Google Ads glossary

What Is Demand Gen?

Definition

Demand Gen is a Google Ads campaign type designed to create and capture demand with visual ads across Google's discovery-focused inventory.

How Demand Gen Works

Advertisers provide images, video, product feeds and audience inputs while Google optimizes delivery toward the selected conversion or engagement goal.

A Simple Example

A home-products brand might use short video and product imagery to introduce a new shade style before the shopper searches for that exact product.

Why Demand Gen Matters

Demand Gen is useful when the job is broader than harvesting existing keyword demand. Creative quality and incrementality matter heavily.

Common Misreading

Platform-reported conversions do not prove that every sale was caused by the campaign. View-through and cross-channel effects require careful interpretation.