Ad Creative and LP Features
Ad Creative and LP Features
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This task has short instructions at the top of the task, and 14 questions. Each question has an
instructions section with examples, they are provided below.
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Version: 2017-04-24
Task: You will be presented with the following in sequential order: a query, an ad
creative and a landing page. You will have to:
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1. Research the query and try to understand the user intent. You will then have to
Query: If the query is absolutely incomprehensible to you, choose the "Unrateable
query" flag. You will not have to answer any of these questions in the task after this and
can go on to task submission. If you can comprehend the query to some degree, go
ahead with the rest of the task.
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Question 1: How clear is the user intent to you?
In this section we want to know whether the user's intent is clear to you or not. After
researching the query, if you understood none of the words, then select the "unrateable
query" flag. Assuming you do understand at least some of the words in the query and
broadly what the user might be trying to achieve, try to think of the possible things the
user might be looking for or trying to do.
If you can only think of a single thing that the user might be looking to do, then the user
intent should be "Very Clear". On the other hand, if you can think of a few distinct
things (2 - 5 or so) that might be valid user intents, then the rating should be
"Somewhat clear". If there can be so many possible user intents that it is impossible to
enumerate them, then the rating should be "Very unclear".
Rating Description Examples
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Very unclear There can be no Query: [life]
reasonable user Although the query is comprehensible,
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intents or many it is absolutely not clear what the user
reasonable distinct was looking for. There are just too
user intents. many possible user intents to
enumerate.
Query: [cash]
The user can be looking for ways to
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information to show the user to satisfy
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their intent. The user might want
information about roofing services, or
about roofing supplies or even tutorials
on how to fix roofs.
Query: [best buy santa monica]
There could a few different user intents
Question 2. What is the scope of the concepts covered by the ad in relation to the
concepts covered by the query?
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"Shipping", "Deals", "Electronics", "Toys" etc.
How do I compare scope?
In this question, you will have to assess whether the scope of the ad is the same as the
scope of the query and if they differ, in what way they differ. Consider the important
concepts that are associated with the query, and those that are associated with the ad.
When you compare scope, you look at the overlap between these groups.
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Rating
No e Description
There is
Overlap absolutely no
overlap between
the concepts
Examples
Query: [Android marshmallow update]
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covered by the
ad and the
The ad is for actual candy while the query is for the
query.
android software update named Marshmallow.
Partial There is some Query: [new american university chemistry building]
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scopes cover different concepts. The query is about the Chemistry
fundamentally building within New American University and the user is
different sets of likely looking for its location, but the ad is for degree
topics and one programs at the University of Phoenix.
is not contained
within the other.
Query: [bases for beds]
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The query and the ad are both about sleeping products,
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but the query is about bases while the ad is about
mattresses. Since both concepts are about bedding
products, they overlap partially but they are also each
about different, unique products so the overlap is only
partial.
Query: [recipes]
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The query and the ad overlap because they are both
broadly about cooking but the user is searching for
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recipes, while the ad is about cooking ware.
Query: [plymouth nc]
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The query is for Plymouth, a city in North Carolina, and
the ad is for a very specific news article about North
Carolina's governor. There is some degree of overlap
because both the query and the ad are about North
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than those
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covered by the
query.
The user is looking for jewellery at Macy's. The ad is for
earrings and hence is narrower in scope.
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Broader concepts
The query is specifically for books at amazon, but the ad
is for the broader amazon website.
The query is looking specifically for frozen posters but the
ad is for Disney posters in general.
Same The range of Query: [amazon.com books]
concepts
represented by
the ad and
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query are the The ad is looking for books on amazon.com and the ad is
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same. for books on amazon.com. The ad also describes other
The ad does not concepts like "Amazon Prime", "Deals" etc., but the
cover any important concepts for both the ad and the query are the
concepts not same.
present in the
query and Query: [Women's sweaters JCPenny]
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Question 3. Does the ad misinterpret the concept the user specified in the query and
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target a completely different concept with a similar spelling or pronunciation?
