What is Quality Score?
Quality Score is Google's 1-10 estimate of the quality of your keyword, ad, and landing page relative to other advertisers.
Quality Score bundles expected click-through rate, ad relevance, and landing-page experience. A low score on real spend raises what you pay per click and can cost you the auction outright, so the fix is to address the weakest of its three components, ranked by the money it would save, rather than to bid harder.
Last reviewed 2026-09-19
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