com\/blog\/google-ads-black-friday\">Triple Whale &#8211; BFCM Google Ads Benchmarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.get-ryze.ai\/blog\/black-friday-google-ads\">Ryze &#8211; Black Friday Google Ads Setup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/answer\/7367521\">Google Ads &#8211; Promotion Assets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/answer\/10369906\">Google Ads &#8211; Seasonality Adjustments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/answer\/14767319\">Google Ads &#8211; Performance Max Search Themes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/merchants\/answer\/6324471\">Google Merchant Center &#8211; Sale Price Attribute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/seasonal-advertising-trends\/\">AdSpyder &#8211; Seasonal Advertising Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ff711e; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/adspyder.io\/blog\/seasonal-google-shopping-ads-competitor-intelligence\/\">AdSpyder &#8211; Seasonal Shopping Competitor Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #6b7280; margin: 0 0 38px;\">Benchmarks from third-party datasets are directional and should not be treated as guaranteed account outcomes. AdSpyder competitor data can reveal visible ads, keywords, product listings and landing pages, but not private advertiser profit, conversion rate or verified ROAS.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SEQUENTIAL FAQ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 20px;\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">When Should I Start Black Friday Google Ads?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Start the account preparation several weeks before Black Friday. Fix tracking and feeds first, then prepare Search ads, PMax assets, sale prices and Merchant Center promotions before peak week. Avoid launching major new structures in the final days unless necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Which Is Better for Black Friday &#8211; Search, Shopping or Performance Max?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">They solve different jobs. Search captures explicit keyword intent, Shopping competes through product information and price, while Performance Max can scale across Google&#8217;s inventory using your feed, assets and conversion signals. Many ecommerce accounts benefit from using more than one campaign type.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Should I Increase My Google Ads Budget for Black Friday?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Increase budget where profitable campaigns are genuinely constrained by budget and your stock and margins can support more volume. Do not automatically use a fixed 2x or 3x multiplier across every campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Should I Use Seasonality Adjustments for Black Friday?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Not automatically. Google says Smart Bidding already manages seasonal events. Use a seasonality adjustment when you expect an unusual short-term conversion-rate change that bidding is unlikely to anticipate, generally for short events such as a major one-day flash sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">How Should I Prepare Google Shopping for Black Friday?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Fix feed errors, confirm price and availability, improve important product titles, upload sale prices, submit Merchant Center promotions early and monitor stock closely during the sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">How Should I Prepare Performance Max for Black Friday?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Use accurate conversion values, healthy product feeds, strong promotional creative and relevant seasonal search themes. Update existing campaigns early instead of rebuilding the entire structure immediately before Black Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">How Early Should Merchant Center Promotions Be Submitted?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Google recommends submitting promotions before they become effective, but review and validation can take time. For Black Friday 2026, leaving several business days of buffer and submitting around November 20 is safer than waiting until Thanksgiving week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">What Should I Monitor During Black Friday?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Watch budget pacing, CPC, conversion rate, conversion value, search terms, feed disapprovals, product availability, promo-code functionality and whether profitable campaigns are being limited by budget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 0 0 20px; margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">How Can AdSpyder Help With Black Friday Google Ads?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">AdSpyder helps marketers research competitor Google Search and Shopping ads, compare keywords, ad copy, product listings, pricing and landing pages, and monitor seasonal campaign changes before and during the Black Friday period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0 0 5px;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 900; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 8px;\">When Is Black Friday 2026?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #374151; margin: 0;\">Black Friday 2026 is Friday, November 27. 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