Sometimes the same or similar phrases can refer to two entirely different concepts.
Determine the concept that the user is likely referring to and then assess whether the ad
targets a completely different concept with the same or similar spelling or pronunciation.
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The ad is for electrical transformers while the query
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probably refers to the Transformers series of movies.
No The ad does not target a Query: [hair laser treatment growth]
completely different
concept with a similar
York City. While the ad targets a different concept, it
is not similar sounding in any way to "Pizza Santa
Monica", so the rating for this example is "No".
Question 4. Does this ad miss a critical requirement for satisfying the user intent?
Think about all the concepts and requirements the user has specified in the query. Now
for each requirement, ask yourself how likely the user is to consider an alternative. If it is
very likely that the user will consider an alternative, then the requirement is non-critical.
If missing this requirement or providing an alternative would be unacceptable to most
users, then it is critical. If an ad drops both a critical and a non-critical requirement
select "Misses critical requirement" since that leads to worse ad experience for the
user.
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Rating Descriptio Examples
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Misses The ad Query: [hair laser treatment growth]
critical misses one
requiremen or more
t critical
requiremen The user is looking for laser treatment for hair growth. But
The user is looking for womens' sweaters but the ad is for
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The user is looking for information about a specific problem
while rendering graphics in the game World of Warcraft,
called stuttering. The ad, instead, provides information
about the stuttering, the speech impediment. The ad has
thus completely missed the key requirement that information
about stuttering should be in the context of the video game
World of Warcraft.
Query: [Pizza Santa Monica]
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The query is for Pizza in Santa Monica while the ad is for
Pizza Delivery in San Francisco. The ad completely misses
the critical requirement that the pizza delivery should be in
Santa Monica since San Francisco is too far away from
Santa Monica for a pizza delivery.
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Misses
non-critical
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requiremen
The ad
misses one
or more
non-critical
requiremen
Query: [leather sofas]
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ts that the The user is searching for leather sofas but the ad is for
user fabric sofas. While this misses the "leather" requirement for
specified in the sofa, it is likely that the user might also be willing to
the query. consider fabric sofas.
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The user is looking for women's shoes at Macy's. The ad is
for shoes at Zappos. Although this is not a perfect match
and the store is different from what is specified in the query,
the exact store is not such a critical requirement to
significantly affect user satisfaction. The user will likely find
equally good shoes at Zappos.
Doesn't The ad Query: [nike men's shoes]
miss any does not
requiremen miss any
ts requiremen
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ts that the
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user
specified in
the query.
Question 5. Is this ad awkwardly phrased or difficult to make sense of?
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Is the ad text awkwardly phrased or difficult to make sense of? One possible way
this can happen is when the ad is "machine generated" and terms from the query are
stuffed into the ad creative resulting in a nonsensical or ungrammatical ad. Machine
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generated ads aren't always bad, just the ones which are nonsensical or
ungrammatical. Please read the full ad creative text.
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Rating Description Examples
Yes The ad text Query: [del mar food fair]
is
awkwardly
phrased or
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difficult to
make sense
of.
It is obvious that the word "food" has been taken from the
query and inserted into the ad creative in an awkward
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manner resulting in an ad which says "Map Food". This
doesn't quite make sense and this ad is likely to have been
machine generated.
No The ad text Query: [amazon.com books]
is not
awkwardly
phrased or
difficult to
make sense
of. The ad creative is not nonsensical or ungrammatical.
Question 6. What is the relationship between the products, services or information
advertised by the ad to what is specified in the query?
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In this section, we want to know whether the Ad Creative offers what is specified in the
query, whether it offers a viable substitute or if it doesn't offer a viable substitute or
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related product at all.
Rating Description Examples
No The Query: [Google pixel]
Relationsh information,
ip products or
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advertised by
the ad and
those
specified in
the query are
The query is for a Google Pixel phone, but the ad
interprets it to be the movie "Pixels" released in 2016.
