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How Much Does It Cost Per Click Google Ads?

June 13, 2023

The Cost Per Click (CPC) in Google Ads can vary widely depending on the competitiveness of the keywords you are targeting, the quality of your ads and landing pages, your bid strategy, and the industry you are operating.

Google Ads operates on an auction-based system, where advertisers bid on keywords they want to target. The bid amount represents the maximum amount an advertiser is willing to pay for a click on their ad. Generally, more competitive keywords and industries will have higher CPCs.

The CPC for Google Ads could range from a few cents to several dollars per click. A small personal training or yoga studio in a town of 50,000 might get click costs for about $0.50 cents a click, while a law firm or cosmetic surgeon, or rehab facility might be in the range of $15, $20, or even $50 per click. These figures may have changed since then, and the actual CPC you experience may differ from what was typical in the past.

Current CPCs for your specific industry and keywords, I recommend conducting keyword research and using Google’s Keyword Planner or other online tools designed for this purpose. Additionally, setting a reasonable budget for your ad campaigns and regularly monitoring their performance can help you manage your costs effectively.

Thomas J. Kane

At 16 years old in 1997 I built my first client website for a car dealership. At 17 I was one of the first few people in Kansas to be Cisco Networking Certified and I helped co-build the first computer network for a high school, two elementary schools, a hospital, and a 911 station. By the age of 40 now I have over 25,000 hours in content writing mastery and Google Advertising/SEO and have worked with over 480 different industries, amazing mentors, SEO & PPC corporate team leader at Godaddy.com, trained other SEO company's staff, managed over $37M dollars in advertising spend since 2007 for multiple companies and spent over $1M in A/B testing, created landing pages, sales funnels and massive PPC campaigns for the USA's #1 automotive leads provider, helped expand a global e-commerce business from 5 English sites to 122 sites in 30 countries in 7 languages, owned two #1 top-ranked SEO companies, in both Arizona & Kansas. Won all-expense-paid trip awards from Google for PPC performance, and been to the headquarters in Boston and California, and worked with 3 dedicated senior Google PPC teams at 3 major companies. I run an online advertising service for Montana, Kansas, Arizona & Florida businesses, as well as manage large campaigns for online national stores and services. Into renewable energy, solar, wind energy, crypto currency, Tesla, Nikola, natural health and healing, traveling, psychology, human behavior analysis, lie detection, forward progress, inspirational and educational writing, research, and analysis. Fascinated with AI (https://thomasj.ai/) and how it relates to the future of search and information.