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Direct answer: According to the article, AI Max for Search campaigns launched globally in May 2025 and is available in beta across all Google Ads accounts as an optional feature suite enabled within existing Search campaigns. The article reports advertisers activating AI Max see an average 14% lift in conversions at similar cost per acquisition. Unlike Performance Max, the article states AI Max maintains full search term visibility while adding automated matching, text customization, and landing-page selection.
The article states AI Max is not a new campaign type but an optional feature suite enabled within existing Search campaigns through a single toggle. Once activated, it unlocks three core capabilities that change how ads match to searches, how creative assets adapt to intent, and which landing pages users see. The article positions it as combining Search campaign precision with AI automation.
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The article describes search term matching as combining broad match expansion with keywordless technology to capture high-intent queries traditional targeting would miss. The article states Google's AI analyzes existing keywords, ad copy, landing pages, and historical conversion data to match ads to semantically relevant searches. Exact match keywords maintain top priority in the serving hierarchy, with AI Max then expanding reach beyond those matches.
Read more: Search Term Matching: Beyond Traditional Keywords
The article states final URL expansion analyzes the website and selects the most relevant landing page for each query, potentially overriding the final URL specified in the ad. In AI Max it only directs users to pages related to the ad group theme, with campaign-level URL exclusions, ad group-level URL inclusions, and page feeds as controls. The article reports conversion-rate improvement of 12-18% according to beta testing data, and notes final URL expansion requires text customization to be enabled.
Read more: Final URL Expansion: Smart Landing Page Selection
The article positions AI Max as a middle ground that keeps Search transparency with Performance Max-style automation. According to the comparison, AI Max provides full search term visibility versus limited visibility for Performance Max, operates on Search and Partners only versus all Google properties, and offers campaign plus ad group level brand controls. The article states Standard Search is for absolute control over every keyword, ad, and page, while AI Max handles optimization with visibility into what is working.
Read more: AI Max vs. Performance Max vs. Standard Search
The article's Q&A states to expect 7-14 days of learning phase where performance may be volatile, with most advertisers seeing clear improvement by day 14-21, and recommends giving AI Max at least 30 days before judging effectiveness. It states AI Max performs best with daily budgets of at least $30-50 and that limited budgets should concentrate on the highest-potential campaign. The article also states negative keywords remain an important control and search term matching requires broad match keywords for expansion potential.
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