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Weekly Account Change Digest

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Comprehensive weekly summary of everything that changed in my Google Ads account, who changed it, and how.

  1. Pull all changes from my Google Ads account from the past 7 days
  2. Group changes by how they were made:
    • Manual changes (someone in the Google Ads UI or mobile app)
    • API changes (third-party tools or scripts)
    • Auto-applied by Google (recommendation subscriptions)
    • Automated rules
  3. Group changes by category:
    • Budget and bid changes (with old and new values)
    • Keyword additions and removals (count and top examples)
    • Ad copy and creative changes
    • Audience and targeting modifications
    • Campaign structure changes (new campaigns, paused campaigns)
  4. Highlight the top 5 most impactful changes based on spend affected
  5. Flag anything unusual:
    • Changes made outside business hours
    • Changes by unrecognized users
    • Unusually high volume of changes on a single campaign
  6. Build the digest in a Google Sheet and email it to me with subject "Google Ads Weekly Change Digest - [DATE]"
  7. Schedule weekly execution every Monday morning