This document provides tips and strategies for using different types of AdWords ad extensions effectively. It discusses sitelinks, location extensions, call extensions, and review extensions. For sitelinks, it recommends testing different themes and categories to find the most engaging options. It also provides tips for using location data and call extensions properly. The document finds that extensions can significantly increase click-through rates and lower costs per conversion when optimized correctly.
8. Why Is It Important?
Bing Research: On mobile multiple
extensions increase CTR by 15-
30% over just Sitelinks.
9. New QS Algorithm
In October Google announced
extensions will play a part in
Quality Score calculations. This
is so the algorithm can decide
your optimum combination of
extensions.
http://adwords.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/improving-ad-rank.html
10. New QS Algorithm
Your QS is still mostly based
on CTR vs. Expected CTR.
As extensions generally
improve CTR, they help QS.
11. Ad Extensions
Thanks to Ad Extensions
we can turn our ads from
this:
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16. Sitelinks – Quick Recap
25 characters (down from 35)
Unique URLs
Can be Ad Group or Campaign Level
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19. Sitelinks
You absolutely need to
use Sitelinks.
Higher CTR means better
Quality Score means
cheaper Clicks.
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20. Sitelinks
So how do I make great
Sitelinks?
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28. Sitelinks
But we can use this
data to help us create
better ads & show
Sitelinks that our users
want to see.
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30. Sitelinks
How?
• Creating extra Sitelinks
for each day’s schedule
• Test “See the schedule!”
as our ad’s Call-To-
Action.
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31. Sitelinks
In order to find out if
our Sitelinks are
actually useful we need
to build some Pivot
Tables.
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33. Sitelinks
The importance of Sitelinks
varies greatly by industry.
Judge based on overall lift and
use direct clicks as your guide.
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34. Sitelinks
0.6% of total conversions
for our lead gen accounts
came from direct Sitelink
clicks.
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35. Sitelinks
14% of total conversions
for eCommerce accounts
came from direct Sitelink
clicks.
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36. Sitelinks
Notice the CPA and ROAS
are better from direct
Sitelink clicks.
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37. Sitelinks
This is because we
tested our Sitelinks… a
lot.
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38. Sitelink Test Example
COMPANY SITELINKS:
• OUR LOCATIONS
• CUSTOMERS SERVICE
• SIZE CHARTS
vs.
PRODUCT SITELINKS:
• REEBOK BOOTS
• NIKE BOOTS
• SAFETY TOE BOOTS
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41. Sitelinks
This is because there
are more options for
our customers to
choose from.
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42. Sitelinks
Ways to think of Sitelinks:
eCommerce = Gets clicks
Lead Gen = Helps the ad
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43. Sitelinks
For eCommerce, Sitelinks
are often just a way for
users to self-select the
products they care about.
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44. eCommerce Sitelink
Tests
Start by testing
different themes to find
your base camp.
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45. Themes To Test
• BRAND:
– NIKE, ADIDAS, REEBOK, PUMA
• CATEGORY:
– RUNNING, BASKETBALL, TENNIS, VOLLEYBALL
• CROSS-SELL:
– CLOTHES, SPORTS EQUIPMENT, FITNESS DVDS, GYM
GEAR
• COMPANY INFO:
– ABOUT US, STORE LOCATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE,
CATALOGUE
• OFFER DRIVEN:
– FREE SHIPPING, 365 DAY RETURNS, 25% SUMMER SALE
• MOBILE:
– MOBILE SITE, CALL NOW, STORE LOCATIONS
46. Sitelinks
Once you’ve found the
right type of Sitelink,
drill down to the Top 6
of that type by testing
10+ variations.
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47. Sitelinks
For Lead Gen things are a
little more tricky. You often
don’t have 6 worthwhile
landing pages…
SO BUILD THEM!
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48. If You’re Stuck…
Take your product’s
benefits and use a tool
like Unbounce to create
landing pages for your
Sitelinks.
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If You’re Stuck…
“We recommend that 80%
of the content on a page
be unique for that page to
count as a different page.”
