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MarTech » Customer & Digital Experience » Google’s Latest App-Install Ad Lets Users Test-Drive Games Before Installing

Google’s Latest App-Install Ad Lets Users Test-Drive Games Before Installing

A second test allows app marketers to fully customize their mobile ads with HTML5.

Ginny Marvin on December 3, 2015 at 11:11 am

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Google has unveiled two new interactive app-install ad units for app marketers. The formats, Trial Run Ads and Interactive Interstitial ads, are designed to make app promotion ads more engaging to combat install-and-ignore behaviors; Google says one in four installed apps is never used.

Trial Run ads are for game apps and currently launching in beta. Users can test-drive a game within the ad before deciding to download it. Content streams from the app for up to 60 seconds. Users who download the app after trialing it are presumably more likely to keep playing once they have it on their phones.

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The Interactive Interstitial ads, also in beta, are available to all types of apps, not just games. The HTLM5-based ads allow marketers to customize and test their ads beyond the standard templates that Google offers. App data and content can pull into the ads dynamically, and app marketers can get creative with the content they show and the ways users interact with the ads.

Zalora is one of the companies to test Interactive Interstitial ads with a gallery-style preview of products that also showcases the app’s value propositions and promotes a special offer.

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Both tests are available to a limited number of advertisers. If interested, contact your Google account rep, if you have one.


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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About The Author

Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin was formerly Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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