Quality Score is a variable used by Google, Yahoo! (called Quality Index ), and Bing which may affect the ad's rank and cost-per-click (CPC).
To determine the order in which an ad is listed, each ad has the following formula executed against it: bid * Quality Score. Ads are then listed in descending order based on the results of that equation. The exact weight of the Quality Score versus the bid has not been disclosed by any of the major search engines, and every company has stated that they are entitled to continually adjust their ranking methodology.
At the end of 2008, Google revealed that Quality Score is used to determine which ads will show above organic results, and that high quality scores can actually lead to ads skipping ads with lower quality scores that would otherwise be eligible for prominent placements.
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Destination
Each major search engine has independently implemented efforts to maintain and improve the quality of ads listed on their sites. The main reason for this is to improve the experience of users who click on paid ad links. It makes sense to assume that users who have a great experience when they click an ad will more often click on it, increasing their ad revenue for search engines.
In addition, Google chooses to introduce variable minimum bids at the same time when it introduces Quality Base Offers. On the surface, this new feature allows advertisers to bid as little as $ 0.01 for their ads to show. However, in some cases, advertisers find their minimum bid for some ads raised to as high as $ 5.00 or $ 10.00. Applying Google's variable minimum bid sets up a mechanism by which companies can set different minimums for different advertisers for the same keyword, and potentially increase the average minimum bid without the advertising community as a conscious whole. Additionally, by raising the minimum bid, Google may test the ability of each advertiser to pay for this increase, increasing the competitiveness of the auction and extracting the maximum revenue from each advertiser.
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Factors in determining Quality Score
There are a number of factors that determine the Quality Score of a given ad. While every search engine has released targeted information on the factors that matter most to them, perhaps in an effort to guide their advertisers toward better ad creation, nobody reveals their formulas in detail. Below is a summary of what has been released.
Clickthrough rate
All three search engines have revealed that the key factor - the most important factor for Google - in their respective Quality Score formula is the historical clickthrough rate (CTR) of the keyword and the matching ad. In fact, prior to the introduction of the Quality Score in July 2005, Google ranked an ad by running the following formula for each ad and sorting it in descending order: bid * CTR.
In addition to the keyword CTR and matching ads themselves, Google takes into account the overall historical Historian of all AdWords accounts as well as the historical CTR of the display URL in the ad group.
Relevance of ad copy
All three search engines have revealed that the relevance of an ad copy to a keyword is a factor in determining Quality Score. Therefore, it can be assumed that ads with ad text containing keywords will have a higher Quality Score than ads with ad text that do not contain keywords.
Landing page quality
All three search engines have revealed that landing page quality is a factor in determining Quality Score. The quality of the landing page generally refers to whether the page contains relevant and original content as well as the site's navigation capabilities. In the case of MSN, they have revealed that ads with landing pages that do not contain keywords can be rejected altogether.
Landing page load time
In June 2008 Google revealed that landing page load time had an impact on Quality Score.
Geographic considerations
Google has revealed that account performance in the geographical region where the ad will be shown impacts Quality Score.
Other factors
All three search engines have revealed that other factors are taken into account when calculating Quality Score. Specifically, changes in usage in Google Analytics have given speculation in the search engine marketing community (SEM) that Google uses on-site conversion data in the Quality Score formula.
Quality score factors for Google AdWords
Below is the most recent update of the factors that go into your Quality Score on Google. The biggest change since the previous update relates to how well you are targeting different types of devices you can use to search.
- Clickthrough rate (CTR) for certain keywords
How often certain keywords cause clicks on certain ads.
- past CTR of display URL
How often a given display URL receives a click.
- Account history
The overall CTR of all ads and keywords for the account.
- Landing page quality
How relevant, transparent, and easy to navigate a page.
- Keyword/ad relevance
How relevant are the keywords to the ad.
- Keyword/search relevance
How relevant the keyword is to what the customer is looking for.
- Geographic performance
How successful your account is in a particular region.
- Ad performance on site
How effective the ads on these and similar sites are on the Display Network
- Targeted device
How effective your ads are on different types of devices, e.g. desktop/laptop, mobile devices, and tablets
Recent Updates
On May 15, 2017, Google announced an enhanced reporting structure for quality scores to gain deeper insight into the historical performance of keywords. According to Google " To save time and help you make more informed decisions, we add three new optional status columns to the Keywords tab for Exp CTR, Ad Relevance, and Landing Pages Experience. Just add this column to your keyword reports to get a thorough snippet of your current keyword score . "So now advertisers can get a snapshot of their historical keyword performance to understand how they change over time.
See also
- Google (Google AdWords)
- Bing (Bing Ads)
- Yahoo! (Yahoo Search Marketing)
Related concepts
- Ad serving
- Clickthrough rate
- Pay per click
- Pay for placements
References
External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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