Adwords Video ad formats
In AdWords, you can create and manage video campaigns by using the TrueView family of cost-per-view (CPV) video ad formats.
Before you start building and placing your ads on video content sites, it’s useful to learn more about the video formats you can create with AdWords, and how they work:
- Check out the available TrueView video ad formats.
- Discover how to monitor your video ad performance.
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- With TrueView in-stream ads, you pay when a viewer watches 30 seconds of your video (or the duration if it’s shorter than 30 seconds) or engages with your video, whichever comes first. Video interactions include clicks on the call-to-action overlays (CTAs), cards, and companion banners. Unlike cost-per-click or cost-per-thousand impressions pricing, you won’t need to pay every time your ad is shown. While video content for TrueView ads must be hosted on YouTube, TrueView ads can appear on both YouTube and other publisher sites in the Google Display Network for desktop computers and high-end mobile devices.
TrueView video formats
Explore each of the formats in detail below. You can also learn more about our policies and technical specifications.
TrueView in-stream video ads
| When should I use it? | How does it work? | Where will the ads appear? | How will I be charged? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use this format when you have video content you’d like to promote before videos on YouTube and the Google Display Network. | After 5 seconds, the viewer has an option to skip the ad. | TrueView in-stream videos can appear on YouTube Watch pages and on video publisher pages on the Google Display Network (includes YouTube). | You pay when a viewer watches 30 seconds of your video (or the duration if it’s shorter than 30 seconds) or engages with your video, whichever comes first. |
TrueView in-display video ads
This format includes the following old formats:
- YouTube Promoted Videos overlay
- Promoted videos suggestions and related videos
The video ad preview unit may vary in size. You can choose whether the video plays within the ad unit or when a viewer clicks the unit to watch the video on its YouTube Watch page.
| When should I use it? | How does it work? | Where will the ads appear? | How will I be charged? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use this format to promote a video next to YouTube videos, as part of a YouTube search result or within other website content across the Google Display Network. | The appearance of the ad format will vary, depending on which ad sizes and ad formats that content publishers support. For example, YouTube is a key content publisher within the network, and these ads will function and appear in the same way across the YouTube site. | TrueView in-display video ads can appear only on YouTube Watch pages and on the Watch pages of video publishers on the Google Display Network. | You’ll be charged only when viewers choose to watch your ad by clicking a thumbnail. |
