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Google Brings YouTube TrueView Campaigns Into The AdWords Fold

Video campaigns can now be managed right within the main AdWords interface alongside search, display and shopping campaigns.

Ginny Marvin on September 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm
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If you run TrueView YouTube campaigns in AdWords, you know that getting to them is like entering a netherworld. Not only do you lose the tether to your other campaigns, running video campaigns in AdWords feels like being forced to write with your other hand. Sure, you can do it, but not with the same comfort level as managing campaigns in the main AdWords UI.

Well, that’s finally changing.

Google announced Wednesday that TrueView video campaigns are getting wrapped right into the main AdWords interface, and features have been updated to make video campaigns feel like part of the family — things like bulk editing in the UI and adding YouTube accounts to the Linked accounts section of AdWords.

To start off at the simplest level, “Video campaigns” will be an option among Search, Display and Shopping in the campaign selector tool in the upper left corner of the interface.

The biggest structural change is that ad groups are replacing targeting groups in video campaigns to bring them in line with the basic constructs of the other campaign types. Each ad group in a video campaign will have either an in-stream (the skippable preroll ads) or an in-display (ads that appear alongside related videos) TrueView format.

trueview adwords campaigns set upYou’ll be able to use bulk editing and bulk uploads for updating your video campaigns, just like you can with other campaign types.

On the reporting side, you can apply data filters in the UI and schedule reports. Video analytics will be available in a new Videos tab, and a Video targeting tab is where you’ll manage the campaign and ad group targeting.

Video remarketing will also be available in the Shared library.

video ad remarketing shared library adwordsNext Steps

To move to the new setup on your own, you’ll need to “upgrade your campaigns to the new ad group structure”.

Go to that “All Video Campaigns” option buried at the bottom of the left menu a final time and follow the Upgrade Center instructions. Google says that all historical data and targeting will carry over. You’ll still want to check to make sure everything is as it should be when you make the switch.

When Google uses the word “upgrade,” it often makes people (justifiably) nervous. This one, though, was a long time coming, and I expect advertisers will largely embrace the change. If you don’t make the change manually, Google will start switching campaigns over automatically in six weeks.

Here’s a demonstration video of the new workflow.


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



About The Author

Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin was Third Door Media’s former Editor-in-Chief (October 2018 to December 2020), running the day to day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin writes 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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