Stop Obsessing Over Control. Start Testing For Truth

Nick Cao • May 15, 2025

You think you're being relevant. But sometimes the algorithm knows better.

We ran two search campaigns:

One with exact match keywords.
The other with broad match.

You would probably bet on exact match, right?
But here’s what actually happened in just under a week:

Broad match:
→ $1.11 Avg. CPC
→ $10.19 per lead
→ 28 conversions

Exact match:
→ $2.92 Avg. CPC
→ $29.52 per lead
→ 19 conversions

Same offer. Same landing page. Same ad copy.

Different intent signals — the kind only the algorithm can see.

Google isn’t matching words.
It’s matching moments. Context. Behaviour.

Stop obsessing over control.
Start testing for truth.

The data doesn’t care what you think should work.
It only shows you what does.

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