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MarTech » Performance Marketing » Google Quietly Debuts Viewable Impression CPM Bidding In AdWords

Google Quietly Debuts Viewable Impression CPM Bidding In AdWords

In August, Google announced that it had received MRC accreditation for its Active View product to measure impressions by viewability. The company then stated that it would be building in viewable impressions bidding into all of its display ad targeting products. In a significant move (curiously made without fanfare) Google has now rolled out CPM […]

Ginny Marvin on November 26, 2013 at 12:55 pm

Google Logo - basic featuredIn August, Google announced that it had received MRC accreditation for its Active View product to measure impressions by viewability. The company then stated that it would be building in viewable impressions bidding into all of its display ad targeting products.

In a significant move (curiously made without fanfare) Google has now rolled out CPM bidding by viewable impression in AdWords. Kim Clinkunbroomer, partner, executive vice president paid search at Philly Marketing Labs, noticed the new bidding option this week. The option is available to all campaigns running on the Google Display Network, including remarketing campaigns.

Google AdWords Viewable Impression CPM Bidding with Active View Reporting

Advertisers now have the option to pay only for impressions that are deemed viewable by users according to Google’s Active View reporting. Traditional impression bidding is charged by “served” impression, regardless of whether the ad was actually visible onscreen. Some 31percent of display ads are never seen by users, according to comScore.

As part of the roll-out, Google has updated AdWords reporting to include Active View metrics for viewable impressions, viewable click-through rate and Active View average CPM.

Google Active View Metrics In Google AdWords

As the market leader in display advertising, Google’s move to offer viewable impression bidding will likely accelerate the industry-wide effort to adopt the viewability standard. In June, leaders of the Making Measurement Make Sense (3MS) initiative, which includes the IAB, MRC and ANA, told publishers to be prepared to adopt the viewability standard by year-end.

Google has made little noise about this new feature, and the “learn more” link in the campaign setting option is broken. The company has not yet responded to a request for comment. We will update here if we receive more details.


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


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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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