Google Display Network Targeting

Within Google Display Network, targeting is crucial to make sure that your display ads are seen by the right audience. Hello, I’m Uzair and thanks for watching this video. If you have ever been browsing websites such as Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, etc and seen an ad in a banner across the top of the screen, or in a small box to the side, you have seen a display ad.

Google Display Network targeting helps you to define where or when your ad is shown according to certain factors, such as your audience’s interests, age or gender. This will enable your ad to be displayed on websites that are related to your business, or to users who match the terms that you have set as they browse websites within the GDN.

The advantage of this is that someone may or may not be actively looking for your products or services, but you are starting to introduce to a new audience that could be interested in your brand and hopefully, encourage them to find out more by clicking through to your website. Interest Targeting There are three different ways that you can target the interests of your audience.

Affinity Audiences This category contains 80 different groups, such as “gamers” or “sports fans”. You can choose to show your ads to one or more of these groups. Custom Affinity Audiences This is more defined than affinity audiences and allows you to create your own customized the audience using keywords. For example, if you run a bicycle shop, you could choose “cycling supplies” rather than a generic “sports fan” category.

Within this group, you can also add in specific website addresses that your audience might visit and may be interested in your product or service. In-Market Audiences This category finds customers who are actively in the market for products or services like yours. They may have products that you sell in their shopping basket on a competitor’s website or have been looking at similar products online, which triggers your ad to be shown to them.

Demographic Targeting In addition to targeting by interest, you can also select certain demographics that you would like to show your ads. To get the best results, you should combine demographic and interest targeting to reach a more specific, relevant audience. It is also possible to exclude certain demographic groups from seeing your ads. So, for example, if the majority of your customers are in their 40s, you can set your campaign to exclude all age groups from seeing your ads except 30-50-year-olds.

It is worth remembering that the more factors that you apply, the less people will see your ads. Spend some time testing different combinations to see what brings the most results for your business. Hope you enjoyed this video. Thanks for joining in and I hope to see you in my next video. Bye for now