An advertiser has seen a lot of success with Google Search, and they’d like to increase their reach by creating a Display campaign. They’d like the setup to be as effortless as possible. What kind of targeting should they use in their Display campaign?
Manually selected targeting
Optimized targeting and manually selected targeting
No targeting
Optimized targeting
Correct Answer
Optimized targeting
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About the Google Ads Display Certification
The Google Ads Display Certification covers how to reach people across the Google Display Network: choosing audiences, letting optimised targeting find new customers, building responsive display ads and measuring results beyond the last click.
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- 1Sierra owns a small business and handles many responsibilities, from logistics to marketing. She’s seen a lot of success with Google Search (hundreds of conversions a month) and would like to increase her reach by creating a Display campaign. But she’d like it to be as effortless as possible. What type of Display campaign should she run?
- 2Amy has created a new brand for her company’s goldfish training materials. She knows that other companies train goldfish and it is a popular sport, but she realises that it is a niche market. She wants to use a Google display ads campaign to build awareness for her new brand. Which Google display ad targeting option can help Amy with her goal of creating awareness within her niche market?
- 3Howard’s in the process of creating a Google Display campaign and decides to use Custom Intent audiences as a targeting option. He’d like to influence customer consideration, but his niche audience isn’t covered by an In-market audience segment. Which two data inputs can Howard submit to best represent his audience? (Choose two.)Multiple correct
- 4Diana is running a successful remarketing campaign. She wants to expand her reach with other targeting options. While creating a new Google Ads Display campaign with the “Influence consideration” marketing objective, she chooses Similar Audiences as her targeting option. What information is used to identify Similar Audiences?
- 5An account executive manages Google search campaigns and would like to extend her reach with Google display ads. She’s trying to decide whether to use the default optimised targeting or to add more layers of targeting manually herself.
- 6In the Google Ads Display Certification, audience targeting is one of the most critical — and misunderstood — topics. Google doesn’t just ask what each audience type means ; it tests your ability to choose the right audience for the right marketing goal . This article will clarify the differences between audience types, explain their use cases, and show how targeting strategies appear in the exam — using real question patterns from your certification material. Display ads often appear outside of search intent , which means advertisers must rely on audience signals — not keywords — to reach the right users. Google provides several predefined and custom-built audience types.