Google Search Advertising Goes Mobile – New iPhone and G1 Targeting

Monday, December 8th, 2008 by Guest

Google Search Advertising Goes Mobile – New iPhone and G1 Targeting

by Rene LeMerle

Search advertisers can now ride the wave of iPhone and G1 mania thats engulfing the mobile world, and target the rapidly growing number of searchers on the go.

Google’s mobile team have just released a new campaign level option that allows AdWords advertisers to target iPhone and G1 mobile phone users.

The number of mobile devices that offer full web browsers is growing exponentially, making it much easier for businesses to tap into the mobile market, which Google obviously wants to dominate.

Whereas in the past, advertisers had to set up mobile ads and mobile landing pages (for best results), the new option allows advertisers to use existing text ads and destination pages on these new mobile devices.

The ads will have many of the same benefits as our standard mobile ads, such as the delivery of mobile-specific calls-to-action and reaching mobile users that are searching with their phones more than ever — especially during the holiday season.

With the new iPhone targeting, advertisers will be able to set up specific campaigns for these devices and enjoy the benefits of specific performance reporting to measure and optimize results.

For a quick explanation on how to set up the targeting—watch this video summary of the new mobile program thanks to Alexandra Kenin, from Google’s Product Marketing Manager for the Mobile Ads team:

Rene LeMerle is the VP of Marketing at ineedhits.com, a leading provider of results driven Search Engine Marketing services.

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19 comments on “Google Search Advertising Goes Mobile – New iPhone and G1 Targeting”

Blog Expert Says:

December 8th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

This will be interesting. I guess we’ll just have to see how it goes but it may be a huge success.

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Jason kUiper Says:

December 8th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

I hope we dont start getting spam and pop ups on our I phones. Boy that wouldn’t be exciting!
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December 9th, 2008 at 2:44 am

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Saad Kamal Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 3:11 am

I think this is an excellent move by Google. Soon there will be a lot more mobile devices everywhere and google as always will be ahead of the mobile advertising game.

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Jacques Seoman Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 4:29 am

Trust Google to be charging hard ahead. Mobile is where the biggest growth is at, at present. Their presence will be getting bigger and stronger, heed my words!
Web Design Beach Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 5:07 am

One more great move by Google. We will see how it will go public and what reactions will be like.
Nicole Price Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 5:33 am

At this rate, all of us will get hooked to being online 24/7!

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canggu villas Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 8:44 am

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Cheap Mobile Calls Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am

A good move on Google’s part. With the increasing mobile browsing market, this will surely be a hit for online advertisers.
Kenney and Kim Says:

December 9th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

Really good move I think for Google. Yeah I think this will be interesting. I was also looking today at Adsense for mobile devices too! Finding out about having compatible web pages for mobile devices.
Nichole Says:

December 10th, 2008 at 3:26 am

Its a good and different move from Google. I think it will be a great success.
George Nobles Says:

December 10th, 2008 at 5:50 am

Google like spreading like a fire in this world. With this move google will get more regular visitor daily.
SeoBrain Says:

December 10th, 2008 at 7:38 am

Today i saw at Friendster, Google have new ads format to.. the ads result showing search result for just one site (pimp-my-profile.com). i see on my friendster profile sidebar.. did you know with this new ads format ?
AIDS Drugs Says:

December 21st, 2008 at 3:55 pm

I think the conversions are probably low for these mobile ads, there needs to be a lot more development before they are really ready.
Johnny iPhone Says:

January 6th, 2009 at 7:45 am

A natural progression for Google. It is great for advertisers, possibly annoying for the iPhone user.

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Fernando Says:

January 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am

It seems a natural progression of the technology. There are so many aaplications and uses being developed right now for the iPhone. It’ll be exciting to see.
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February 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 am

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February 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm

googles ahead of the game again

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Mobile Entertaiment Says:

February 16th, 2009 at 3:49 am

will the first one in get there fingers burnt

As with many of these ideas I think the advertisers who go in first will lose money on it only later will it be more accepted by the users

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