By Luís Daniel Rijo in Video News — Sep 13, 2020

Google to introduce engaged-view conversions by the end of the year

EVC (engaged-view conversions) are counted when a user does not click on a video ad but watches at least 10 seconds of a skippable ad.

This week, Google announced that by the end of the year will make engaged-view conversions (EVC) the standard way of measuring conversions for TrueView skippable in-stream ads, local campaigns, and app campaigns.

Engaged-view conversions are counted when a user does not click on a video ad but watches at least 10 seconds of the skippable ad (skippable after 5 seconds) and then converts within the Engaged-view conversion window.

Over 60 percent of all skips on YouTube direct response in-stream video ads happen before 10 seconds. Google says the decision to watch 10 seconds of a skippable ad is a user choice that signals an ‘engaged-view’.

Engaged-view conversions (EVC) only work on YouTube and on GDN (Google Display Network).

According to Google, the view-attribution windows for the different campaign types are:

3 days for TrueView for action
2 days for App campaigns for Install
1 day for App campaigns for engagement

Google says advertisers will also be able to set up a custom view attribution window, and that the default days are based on large-scale incrementality studies Google has set up over the years.

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