Google Marketing Live 2023: Accelerate growth with your app
Granular analysis and first look
Google Marketing Live 2023 on May 23, 2023, introduced new ways to enhance app advertising, focusing on making app ads more shoppable, creating seamless web-to-app experiences, and improving iOS app campaign measurement. These updates aim to increase user engagement, drive higher conversions, and optimize app performance.
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Why this matters?
- Shoppable App Ads: Integrating product feeds and promotional assets into app ads on platforms like YouTube Shorts increases conversion rates and user engagement.
- Seamless Web-to-App Experience: Web to App Connect ensures a smooth transition from web to app, enhancing user experience and driving higher conversion rates.
- Improved iOS Measurement: Enhanced on-device conversion measurement and new SKAdNetwork integrations provide better data and insights for optimizing iOS app campaigns.
Next Steps/Action Items
- Integrate Product Feeds: Apply product feeds to your app ads on YouTube Shorts and in-feed inventory to boost conversions.
- Use Promotion Assets and Seasonality Adjustments: Implement these features to optimize bids during peak user demand periods.
- Adopt Web to App Connect: Utilize this tool, currently in beta, to set up deep linking, conversion tracking, and bidding for a seamless web-to-app experience.
- Enhance iOS Campaign Measurement: Implement on-device conversion measurement and configure SKAdNetwork conversion value schema to improve reporting and optimization.
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Learn more about past Google updates
- Sep 2026 - September 2026 Google Ads Update – Demand Gen Adds Faster Paths to Conversion
- Sep 2026 - September 2026 Google Ads Update – AI Max Adds Languages and Journey Reporting
- Sep 2026 - September 2026 Google Ads Update – Agentic Holiday Commerce
- Sep 2026 - September 2026 Google Ads Update – New Measurement Tools
- Aug 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – Demand Gen Adds New Ways to Drive Leads and Sales
- Aug 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – New AI Max Testing Tools
- Aug 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – Demand Gen VTC Bidding Changes
- Aug 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – Language Targeting Simplified
- Aug 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – New AI Tools Turn Insights Into Action
- Jul 2026 - July 2026 Google Ads Update – Holiday Demand Gen Tools
- Jul 2026 - July 2026 Google Ads Update – Video Campaign Group Controls
- Jul 2026 - July 2026 Google Ads Update – Google Expands AI Transparency Across Ads
- Jul 2026 - August 2026 Google Ads Update – Target Bidding Gets More Predictable
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – YouTube Brand Campaign Measurement Gets Stronger
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – Demand Gen Drop Adds AI Creative Tool
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – Financial Verification Expands Across Europe
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – YouTube Adds Gemini Creator Insights
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – Enhanced Local Services Ads for Home Listings bring homebuyers and local agents together
- Jun 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – YouTube Shorts Earns MRC Brand Safety Accreditation
- May 2026 - May 2026 Google Ads Update – Ads Decoded Highlights AI’s Marketing Shift
- May 2026 - June 2026 Google Ads Update – Google Display Ads Move Into Demand Gen
- May 2026 - May 2026 Google Ads Update – Asset Studio Adds Multimodal Creative Tools
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