Google Courts App Marketers With New AdWords Features For Search, Display, YouTube

Today, Google announced new efforts to entice app marketers in a livestream event at the AdWords Performance Forum. Google has offered advertising options for app marketers both through AdWords and its mobile ad network AdMob. Now it is aiming to compete more forcefully for app ad dollars and rely on that growing bank of data […]

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Today, Google announced new efforts to entice app marketers in a livestream event at the AdWords Performance Forum.

Google has offered advertising options for app marketers both through AdWords and its mobile ad network AdMob. Now it is aiming to compete more forcefully for app ad dollars and rely on that growing bank of data it’s got stored up in Google Play.

Google is unifying ad processes for app marketers with what it calls a “holistic solution” that can be managed within AdWords and adding new formats that allow app marketers to advertise on search, the Google Display Network and  YouTube.

Noting that some 60 percent of apps are never installed, Jerry Dischler, VP product management for AdWords, introduced three opportunities to promote app discovery and installs.

App Keyword Suggestions. First, on search, AdWords will suggest keywords based on insights from within Google Play. For example, the top search queries in Google Play that lead to the most installations of that type of app include “hotels” and “hotel apps”. These and related queries will be offered as suggestions in AdWords.

In-app Install Ads

On the display network, advertisers can target users based on the apps they’ve already installed and their usage patterns with those apps — again data that come from the Google Play store. The example given here is a marketer of a calorie-counting app might have their ads shown to users who’ve installed running apps.

App Ads In Google Display

Source: Google livestream

YouTube TrueView Companion for Apps

Google will be adding functionality to TrueView ads on YouTube that allow advertisers to show their video ad content along with an additional app download call to action below the video.

App install ad YouTube TrueView ads

Source: Google livestream

App Deep Linking In Search & Display

To promote re-engagement and app usage, Google is adding app deep linking from search and display for users who already have a related installed. Advertisers can take users who already have the app installed directly to the most relevant page within their app from their ads on search or on the Google Display Network.

In App Installed Ads AdWords Deep Linking

Other highlights that will appeal to hands-on AdWords practitioners include buzz-worthy new drop-and-drag reporting that allows users to build pivot table-style reporting directly in the interface and a more robust testing environment that builds on experimentation capabilities currently offered. Dischler also offered an update on in-store conversion tracking as part of Estimated Total Conversions.

All of these features are expected to roll out over the next few months, with more details offered upon launch. The full livestream is available to view here.


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Ginny Marvin
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Ginny Marvin was formerly Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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