People are
constantly connected and are moving between devices throughout the day to shop, connect and stay entertained. This creates great opportunities for advertisers to use context – like location, time of day, and device – to show the right ad and bid more efficiently. In February, we launched
enhanced campaigns to help you reach people with ads based on their context as well as their intent. Since then, advertisers have already upgraded over 1.5 million campaigns and have shared many
success stories.
We’ve also continued to build new features on the enhanced campaigns foundation. Today, we are introducing two additions.
Enhanced campaigns and social annotations
People are looking for relevant information, and sometimes the most helpful signals are recommendations from people who know a brand or business well. Social annotations in AdWords show endorsements from people following your Google+ page on your search ads. Many businesses such as
Red Bull,
National Geographic and
H&M are using social annotations as part of their broader Google+ strategy. On average, search ads with social annotations have a 5-10% higher click-through rate.
Starting today, enhanced campaigns will include social annotations when they can improve ad performance, without additional edits to campaign settings. All you need is a Google+ page with a significant number of followers and a
linked website that matches the URL in your search ads.
Learn more about how this works.
Social annotations on AdWords work hand-in-hand with your Google+ page to build community, conversation and engagement with your business on Google.
Learn more about getting your business started on Google+.
Enhanced campaigns for mobile app advertisers
Apps have become a significant part of people’s everyday mobile experiences. In fact, US consumers spend an average of 127 minutes per day using mobile apps
1. Advertisers can now reach app users, with ads in apps, based on people’s context like location, time of day and device, with enhanced campaigns. For example, if a certain mobile app has the most usage on Saturday evenings, you can increase your bid adjustments for mobile and this time of day to reach these users. You can also adjust bids across the key display signals like demographics, interests, topics and remarketing at the ad group level. All of these powerful bidding tools will enable you to reach the right people with the right ads.
Upgrading strategies webinar tomorrow
After upgrading, you’ll be able to start using all of the new features in enhanced campaigns. Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10am PDT, for a Learn with Google webinar about upgrade strategies (
sign up here).
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Posted by Christian Oestlien, Director of Product Management, Google Display Network
1"Time Spent with Mobile Apps Rivals TV
emarketer. December 11, 2012."
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