-GOOGLE SITELINK POLICY
52. Does This Really Work?
245% more
leads from
Sitelinks
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54. Enhanced Sitelinks
These show rarely and only
when you are dominating 1st
position (i.e. Brand Terms)
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55. Enhanced Sitelinks
Google says there’s a
Significant CTR Boost when
shown.
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56. Enhanced Sitelinks
Our data shows 8-10% boost in
brand CTR and minimal change
to non-branded campaigns.
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57. Enhanced Sitelinks
Note: You don’t have to set up both
extended and non-extended. Google
will choose to extend or not.
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59. Mobile Sitelinks
If you aren’t using
Mobile-Preferred
Sitelinks, use your
existing data as a
starting point.
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61. Mobile Sitelinks
By letting Google
Optimize for Clicks,
We’re leaving mobile
clicks on the table.
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62. Sitelink Tips ‘n’ Tricks
• Keep to themes when testing.
• 6+ Sitelinks per campaign
• 17 characters for mobile Sitelinks,
22 for computers.
• Split out mobile-preferred
• Bad Sitelinks > No Sitelinks
• Use extended text for Brand
campaigns
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64. Location Extensions
Using them delivered a
roughly 10% bump in CTR
for Hanapin clients.
*(Although can hurt CTR if you
were getting a lot of clicks to your
store locations sitelinks)
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65. Location Extensions
You have the option to
manage these manually
or with Google Places.
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68. You can use your
location extension
targets to set your
campaign targets.
Location Extensions
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70. Location Ext. Metrics?
Location metrics
are not simple.
How do we
assign value to
“Get Directions”
& “Get Location
Details”?
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Source: SearchEngineLand
71. Location Extensions
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Dimensions > Free Clicks shows
you how many people started
navigation after using your
location extension.
72. Location Extensions
Google is working on a long
term solutions to our
metrics problems with
Estimated Total
Conversions.
73. Call Extensions
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Make sure you enable Google call
forwarding to get meaningful
data from AdWords.
74. Call Extensions
Use scheduling to only
show during open
hours!
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75. Call Extensions
This is because answer
machine messages
convert at only 20% the
rate of answered calls.
(Also fewer people
leave messages)
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77. Call Extensions
Here it is
done badly:
I only wanted
a price list
and it’s not
even open to
take calls!
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78. Call Extensions
One of our clients saw
conversions rise by 68%
when re-enabling calls and
headline clicks.
Another got 34% more
leads by turning off
headline clicks.
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79. Call Extensions
You can use your call
extension data to make
bid and budget
optimizations.
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82. Call Extensions
Coming Soon: The ability
to set multiple conversion
values for calls based
upon duration.
http://adwords.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dial-up-your-business-with-higher-value.html
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84. Warning!
Call Extensions do not
replace a need for call
tracking. They only
track calls directly
from the Google SERP.
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93. Review Extensions
Must be:
• Unique
• Substantive
• Past 12 months
• Credible 3rd party
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94. Review Extensions
It can be hard to meet
these criteria if you have
a small business. Review
extensions are much
easier for major brands
who get more legitimate
reviews.
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95. Review Extensions
So where can you
get Reviews from?
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96. Review Extensions
Anywhere Google gets
Seller Ratings from,
such as…
• Ausgezeichnet.org
• ShopAuskunft.de
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97. Review Extensions
…Also try places like
Local News, Expert
Review Sites OR Google
Trusted Stores.
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99. Review Extensions
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“Gone are the days of
biting off slice-sized
chunks of banana and
spitting them onto a
serving tray…”
-Amazon Review
102. App Promotion Ads
If you want to promote your apps,
App Promotion Ads get more
visibility (app extensions show
rarely).
103. Google+
We used to be able to
control Google+ in
Social Extensions. It is
now automatically done
by linking G+ with your
website.
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105. Google+
Across all our
accounts G+ had
better CTRs 87%
of the time.
35%(!) better for
our big brands
with lots of
followers. +5%
for smaller
clients.
No +1s
Using G+
107. Seller Ratings
If you want to find if
you qualify go to:
google.com/shopping/s
eller?q=yoururl.com
Need 30 reviews in
past 12 months and
3.5/5 star to be
shown.
108. Seller Ratings
Try asking customers for
reviews – either after
checkout, in their
confirmation email, or
after successful customer
service actions.
