Google’s Director of Product Management Kishore Kanakamedala has announced new innovations to the Google Ads platform. The new updates allow the advertisers to easily manage their messages. Kanakamedala says, “With the busy holiday season ahead, we’re investing in new ways to help you work smarter and exceed your omnichannel goals. Check out the innovations we unveiled today at SMX East. Easier ways to manage your messages It’s no surprise that messaging has become a big part of our modern lives. If you’re inviting a friend to “Friendsgiving” dinner, you’re probably... [...]

Forbes contributor John Koetsier has published an article highlighting the share of Google advertising from the American retail market. The report states that they spend 76.4% of their search ad budgets on Google Shopping ads and generate 85.3% of their clicks from Google. Detailing more about the Google Shopping ads, Koetsier says, “Google’s shopping ads are not the blue underlined links of the past. For shopping campaigns, Google lets merchants upload essentially their entire product catalog. When Google determines that a search relevant to one of those products is occuring, one... [...]

Google Display Network (GDN) allows advertisers to buy ads from Google and reach extend their targeted reach over the Internet. Entrepreneur contributor Perry Marshall has shared four ways to help marketers improve their ROI on GDN. Marshall says, “Google provides you with four different options for selecting your place in the GDN. Managed placement targeting With this option, you enter the web address of the sites where you want to advertise. If those sites are available, Google will show your ads there. You can even target a specific area on a site. For example, you can select www.nytimes.com... [...]

Google Display Network allows businesses to reach out more prospects with their display ads on a wide network of sites on the Internet. You should be aware of the tricks that can help you enhance your advertising ROI. Marketing Land columnist Ratko Vidakovic has published an article highlighting the problems that you may face while using GDN and has also share some ways to help you optimize your display advertising. Talking about the ads that lack UTM tracking parameters, Vidakovic says, “While reviewing the destination URLs for the ads used across these campaigns, I found that many of the... [...]

Google has announced that now onward the company does not permit the placement of Google ads on pages that are loaded as a pop-up or pop-under. The company also doesn’t permit Google ads on any site that contains or triggers pop-unders. John Brown, Head of Publisher Policy Communications, Google, says, “At Google, we value users, advertisers and publishers equally. We have policies in place that define where Google ads should appear and how they must be implemented. These policies help ensure a positive user experience, as well as maintain a healthy ads ecosystem that benefits both... [...]

Google is experimenting with VR ad formats at its Area 120 workshop. The Google team is trying native, mobile VR ad format in the beginning. Area 120’s Aayush Upadhyay and Neel Rao say, “Developers and users have told us they want to avoid disruptive, hard-to-implement ad experiences in VR. So our first idea for a potential format presents a cube to users, with the option to engage with it and then see a video ad. By tapping on the cube or gazing at it for a few seconds, the cube opens a video player where the user can watch, and then easily close, the video. Our work focuses on a... [...]

In April Google launched fully-automated ‘Smart’ display campaigns helping marketers apply machine learning to all aspects of campaign optimization. It uses advertiser-provided headlines, descriptions, logos and images to create responsive text, display and native ads. Based on Target CPAs marketers can set bids. Matt Lawson has has answered seven questions related to Google’s Smart Display Campaigns. On a question dealing with continuing with regular campaigns, Lawson says, “Smart display campaigns can help save time and drive better performance by automating bidding, targeting... [...]

Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google’s SVP for Ads & Commerce has announced that starting 2018 Chrome will stop showing ads for websites that don’t comply with Better Ads Standards. Google is taking this measure to help publishers with good ad experiences get paid for their work. Ramaswamy says, “The vast majority of online content creators fund their work with advertising. That means they want the ads that run on their sites to be compelling, useful and engaging–ones that people actually want to see and interact with. But the reality is, it’s far too common that people encounter... [...]

Google has announced that its open source Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project will benefit the advertisers now. Google has launched a new AdWords beta that lets advertisers to use fast-loading AMP pages as the landing pages for their search ads. According to Google, the AMP pages will load fast with the new improvements. Google’s Vice President, Product Management Jerry Dischler says, “The new AdWords beta brings the performance benefits of faster mobile pages to search campaigns. Now, when advertisers link their search ads to AMP landing pages, consumers will get the fast mobile... [...]

Ginny Marvin says, “Advertisers have begun receiving claim notice emails related to a $22.5 million settlement in a class action suit against Google. The case, Google AdWords Litigation, Case No. 5:08-cv-03369-EJD, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, stems from a 2008 claim that Google did not disclose that it placed ads on parked domains and error pages in violation of California’s unfair competition and false advertising laws. The advertisers sought restitution for the difference between what they paid per click versus what they would have paid had they... [...]