Consumer journeys are complex, and marketers need the tools to understand how different networks, campaigns, and ads work together to create conversions as YouTube, Google Display Network, and Demand Gen campaigns can all be a part of a user’s path to conversion. The attribution reports and our attribution models can help marketers uncover these insights.
You can view YouTube, Google Display Network, and Demand Gen ad engagements in these reports by selecting Networks from the "Dimension" drop-down menu.
Learn more About attribution reports.
Note: We recommend you to use “Expert Mode” in Google Ads to access attribution reports and experience the full range of Google Ads features. Learn more
About Smart Mode and Expert Mode.
BenefitsThe attribution reports:
For cross-network paths to be visible, you must:
Note: Offline conversion tracking can't measure some YouTube engagements. These conversion types will show paths across Search and YouTube clicks only. Data-driven attribution support for Demand Gen campaigns is rolling out in the coming months.
For the attribution reports to display cross-network activity, you must use Google Ads conversion tracking with visibility into Search Network, YouTube, Google Display Network, and Demand Gen campaigns. If you use cross-account conversion tracking, make sure that Search, YouTube, Google Display Network, and Demand Gen campaigns across different accounts all track conversions at the manager account (MCC) level.
Use the account map feature in Google Ads to verify that your account is set up to accurately display cross-network reporting.
Here's how to check your cross-account conversion tracking setup:
Similar to any update to your attribution models, you might see some changes to "Campaigns" reporting when you move from a Search-only attribution model to a cross-network (Search, YouTube, Google Display Network, and Demand Gen) attribution model:
Here's how conversions are reported differently in the cross-network attribution reports vs. the "Campaigns" page:
Attribution reports "Campaigns" page Time of event Time of conversion Time of the ad query preceding the click that led to conversion. (Add "by conv. Time" columns to the "Campaigns" page to match the reporting time in attribution reports) Network coverageSearch Network, YouTube (including Google video partners), Google Display Network, and Discover
Note: Performance Max campaigns will be labeled as “Cross-Network” and Demand Gen campaigns as “Google owned channels”.
Search Network (including Search partners), YouTube (including Google video partners), Google Display Network, Gmail, Google Maps, App, and Discover Campaign coverageSearch, Shopping, Video, Display (not including pay for conversions), and Demand Gen
App campaigns aren't supported yet.
Search, Shopping, Video, Display, Demand Gen, App, Hotel Video format coverageAd sequence, Bumper, Non-skippable in-stream, Skippable in-stream
Bumper, Masthead, Non-skippable in-stream, Outstream, Skippable in-stream, In-feed video Conversion coverageGoogle Ads conversion tracking*, Google Analytics goal and conversion import (including Android app conversions), offline conversion import, call conversions (click to call, call import, website call conversions), and app conversions
*Note: Engaged view conversions (EVCs) are supported in both Google Ads and Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties, but conversions attributed to impressions (VTCs) are currently not supported in GA4.
All sources in attribution reports, plus store visits conversions History windows"Conversion windows" apply in the attribution reports in the same way they do for the "Campaigns" page.
In addition, you can use a "lookback window" in the attribution reports to determine how far back in time from a conversion you want to include ad interactions for the data in the reports. For example, you may want to only consider ad interactions within 30 days of conversions (regardless of the conversion windows of those conversions).
The "Model comparison" report also has a "Default" lookback window option. The "Default" option sets the lookback window for each conversion to its conversion window.
A "conversion window" is set for each conversion action within Tools > Measurement > Conversions. Any conversion without a preceding ad interaction within its conversion window is not counted in Google Ads. Learn more About conversion windows. Was this helpful?How can we improve it?
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