{"id":3794,"date":"2016-12-14T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=3794"},"modified":"2017-06-29T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:57:13","slug":"adwords-announcement-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-announcement-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top AdWords Announcements That Made News This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">AdWords introduced new features and improved existing ones this year. We look at some of the important announcements made in this roundup session.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3814 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adwords-announcements.jpeg\" alt=\"adwords announcements\" width=\"677\" height=\"406\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Transformation of AdWords Conversion Metric<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conversion metric saw a massive change when it was announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/simplifying-conversion-measurement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Converted Clicks&#8217; will be removed<\/a> and conversions will become the default metric to measure the actions completed by a user on advertiser&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously it was declared that <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/automatically-counting-cross-device-conversions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cross-device conversion<\/a>\u00a0would be included in the &#8216;Conversion&#8217; column. So user&#8217;s no longer had to manually opt to show cross device conversions in the conversion column\u00a0and could thus get access to preview the overall performance.<\/p>\n<p>To further help advertisers get more insight on device usage, Google announced <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/new-cross-device-attribution-reports-and-benchmarks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Attribution Reports<\/a> that helped view the cross-device activity, examined top conversion paths and click assisted conversions for each device. These were namely, Device Report, Device Path Report and Assisted Device Report.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3795 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cross-device-attribution.jpg\" alt=\"cross device attribution\" width=\"552\" height=\"289\" \/>\n<p>If you wish to know about what all the conversion metric covers, read our post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/conversion-converted-clicks-adwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this informational video to know more:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXdaWSANT-4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another valuable feature announced during the same time was &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/measure-the-value-of-calls-with-imported-call-conversions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imported Call Conversion<\/a>&#8216; that would help advertisers link their call conversion to their AdWords campaigns. Hence, making it easier to determine the customer path and assigning returns to the campaign from where the traffic was driven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Launch Of Expanded Text Ads<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, during Google&#8217;s Performance Summit along with some of the major updates and announcements, the one that stood out was about an updated ad format called <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/05\/ads-and-analytics-innovations-for-a-mobile-first-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Text Ads<\/a>. The PPC space was filled with speculations of how this would impact advertisers. However Google had planned it strategically. Starting from removing right hand side ads to improve and standardize search experience across devices, <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/three-ad-innovations-for-mobile-first-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Text Ads were formally available<\/a> starting July.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the Standard Ads for users to compare, test\u00a0and reiterate, the earlier deadline of <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/09\/expanded-text-ads-more-time-to-test-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upgrading to ETAs<\/a> was extended from October, 2016 to Jan, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Removal of Right Rail Ads &amp; Redesigning the Interface<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Expanded Text Ads was set up in the wake of a change that was not formally announced until the <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/05\/ads-and-analytics-innovations-for-a-mobile-first-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&#8217;s Performance Summit<\/a>. In February, it was noticed by PPCers that the <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/four-ads-on-top-the-wait-is-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right hand rail ads were removed<\/a> and instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkleinc.com\/blog\/google-increasingly-showing-four-text-ads-above-organic-results-phones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four ads<\/a> were being displayed on top of the search results page.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason for this change was sought to be, in order to be consistent across device types. The mobile device also noted to see about <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/early-impact-google-ads-mobile-serps-228171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2-3 ads<\/a>, though the number isn&#8217;t consistent and might be dependent on the search term. This also wasn&#8217;t formally declared but noted by advertises doing thorough scrutiny on Google&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<p>Not to forget, during the session they announced the redesigned AdWords to help advertisers establish their strong foothold in the now predominant mobile-first world. The <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/TrcjNjcxcSb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demo<\/a> of the new look was scheduled in the month of May.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Click-to-message Extension, Price Extension and Affiliate Location Extension<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Google opened the window to some interesting extensions, starting with <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/10\/click-to-message-ads-bring-new-and-easy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Price Extension<\/a>. It would be an additional information given along with mobile text ads, where advertisers could showcase their products\/ services and how much they would cost.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3797 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/price-extension.png\" alt=\"price extension\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This extension was later this year, upgraded to show <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/BSCFUw9EuPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">swipeable cards<\/a>, in order to simplify comparing the options being displayed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, announced was <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+GoogleAds\/posts\/1o7KwN9LYHj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Affiliate Location extension<\/a> to help advertisers drive visitors to their 3rd party retail outlets in US. Yet another extension, creating the buzz is <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/10\/click-to-message-ads-bring-new-and-easy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Message Extension<\/a>. This new extension lets you strike a conversation with customer via a SMS. You can make use of this extension by creating a premeditated response and thereafter reigniting the conversation to increase your conversion rate.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3798 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/message-extension.jpg\" alt=\"message extension\" width=\"562\" height=\"362\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A New Way To Monitor Your Bidding Decisions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/more-powerful-bid-automation-with-smart-bidding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Bidding<\/a>, conversion based automated bidding, aims to offer solutions that help tailor bids for each auction, setting alternate CPA goals by device type, flagging issues in your bid strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Automated bidding introduced, <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/07\/more-prominent-reporting-helps-monitor-automated-bidding-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three news ways to get more insights<\/a> on your bidding behavior. It included alerts to identify issues, adding bid strategy status to campaign and ad groups and Standard Bid Strategy Report to track the impact of bidding statuses.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/automated-bidding-alerts.jpg\" alt=\"automated bidding alerts \" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Customer Match Made More User-Friendly<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Customer Match lets you target your ads to highly targeted audience list created by you. To further hone this feature, Google has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marketingland.com\/google-customer-match-no-expiration-177357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">removed\u00a0the expiration duration<\/a> till a customer stays in the Customer Match List from 180 days to \u00a0&#8216;No Expiration&#8217;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3808 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/customer-match-duration-adwords.jpg\" alt=\"customer match duration adwords\" width=\"574\" height=\"231\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Customer Match was extended for <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/06\/re-engage-your-loyal-customers-with.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shopping ads<\/a>, that lets advertisers target their ads to a list of e-mail addresses. To further, simplify the task of managing audience lists, save time and make better optimization decisions Google announced <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/12\/save-time-by-applying-audience-lists-at.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign-level audience lists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, to make planning for the shopping season easier, Google introduced another change in Customer Match that would allow advertisers to <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/12\/connect-with-your-most-valuable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">add or remove e-mail addresses from an already existing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cutomer-match-email-address.png\" alt=\"cutomer match email address\" width=\"709\" height=\"227\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Getting Valuable Performance Insights<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help advertisers what works best for their campaigns, Google announced &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/02\/test-with-confidence-using-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Campaign Draft &amp; Experiments<\/a>&#8216; to help advertisers test the changes made to campaign and identify the prospect options that could be carried further. Later this year, they introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/09\/track-your-goals-with-campaign-groups.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Campaign Groups &amp; Performance Targets<\/a>, to track campaign performance against the marketing goals set. They went a step ahead by launching their <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/11\/introducing-adwords-marketing-goals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marketing Goals Website<\/a> that displays the goals set by you and which ads will contribute in achieving those marketing objectives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With these announcements and many more, AdWords has evolved its platform even more. We can speculate more of such changes to come around in the year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch out this space for roundup of PPCchat sessions, AdWords scripts, Social PPC and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/bing-ads-stayed-par-adwords-announcements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Bing Ads Stayed At Par With AdWords With These Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/key-things-keep-mind-expanded-text-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Key Things To Keep In Mind With Expanded Text Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/product-update-moving-converted-click-conversion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Product Update] Moving from Converted Clicks to Conversions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AdWords introduced new features and improved existing ones this year. 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