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Main conversion actions that credit only the last click

Primary website conversions set to last click. The last ad clicked gets all the credit, so the searches that started the path look worthless to Smart Bidding.

By the Optizads team

On this page
  1. Why it matters
  2. How Oppy decides
  3. Check it yourself in Google Ads
  4. What to do about it
  5. Other checks in this area

The short answer

Last click gives each conversion to the last ad clicked. The searches that started the path look as if they brought nothing, and Smart Bidding learns from that. Oppy lists the primary website conversion actions still set to last click.

Why it matters

A customer may click several of your ads before buying or calling. With last click, only the final click counts, and the search that first brought them in shows no result.

Smart Bidding learns from those numbers, so it bids less on the searches that start a sale. Data-driven attribution shares the credit across the ads clicked on the way, from your account's own data. Google uses it by default for most conversion actions.

How Oppy decides

Oppy reads every enabled conversion action and keeps the primary ones your website records. It lists those set to last click that counted something in the last 30 days.

Actions imported from Google Analytics take their model from Analytics, so they are left out. So are calls, imports and store sales.

Checks that weigh money or clicks judge what they find on your own account's numbers, not on one figure applied to every account, so what counts as a problem on a small account is not the same on a large one. Checks on settings read how the account is set up.

When there is too little to go on, the check says so instead of guessing. A finding always comes with the rows behind it, so you can read the evidence before you decide.

How the check runs
This check
Step of the auditMeasurement
What it readsConversion actions
Needs trustworthy conversionsNo. It does not wait for the tracking step.
What happens nextReported in the audit with the rows behind it. The decision stays with you.

Check it yourself in Google Ads

  1. In Google Ads, open Goals, then Conversions, then Summary.
  2. Open each primary action that your website records.
  3. Read its attribution model: Data-driven or Last click.
  4. Skip the actions imported from Google Analytics, which follow the model set there.

What to do about it

Open each action, then Edit settings, then Attribution model, and choose Data-driven.

Note the day you switch, so a change in the figures after it is read as such.

Other checks in this area

Questions, answered.

Anything else? Ask Oppy in the product, or write to the team.

Is last click attribution wrong?

It is a narrow view. It credits only the final ad clicked, so the searches that start a sale look worthless and get lower bids. Data-driven attribution shares the credit, using your account's own data.

Does Oppy change the attribution model?

No. Oppy turns the finding into a task that names each action. You switch them in Google Ads, on the day you choose.

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