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not related in
any way.
Related The Query: [HP printers]
products/servi
ces or
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information
advertised in
ad does not The ad is for ink for printers. Ink does not perform the
perform the same function as printers but it is necessary for printers to
same function
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work.
as what is
Query: [HP printers]
specified in
the query, but
it performs a
related
function. They
might be
tangentially
relevant to the
user.
Query: [Beach Cities Car Wash Venice]
Car wash detergent is related to car washes because it is
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used in car washes.
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The Query: [HP printers]
Viable products/servi
substitute ces or
information
advertised in
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performs the
same function
as what is
specified in
the query and
Both the ad and the query are for printers but while the
query is for HP printers, the ad is for printers from Epson
which is a competitor.
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The query is for job listings on the site Monster.com, but
the ad is for the competitor site Indeed.com.
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information
advertised in
the ad is
exactly for
what is
The ad is exactly for what the query specified.
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specified in Query: [ Sony playstation]
the query.
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Question 7. How good is the ad relative to the top 3 search results?
In this section, we want to know how good the ad is relative to the search results. Look at the
top 3-5 search results to form your judgment. Please ignore Product Listing Ads (the sliding
panel of ads at the top of the results page) when making your decision. B elow, the panel
of ads displaying different Nikon digital cameras are Product Listing Ads.
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Some examples for each of the rating categories:
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Rating Descriptio Examples
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Both Both the ad Query: [what is the phone number for Company X]
Ad and the
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and search Company X does not have an online presence. The ad and the
Searc results are search r esults are for another unrelated company.
h Bad unlikely to
satisfy the
user intent.
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The ad is for a travel company that organizes tours in Spain.
The search results point to webpages containing information
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about Spanish cuisine.
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The ad Query: [HP printer]
Ad either
and exactly The ad is for an online store that sells HP printers and the
Searc matches search results point to pages which seem to contain HP printers.
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good
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adds useful
variety over
them. Both
are likely to
satisfy the
users
Query: [Ethiopian coffee]
The ad is for a company that sells coffee while the search
results point to webpages that contain different kinds of coffee
including Ethiopian.
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intent.
nf
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Ad The Ad is Query: [new egg promo]
better likely to be
than more
Searc relevant to
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h the user
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than the
search
results. Search results:
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The search results are from some other websites while the ad is
from newegg.com. So, the ad is likely to be more relevant to the
user than the search results.
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Question 8. Does the LP have any issues that make it unusable / infeasible? Select all
that apply.
In this section, we want to determine if there are any serious issues that make it
infeasible to satisfy the user's intent. Select all the options that apply.
Rating Description Examples
Location The landing page is Query: [pizza Santa Monica]
mismatch for a product/service Landing page: The LP is for a pizzeria
in a location too far in Santa Barbara which is 85 miles
away from the user away from Santa Monica. It is
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to be feasible. unreasonable to expect the user to
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travel that far to get pizza.
Language Parts of the landing Query: [hotels paris]
mismatch page are in a foreign Landing p age: While large parts of the
language. LP are in E
nglish, the hotel descriptions
within the LP are in French. This affects
the user's ability to understand content
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Out of stock
e The product / service
the user is looking
on the page relevant to their intent.
Question 9. Does the LP have any issues that affect user’s interaction with the page?
Select all that apply.
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Think about the user's interaction with the landing page when they visit it. Do they have
any negative experiences on any of the following dimensions? Select all that apply.
Rating Description
The LP is cluttered. Text and images are not well
Cluttered formatted and the LP is not aesthetically appealing. It
is not clear whether the information the user is looking
for is on the page and the user has to make an effort
to locate it.
Interstitial / form When the user visits the LP, they first see an
interstitial (content that prevents the user from
accessing the LP) or a form that is difficult to dismiss
or requires extra steps. The screenshot below shows
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an example of an interstitial.
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Distracting ads The LP has ads which attract the user's attention away
from the main content. For example, flashing ads or
too many ads or ads which are shocking and
surprising.
