Question: Why can Smart Bidding continue to be effective after the deprecation of third-party cookies?
- Smart Bidding will remain durable because clients will rely on third-party media platforms for bidding.
- Smart Bidding will continue to be a durable solution given its reliance on the UID 2.0 solution.
- Smart Bidding will continue to be a durable solution given its reliance on first-party cookies.
- Smart Bidding will remain durable since it's fueled by combining clients’ conversion data with Google’s machine learning.
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- Smart Bidding will continue to be a durable solution given its reliance on the UID 2.0 solution.
- Smart Bidding will continue to be a durable solution given its reliance on first-party cookies.
- Smart Bidding will remain durable because clients will rely on third-party media platforms for bidding.
- Smart Bidding will remain durable since it's fuelled by combining clients' conversion data with Google's machine learning.
Explanation
Smart Bidding uses Google AI to set bids based on the conversion goals and signals available at auction time. It can optimize for conversions or conversion value without depending on third-party cookies as the primary mechanism. Advertiser conversion measurement provides the business outcomes that automated bidding learns from. This makes auction-time bidding durable as privacy changes reduce some observable user-level signals.
Why the other options are incorrect
UID 2.0 is incorrect because Smart Bidding is not built on that external identity framework.
First-party cookies is incorrect because first-party cookies can support measurement, but they are not the sole reason Smart Bidding remains durable.
Third-party media platforms is incorrect because Smart Bidding operates within Google Ads automation, not through outside bidding systems.
Source for verification
https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7065882
https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/10964872
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