Faster mobile landing pages typically reduce website abandonment and bounce rates, which can increase conversions and improve your overall ad performance. For a simple way to speed up load times, build your landing page with AMP. This article explains how to use AMP with Google Ads.
For more context, start by learning about Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
Before you begin
AMP pages load fast and even faster from Google's AMP Cache. Currently, cache serving is available for text Ads on most major mobile browsers.
Follow our step-by-step guide
To create AMP versions of your landing pages (or if you want to repurpose existing AMP pages as Ads landing pages), use our Google Ads Developer Guidelines for AMP pages.
Set your new Mobile URL
Once you’ve created an AMP version of a landing page, you can treat it like you would any other mobile landing page. For your text Ads and keywords, add your AMP page URL as your mobile URL. Then, when a mobile user clicks your Ad, they’ll see the fastest version of your available page. AMP pages load from Google AMP Cache whenever possible for faster page loads. When we are unable to serve from cache, we’ll load your AMP landing page from your web server, which will still be typically faster than pages that aren’t AMP.
Add your AMP URLs to your ads with bulk edits
Once you code your AMP pages, you’ll need to change your Ads’ landing pages. There are three ways to bulk edit Ads:
- Google Ads API
- Desktop tool: Google Ads Editor
- Bulk uploads feature within Google Ads (best for smaller accounts)
Steps for bulk uploads feature within Google Ads:
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Download your editable Ads from Google Ads.
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Add your AMP URLs for your mobile landing pages.
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Upload your edited Ads back into your Google Ads account.
Learn more about making changes with bulk uploads.
Note: Make sure your mobile URL goes to your domain (for example, https://example.com/page_amp.html) rather than to the Google AMP cache, which could be in any of the following formats:
- https://www.google.com/amp/s/example.com
- https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/example.com
- https://example-com.cdn.ampproject.org/example.com/amp.html
Make sure your AMP pages are valid
Pages that don’t follow AMP guidelines can’t be cached, so they load more slowly than cached pages and therefore don’t perform as well. Make sure you don't have invalid pages by using (or encouraging your web developers to use) AMP’s validation tool. While the AMP validation tool should be used in the page development, it’s also a good idea to check for invalid AMP pages from within your Google Ads account. To do this:
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Select Landing pages from the blue page menu of your Google Ads account.
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Review the “Valid AMP click rate” column.
Use tracking wisely
To make sure visitors get to your page as quickly as possible, be sure to use only the necessary URL parameters. Parameters that aren’t used to customize the contents of your landing page should be added after the {ignore} parameter, so your Ads are more likely served from Google’s fast AMP Cache.
AMPHTML ads
In addition to cache serving for text Ads, you can apply the principles of AMP by creating AMPHTML Ads. These Ads allow you to deliver faster, lighter, and more secure ad experiences across all platforms. You also have the ability to serve AMPHTML Ads on both AMP and non-AMP pages. Benefits of using AMPHTML Ads:
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AMPHTML Ads are faster than regular Ads on AMP pages, making them easier to view, more effective, and more likely to perform well.
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The AMP framework ensures that these Ads only behave as intended so users always have a positive experience with your brand.
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AMPHTML Ads are required to be validated before they’re served, which reduces the risk of malware and can help build trust in your brand as users engage with it.