Contextual Targeting

Keyword Contextual Targeting delivers relevant messages to users based on the type of content they consume. You can connect with interested consumers at the exact moment they’re actively engaged in highly relevant content across the entire Google Display Network.

Keyword level contextual targeting enables you to:

• Find engaged consumers who are interested in what you sell.
• Use keyword-level targeting and bidding to reach your best customers.
• Add extra power with remarketing, frequency capping, exclusion controls and other targeting tools.
• Keep your brand safe by making sure your ads don't appear next to undesirable content.

The Google Display Network reaches 92% of all Internet users in the U.S. It's a terrific way to find new customers and grow your business.

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Placement Targeting

Do you already know which websites your customers visit? Placement targeting lets you put your message on exactly those sites – and on videos, RSS feeds, and mobile sites, too.

Choose a whole site or just the specific pages where you want your ad to appear. Or use placement and contextual targeting together: If you sell tulip bulbs, you can choose a website about gardening (that's the placement targeting) and then use Google contextual targeting to automatically find the pages on that website that discuss tulips. The choice, and the power, is yours.

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Remarketing

Bring good customers back

Remarketing ads are like a digital postcard you send to your favorite customers. The idea is simple: People who have already visited your site are shown your ads as they browse other sites on the Google Display Network.

For example, with remarketing you could add a “TV” tag to pages of your site where you sell televisions. Visitors will then see tailored messages on other sites about your great deals on TVs. You can even show them ads for the exact TV they looked at on your site.

Remarketing ads remind customers of your products and drive them back to your site to purchase. It's a powerful way to match the right people with the right message.

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Interest Categories

Travel ads for travel fans: that's the simple goal of interest categories.

This form of audience targeting lets you target people whose online behaviors show they share a common interest, like sports or travel. Then you can show them highly relevant ads wherever they are online.

Web users can even identify their own interests through the Ads Preferences Manager, so they see the ads they want while helping advertisers reach their very best audience.

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Topic Targeting

Topic targeting is a close cousin to interest categories, but based on sites rather than audience. Pick a topic like travel, entertainment, or fitness, and Google will show your ads on groups of quality sites related to that topic.

This is an easy way to get exposure on many relevant websites, without needing to target them one by one. You'll find topic targeting under the Display tab in the main campaign dashboard of your account.

Geographic and Language Targeting

Ready to reach English speakers across the globe? Or Spanish speakers just in your town?

Geographic and language targeting let you display your ads by language, region, even postal code. If you're opening a new fashion boutique in Manhattan, you can create a grand opening ad to show just in the local area. Geo-targeting is also a great way for national merchants to show different ad campaigns in different parts of the country.

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Other Tools

Above-the-Fold Advertising

"Above the fold" means your display ad appears on the first screen of a web page, before scrolling down. To keep your ads above the fold, you can exclude the 'below the fold' category in your AdWords account.
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Ad Scheduling

Ad scheduling (a.k.a “day parting”) lets you pick the hours and days when you want your ads to appear. You might schedule your ads to run from 3-6:00 pm, say, or only during lunch hours on weekdays.
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Frequency Capping

Frequency capping limits the number of times any one person can see your ad per day, week, or month. That helps you reach a wider audience instead of the same viewers over and over.
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Exclusions

Some advertisers don't want their ads to appear next to certain types of content, or on their competitors' sites. The Display Network handles some exclusions automatically, but you can also block sites by category or one by one.
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