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Is there a Google Adwords Scraper?

by AussieT
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I will be starting a new Google Adwords campaign shortly and wondering if there is a scraper that will collect the ads used by others so that I can collate a list of ads in a niche and then select the text from some of the ads that I may want to use. Or at least get the creative juices going so I can write my own ads.

Does anyone know of such a scraper?
#adwords #google #scraper
  • Profile picture of the author ppcmanager
    Check out Semrush, is perfect for this job although is not free.
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  • Profile picture of the author ttrance
    semrush is da best. 100% agree with the above. It is so amazing!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author AussieT
    Thanks guys at $79/ month it's a bit above my budget
    Anything cheaper around?
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  • Profile picture of the author LucidWebMarketing
    If you ask me, such tools are a waste.

    You don't want to copy ads, you want to come up with some of your own. Why would someone click your ad if it looks the same as others? Sure, check some out, maybe get your creative juices flowing (use google.com/adpreview). But be different. Besides, most other PPC advertisers I find do a poor job so you don't want to copy them anyway. A better alternative may be to hire someone to create and manage campaigns for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author AussieT
      Originally Posted by LucidWebMarketing View Post

      If you ask me, such tools are a waste.

      You don't want to copy ads, you want to come up with some of your own. Why would someone click your ad if it looks the same as others? Sure, check some out, maybe get your creative juices flowing (use google.com/adpreview). But be different. Besides, most other PPC advertisers I find do a poor job so you don't want to copy them anyway. A better alternative may be to hire someone to create and manage campaigns for you.
      Originally Posted by LucidWebMarketing View Post

      "Why would someone click your ad if it looks the same as others? "
      The plan would not be to copy someone's ad word for word, that would be silly. But even then if you were to bid higher than the copied ad people may well click your ad first.

      But if you don't look at your competitors ads how do you know if you are not writing one that is the same?

      In any case my plan is to actually check ads from other non competeting cities and then mix and match some of the better text from all the ads that I feel strike a chord with buyers. So the ads would be unlikely to be the same as the ones showing in my city, unless my competitors did the same thing

      I do appreciate you taking the time to reply.
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      • Profile picture of the author qu4rk
        @AussieT, did you ever find anything less than semrush?
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    SEMrush is worth the money. I hate shelling out money for tools like that but really, it's worth it. If I were you, I'd at least try it out, message them on facebook for a free trial or something, they'll likely accommodate you.
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    • Profile picture of the author ewenmack
      Spyfu gives you some data on keywords
      and ads ran for free.
      Paid gets more.

      Similar Web will give you traffic sources of
      their website as well as the ads.

      Best,
      Doctor E. Vile
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