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Prods the user to stay The LP prods the user to stay / makes it difficult for
them to leave the page through repeated messages or
alerts.
Bad grammar The LP consists of content which has bad grammar or
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awkward phrasing
Question 10. Does the landing page have any issues that might undermine the trust
or safety of the user? Select all that apply.
Think about whether the ad is trying to deceive or mislead the user. A landing page
should be considered deceptive even if it technically has disclaimers/clarifying text, but
the text is hard to find, and likely to confuse the user.
Rating Description Examples
LP-AC mismatch The LP does not Query: [NIKE FREE RN FLYKNIT 2017]
provide what the ad Ad Creative: The ad creative promises
creative promises. Nike shoes.
Landing page: The LP doesn't actually
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have any Nike shoes.
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Pretends to be The LP falsely Query: [tickets LA Opera]
official claims to be the Landing page: The LP falsely claims that
official page when they are the official site to buy tickets to
it's not, or has a the Los Angeles Opera, but it is not. The
disclaimer on the official site is actually that of the LA
information false or misleading Landing page: The LP sells vitamin C
information based supplements and says that these
on common sense. supplements can help the consumer
lose weight. There is no medical
evidence supporting this claim.
Unexpected The LP leads to an Query: [songs by band x]
download unexpected Landing page: When the LP loads, it
download without starts downloading an .exe file which is
explicit permission supposed to play music available on the
from the user. site. The user never explicitly gave
permission to download this .exe file.
Question 11. What is the scope of the concepts covered by the landing page in
relation to the concepts covered by the query?
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What is a concept?
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A concept is a broad term for an idea that represents something, like an activity
(shopping), a thing (an iPhone, a discount) or a class of things (blue sweaters,
US-based companies).
Although an query or a landing page can refer to multiple concepts, focus on the
concepts which are critical to defining what the landing page or query is about.
For landing pages, this means that you should focus on the main content of the
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webpage and not on concepts introduced by interstitials, web forms, product reviews on
the landing page or comments by users on content on the web page. For example,
consider the landing page https://www.amazon.com/s?field-keywords=Nike+shoes
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which has Nike shoes. The main concept that should be considered is that of Nike
Shoes. The other content such as product ratings, comments and reviews, other ads on
the page, links to other products etc. aren't very important.
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How do I compare scope?
In this question, you will have to assess whether the scope of the landing page is the
same as the scope of the query and if they differ, in what way they differ. Consider the
important concepts that are associated with the query, and those that are associated
with the landing page. When you compare scope, look at the overlap between these
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groups. You answered this question for the ad creative above, but the answer
need not be the same for the landing page.
Rating Description Examples
No overlap There is absolutely no Query: [Android Jellybean update ]
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Partial overlap There is some degree Query: [Nike Men's shoes]
of overlap between age: LP contains shoes by
Landing p
the scopes of the LP different c ompanies but not Nike.
and the query, but
their scopes cover
fundamentally
different sets of topics
and one is not
contained within the Query: [Frozen poster]
other. Landing page: The LP contains posters
about Disney movies but not about
Frozen.
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There is some degree of overlap
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between the LP and query since both of
them cover Disney movies, but the LP
doesn't contain a poster specifically for
the Frozen movie. Note that this rating
for the LP is different from the ad
creative rating (for the same example
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LP narrower The range of
concepts covered by
in the ad creative section).
Query: [women's sweaters]
Landing page: The LP contains
children's sweaters.
buildings/machinery.
While this is relevant, it still focuses on a
very small aspect of drive thru's and
hence the scope of the LP is narrower
than that of the query.
The range of Query: [Nike Men's shoes]
LP broader concepts covered by Landing page: LP contains different
the LP is broader kinds of men's shoes, including some by
than those covered Nike. But it also has shoes by other
by the query. companies.
Query: [Plumbing services]
Landing page: The LP points to a page
where the user can request plumbing
services, purchase plumbing related
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products and read articles about
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plumbing.
