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The Perfect Structure for Your Performance Max Campaign

Cristina Jiméne Gómez
October 22, 2026
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5 min read

In Performance Max campaigns, there is minimal control over where your ads appear and who sees them, as many impressions are not triggered by search queries. For this reason, maintaining a strong campaign structure and tailoring your assets and audience signals is key to achieving optimal performance.

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The Golden Rule: Thematic Relevance per Asset Group

‍Creating a single, generic asset group for your entire catalog is the most damaging mistake you can make.

  • Segment by intent / category: If you sell furniture, create one Asset Group for Sofas, another for Tables, and another for Lighting.
Another option, if your product categories offer distinct benefits or if you want to control how much budget goes to each product, is to follow a setup like this:
E.g. Tables Campaign: Separate groups by brand, room type, price point, etc. This allows you to tailor text, video, and image assets—as well as audience signals—to each group. For instance, if you segment by brand, your ad copy can directly mention those specific brands and display corresponding images.
Remember to select the specific products for each asset group. It is also crucial to strike a balance: avoid over-segmenting (which can limit machine learning capabilities, requiring a minimum of 30 conversions per campaign per month), but don't mix too many different products together.
  • Total Consistency: Align headlines, descriptions, images, final URLs, product selections, and custom audience signals.
Tailor your ad extensions (assets) in each case to display the most relevant information. For example, if you segment your tables campaign by room type, you can add extensions within each group linking to the top-selling models.

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Ad Strength vs. Real Performance

  • An "Excellent" Ad Strength rating in Google only reflects the variety of assets uploaded; it is not a guarantee of conversions.
  • Regularly review the Asset Performance report and replace any assets marked as "Low."

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How to Optimize Management with Dolnai

‍Checking all of this manually across large accounts is inefficient. The Dolnai platform streamlines this process for you:

  1. Creative Coverage Audit: Quickly identify whether key formats are missing or if assets are underperforming (either due to a lack of clicks or spending heavily without converting).
  2. Copy Consistency Analysis: Detect discrepancies between your ad copy and user search intent to reduce unqualified clicks.
  3. Creative Fatigue Detection: Track performance drops in your assets so you can refresh them at the right time. You can do this by analyzing assets that previously converted well but have stopped delivering results.

Additionally, Dolnai now offers an asset analysis feature where you can uncover which patterns and creative structures perform best, alongside AI-generated copy suggestions to replace underperforming assets.

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Cristina Jiméne Gómez
October 22, 2026
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5 min read

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