Performance Max

Single goal-based campaign serving across every Google surface. You bring assets and a conversion goal; Google decides where they show.

Serves 21 surfaces·Google Ads source ↗·Last reviewed: 2026-05-22

Search — Top text ads

Search · Headlines + descriptions + sitelinks

Detail →
Google SERP · desktop● AD SLOT
AD · TOP TEXTHeadline · brand namewww.brand.com/landingSecond sponsored result

Text variants assembled from supplied assets. Cannot bid on brand terms by default.

Search — Shopping carousel

Search · Product cards (image, price, merchant)

Detail →
Google SERP · shopping carousel● AD SLOT
AD · SHOPPING CAROUSEL$49.99$49.99$49.99$49.99$49.99

Serves when a Merchant Center feed is attached.

Search — Shopping right rail

Search · Product card grid

Detail →
Google SERP · right rail● AD SLOT
AD · SHOPPING GRID$29$29$29$29

Right-rail product grid from your feed.

YouTube — Skippable in-stream

YouTube · Video, skippable after 5s

Detail →
YouTube · watch page● AD SLOT
YouTubeAD · IN-STREAM (SKIPPABLE)Skip ad ▸

Video assets (or auto-generated video) play in-stream.

YouTube — In-feed video

YouTube · Thumbnail + headline in feed

Detail →
YouTube · home feed● AD SLOT
YouTubeAD · IN-FEEDSponsored

Thumbnail + headline in YouTube feeds.

YouTube Shorts

YouTube · Vertical video in Shorts feed

Detail →
YouTube Shorts · vertical feed● AD SLOT
AD · SHORTSShop now

Vertical video variants serve in Shorts.

Gmail Promotions tab

Gmail · Inbox card that expands to full creative

Detail →
Gmail · Promotions tab● AD SLOT
PromotionsAD · INBOX PROMOTION

Image + headline rendered as a Promotions card.

Discover feed card

Discover · Image card with headline in Discover feed

Detail →
Google app · Discover feed● AD SLOT
AD · DISCOVER CARDSponsored

Native card in the Discover feed.

Maps — Promoted pin

Maps & GBP · Branded pin + sponsored callout on map

Detail →
Google Maps · promoted pin● AD SLOT
BAD · PROMOTED PINBrand · 0.3 mi

Serves when location assets are attached.

Google Business Profile callout

Maps & GBP · Sponsored block on the business profile

Detail →
Google Business Profile● AD SLOT
Brand NameOverviewReviewsPhotosAboutAD · SPONSORED CALLOUT

Surface for advertisers with linked business profiles.

Display — sidebar banner

Display · Responsive image/HTML5

Detail →
Publisher site · Display Network● AD SLOT
Publisher.comArticle headlineAD · DISPLAY 300×600

Responsive display variants across the Display Network.

Display — in-article

Display · Responsive native unit between paragraphs

Detail →
Publisher site · in-article● AD SLOT
Publisher.comArticle headlineAD · IN-ARTICLE NATIVE

Native in-article rendering on publisher sites.

Shopping tab — product grid

Shopping · Full product grid with filters

Detail →
Google Shopping tab● AD SLOT
AD · PRODUCT GRID (FREE + PAID)$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99

Feed products appear in the Shopping tab grid.

AI Overviews — sponsored links

Search · Sponsored links inside AI-generated answer

Detail →
Google SERP · AI Overview● AD SLOT
AI OverviewAD · SPONSORED LINKS IN AI OVERVIEWSponsored · brand.comSponsored · second-brand.com

P-Max text variants eligible to serve inside AI Overviews.

Search — Images tab

Search · Shopping product tiles in image results

Detail →
Google · Images tab● AD SLOT
AD · SHOPPING TILES IN IMAGESSponsoredSponsoredSponsored

Feed products surfaced in Images vertical.

Search — Videos tab

Search · Sponsored video result

Detail →
Google · Videos tab● AD SLOT
AD · SPONSORED VIDEO

Video assets may serve into the Videos vertical.

GBP — sponsored sidebar row

Maps & GBP · Sponsored row inside knowledge panel sidebar

Detail →
GBP knowledge panel · sidebar slot● AD SLOT
Brand · LocalAD · SIDEBAR ROWReviews from the web

Serves when location assets / linked GBP are present.

Maps app — Explore feed

Maps & GBP · Promoted place card in mobile feed

Detail →
Maps app · Explore feed● AD SLOT
AD · PROMOTED PLACE

Place-card asset in the Maps Explore feed.

YouTube — Companion banner

YouTube · 300×60 static banner beside in-stream video

Detail →
YouTube · watch page (companion)● AD SLOT
YouTubeIn-stream adAD · COMPANION 300×60

Companion banner generated from supplied image assets.

YouTube — Connected TV

YouTube · Non-skippable in-stream on TV screens

Detail →
YouTube · Connected TV● AD SLOT
AD · CTV IN-STREAM (NON-SKIPPABLE)Brand spot · 15sYouTube on TV

Video assets serve on CTV inventory.

Display — Anchor / overlay

Display · Sticky bottom anchor banner (mobile web)

Detail →
Mobile web · anchor unit● AD SLOT
Publisher.comArticle headlineAD · ANCHOR (320×50)×

Responsive display assets eligible for anchor inventory.