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110. Consumer Ratings
• Leider nur auf Englisch im
Moment.
• Collected by Google through
Google Consumer Surveys –
only major brands right now
(needs 100 responses)
• Adjusted by industry
averages.
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111. Consumer Ratings
Google will only show if your
ratings are good and only if
your CTR is better showing
ratings than not. This is
done by them. You do,
however, have the option to
contact them to opt out.
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112. Dynamic Search Ads
Confession: I used to hate
Dynamic Search Ads.
But then I saw a great
presentation by Matt Umbro at
SMX West and started to test
them out again. Turns out they
got a lot better.
*LINK TO MATT’S DSA PRESO
113. Dynamic Search Ads
DSAs are ads written by
Google, based on
language found on
landing pages specified
by you.
114. Dynamic Search Ads
Think of DSA like broad
match for landing pages
VS.
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115. Dynamic Search Ads
Useful if you have a
large inventory of
products that are
constantly being added
and removed.
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116. Dynamic Search Ads
(Ok, so these might not technically be an
extension anymore)
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117. Dynamic Search Ads
Start with an “All
Webpages” ad group and
then build out targets
based on URL Text, Page
Title or Page Content.
*NOTE: Pages must be indexed by Google
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119. Dynamic Search Ads
You’ll want to exclude
pages that you aren’t
interested in
advertising.
e.g. URL contains “blog”
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120. Dynamic Search Ads
DSAs have some
nice benefits like…
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122. Dynamic Search Ads
Use them to mine for
good long-tail keywords.
Run Search Term reports
and add any converting
terms to your regular
campaigns.
123. Dynamic Search Ads
Set bids low so as not
to outbid your regular
traffic.
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124. Dynamic Search Ads
Try combining them
with RLSA for
increased relevancy.
*NOTE: This takes some
AdWords Editor trickery.
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125. Dynamic Search Ads
Don’t forget to add all
your account’s other
keywords in as
negatives.
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126. Dynamic Search Ads
DSAs can add great value
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127. Betas & New Extensions
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Unfortunately Google
makes us sign NDAs
(Non-Disclosure
Agreements), but…
128. Betas & New Extensions
Landscape of
available
extensions is
constantly
changing.
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134. Betas & New Extensions
Google runs lots of tests
(don’t freak out).
Unless test extension adds
+10% CTR, it’s very unlikely
to make it out of Beta.
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135. Betas & New Extensions
Best advice is to
contact your rep if you
see a beta you want to
be part of.
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137. Summary
Test, Test, Test Extensions
Implement every extension
that makes sense for your
business.
Experiment with dynamic
ads.
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138. Many Slides Later…
Live Q&A
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Editor's Notes
With the growth of mobile to 50% market share in the US in the next 3 years, this latest eye tracking study from Bing shows the importance of having your extensions right.
Google is trying to ensure they show the extension with the best CTR to make them more money. It does mean you should get as many different extensions working as possible as Google won’t show a bad combination for you for long.
THE HIGHLIGHTED SITELINK HERE GOT MORE DIRECT CLICKS THAN ANY OTHER SITELINK ON ANY OTHER DEVICE
Google Places take call extension numbers – which was the single biggest reason I didn’t use them previously. Nice thing here is that you can manage your store hours easily.
This becomes really cool if your business does in-store and online. Have a campaign using this targeting which focuses on in-store.
This becomes really cool if your business does in-store and online. Have a campaign using this targeting which focuses on in-store.
Right now this just means cross device, but from the way Google is talking, the plan is to have some way to link store visits to PPC ad impressions/clicks.
You can now assign values to your calls, which will let you use ROAS bidding that includes call data. Requires a bit more internal communication with your call center to find average call time to make a sale etc.
This is how I book meals in Indy
I wouldn’t be surprised to see App extensions be removed (like Social, Offer and Product extensions) after Google’s latest round of app promotional news. There will be a host of new features we haven’t seen yet like app deep linking and improved metrics for app engagement.
German reviewers are mean (Amazon US has 4.7)
Clicks on “ratings” are free.
Note: They just added bid simulator to DSAs yesterday!