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All the AdWords & Google Analytics changes announced at Google Performance Summit 2016

At Google's annual event for AdWords and Google Analytics customers, it shared new ad formats, mobile-first bidding options and more.

Danny Sullivan on May 24, 2016 at 11:45 am

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Today at the Google Performance Summit, Google announced a wide number of changes to AdWords & Google Analytics, including new “mobile-first” bidding support, “Promoted Pins” to put advertisers on Google Maps, longer text ads and more.

Google Performance Summit is Google’s annual event for key AdWords and Google Analytics customers, where new features, product plans, research and more are shared. Today’s opening keynote covered all the major announcements, which are covered in our formal stories:

  • Google announces significant changes to AdWords bidding and text ads
  • Google AdWords to break up tablet & desktop and enable a mobile base bid
  • Official: Google to roll out Expanded Text Ads for all devices
  • Saying a third of mobile searches are local, Google brings “Promoted Pins” to Maps
  • Google has measured 1 billion+ store visits from AdWords ads globally
  • Google to expand “Store Visits” online-to-offline foot traffic measurement
  • WATCH: Google lets you speak in natural language & get analytics reports
  • Google is completely redesigning AdWords: Offers first peek
  • Google confirms live demo of new AdWords redesign will happen on May 24
  • Google now handles at least 2 trillion searches per year

You can find the keynote here (jump to 28 minutes in):


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


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