Same The range of Query: [Nike Men's shoes]
concept(s) covered Landing page: The LP contains only nike
by the LP are exactly men's shoes. It doesn't contain shoes by
the same as those other companies or shoes for women
covered by the query. and children.
Think about all the concepts and requirements the user has specified in the query. Now
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for each requirement, ask yourself how likely the user is to consider an alternative. If it is
very likely that the user will consider an alternative, then the requirement is non-critical.
If missing this requirement or providing an alternative would be unacceptable to most
users, then it is critical. If the landing page drops both a critical and a non-critical
requirement select "Misses critical requirement" since that leads to a worse ad
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experience for the user. You answered this question for the ad creative above, but
the answer need not be the same for the landing page.
Rating Description Examples
Misses critical The LP misses one Query: [catalonia bicycle tours]
requirement or more critical Landing page: The LP is about biking in
requirements that British Columbia, Canada.
the user specified The user is looking for biking tours in
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in the query. Catalonia, Spain. While the LP correctly
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identifies the biking requirement, it
misses the key requirement that the
biking tour has to be located in the
vicinity of Catalonia, Spain.
Query: [zipcode mesquite tx]
Landing page: The LP is sells mesquite
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Question 13. What is the relationship between the products, services or information
in the landing page to what is specified in the query?
In this section, we want to know whether the landing page offers what is specified in the
query, whether it offers a viable substitute or if it doesn't offer a viable substitute or
related product at all. This is very similar to the same question above for the ad creative,
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but consider the landing page instead. You answered this question for the ad
creative above, but the answer need not be the same for the landing page.
Rating
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No Relationship
Description
The information,
products or services
available on the LP
Examples
Query: [Sony playstation]
Landing page: The LP is about the
history of Sony the company and
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and those specified in hence does not offer a viable
the query are not they substitute or a related product/service
related in any way. for what is specified in the query.
Related The product/service Query: [Sony playstation]
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or information in the Landing page: The LP is about
LP does not perform playstation game reviews. It does not
the same function as actually offer any consoles or games
what is specified in for sale.
the query, but it
Query: [zumba classes]
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Same The product/service Query: [plumbing service venice]
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or information in the Landing page: The LP is for a
LP is exactly what is plumber servicing the Venice, Los
specified in the query. Angeles area.
Query: [Sony playstation]
Landing page: The LP contains
different video game consoles such
Question 14. Does the landing page help the user make progress towards their goal?
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Imagine that the user has entered a query into Google, and is presented with a page of
search results (SERP, Search Results Page) and some ads, including the ad being
rated in this task. The user then clicks on this ad and visits the landing page. Think
about whether the user is substantially closer to achieving their goal than they were
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before clicking on the ad. (i.e. on the google search results page).
Please click on the query link provided above and look at the Google search results
before answering this question. When you are considering the Google search results
page, please ignore any other ads from this same advertiser (e.g. Product Listing Ads,
these are the “Shop for X” pictures that sometimes show on top of the page).
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compared to the
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Google search
results page. The
user could get to
their destination
from the Google
search results
progress.
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their goal, i.e. it
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offers little to no
additional
information,
functionality or
variety that helps
the user in their
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what was already
available on the
Google search
results page.
It would take the
user the same
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amount of effort
to get to their
goal from the
After clicking LP:
Google search
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already available to the user pre-click. It adds some new
information (on the right), but the new information added
by the page does not directly help the user in their task.
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Some Visiting the LP Query: [Students part time job Palo Alto]
progre takes the user Before c licking LP:
ss somewhat closer
to their goal, i.e.
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it offers some to
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moderate
additional
information,
functionality or
variety that helps
the user in their
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their goal,
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compared to the
Google search
results page i.e. it
offers substantial
additional
information,
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variety that help
the user
accomplish their
task, beyond
what was already
available on the After clicking (LP):
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Google search
results page.
It would take the
user more effort
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