Money? • Where Google Makes Money • AucAon Overview – Key Concepts – How Google Determines Ads to Show – How Google Charges for Ads – YouTube Video Ads Overview • Google Ad Spend by Industry, AdverAser • Q&A
Several ways to make money: ads, subscripAons, hardware, etc. • The primary way is through targeted, online ads • By opAmizing the relaAonship between three parAes (adverAsers, users, and the ad network -‐ Google) through an aucAon process AdverAsers trying to reach consumers, oaen websites. Users searching and viewing informaAon online Google Websites Network Websites • Computers • Tablets • Smart phones Google Ad Network programs AdWords, AdWords for Video, AdSense for Content / Search AdMob, etc.
• Every Ame a user searches or views a content page, Google runs an aucAon to provide the most relevant ads to the user at an acracAve price to the adverAser Key Concepts (AdWords) • Max CPC: the most an adverAser is willing to pay for a click (cost-‐per-‐click) • Quality Score: a score based on keyword relevance, clicks, and landing page quality • AdRank: product of Quality Score and Max CPC which determines posiAon of ad • Actual CPC: the actual amount charged to the adverAser per click
to Show • To provide the best user experience, Google ranks ads by AdRank, the product Quality Score and Max CPC. • The highest bidder doesn’t necessarily win. • Note: for illustraAve purposes. Quality scores below 4 are not displayed. Quality Score (1-‐10) Max CPC AdRank (mCPC x QS) PosiHon AdverAser I 10 $2.00 2 x 10 = 20 1 AdverAser 2 4 $4.00 4 x 4 = 16 2 AdverAser 3 2 $6.00 6 x 2 = 12 3 AdverAser 4 1 $8.00 8 x 1 = 8 4
Ads • To provide the best value for adverAsers, Google charges only when the user clicks • Google charges a fracAon of your under bidder’s Max CPC • The higher quality ads you have, the less you pay • Encourages ads which delight users Quality Score (1-‐10) Max CPC AdRank (mCPC x QS) PosiHon Actual CPC AdverAser I 10 $2.00 2 x 10 = 20 1 $1.61 AdverAser 2 4 $4.00 4 x 4 = 16 2 $3.01 AdverAser 3 2 $6.00 6 x 2 = 12 3 $4.01 AdverAser 4 1 $8.00 8 x 1 = 8 4 Highest Winner’s CPC = Under Bidder’s Max CPC x + $0.01 Under Bidder’s QS Winner’s QS
• In-‐Stream Ads – TrueView in-‐stream ads (CPV) – TrueView in-‐slate ads (CPV) – In-‐stream select ads – Standard in-‐stream ads (CPM) • :15 -‐ :30 in length • Classic TV-‐like format – First Watch: ~75m daily impressions from up to 56m unique views – Google :30s: place 30sec in-‐stream ads on YouTube & Google Display Network • TrueView Ads (CPV) – In-‐stream (tv-‐style) • Can be longer than :30s, users can skip aaer 5s • AdverAsers are charged only if ad finishes or uesrs watch at least 30 seconds. – In-‐display (sidebar) – In-‐search (above or beside search results) – In-‐slate (before videos 10+min in length)
(CPC) • User browses publisher page with ads – Google.com + AdWords – Network Website + AdSense for Content/Search • Page sends request for ads • Google extracts relevant keywords – Query terms (Google.com search) – Page terms (AdSense, Gmail) • Google finds most relevant ads – Calculate Ad Rank = Max CPC * Quality Score – Ranks ads by Ad Rank • Google calculates Actual CPC for ads – Actual CPCa = Max CPCu * ( Quality Scoreu / Quality Scorea ) – a = actual, u = underbidder • Google displays ads ranked by Actual CPC • Google charges adverHsers Actual CPC for ad