Creating a Successful Content Network Campaign
The way Google displays content ads is a three-step process:
1. Google scans a page within their content network (such as the NYTimes.com page displayed earlier) and they assign a theme to that page. There are times when they might only scan a section of a page, as items such as links or other advertisements do not always help determine the theme of a page.
2. Google scans your ad groups, and based on the keywords in each ad group, they assign a theme to that ad group.
3. When the content page and your ad group contain the same theme, your ad can be displayed.
This is a very simplistic look at how Google displays content ads; for organization and optimization purposes, there is no need to dive ...
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