Make sure you understand how Meta gives credit to ads for conversionsA conversion is counted whenever a website visitor performs an action that fires a standard event, custom event, or custom conversion. Examples of conversions include purchases, leads, content views, add to cart, and registrations. More. Listen in as these two discuss.
Some important points…
1. Default Attribution
The default attribution setting is 7-day click and 1-day view.
This impacts both how your ads are delivered and conversions are reported. Meta will show your ads to people most likely to convert within that attribution settingAttribution is how Meta gives credit to an ad for a conversion. Your Attribution Setting determines how your ad will be delivered and the reporting attribution window. The default Attribution Setting is 7-day click and 1-day view, which means that anyone who converts within 7 days of clicking or 1 day of viewing your ad will be counted as a conversion. More, and the conversions reported occurred within those settings, as well.
2. Last-Touch
Meta works on a last-touch attribution model. That means that if someone engages with multiple ads, the most recent click gets credit — assuming it falls within the attribution setting.
So, assume the following situation when a user engaged with your ads…
- Viewed Ad A without clicking 8 days ago
- Clicked Ad B 6 days ago
- Viewed Ad C without clicking 4 days ago
- Clicked ad D 2 days ago
- Viewed Ad E without clicking during the past day
Ad D would get credit because it received the most recent click within the attribution setting.
3. View-Through Conversions
If a user doesn’t click an ad, the most recent view gets credit — again, assuming it falls within the attribution setting. So, as long as a user never clicked an ad within the attribution setting, a view without clicking within a day of conversion can be credited.
View-through conversions get some scrutiny among advertisers, but that doesn’t mean they lack value.
4. Attribution Setting and Reporting
The attribution setting matters. A conversion that happens within 7 days of clicking your ad won’t always get credit by default — it depends on whether you customized the attribution setting. When using a 1-day click attributionClick Attribution is one way Meta gives credit to an ad for a conversion. Credit will be given to an ad when someone clicks your ad within a specified number of days of clicking. Click Attribution options include 1-day click, 7-day click, and 28-day click, the last being only available for reporting. More setting, only conversions that happen within one day of clicking your ad will appear in your default reporting.
There actually are times when you should consider a 1-day click attribution setting.
5. Compare Attribution SettingsCompare Attribution Settings is a feature within Ads Manager reporting that allows you to view how many conversions happened within each attribution window, regardless of the Attribution Setting used for optimization. For example, columns can be added to your report for 28-day click, 7-day click, 1-day click, and 1-day view to see how conversions are distributed across them. More
You can still view results that fall outside of your attribution setting, assuming they are covered by other attribution setting options. Use the compare attribution settings option to add columns for 1-day click, 7-day click, 28-day click, 1-day view, and 1-day engaged-view.
You can then see how many conversions fell within each attribution setting.
