About call extensions
Call extensions let you add phone numbers to your ads, which can significantly increase clickthrough rates. When your call extensions show, people can tap or click a button to call your business directly. That means more customer engagement with your ads, and more chances for you to get and track your conversions.
Google Ads may set up automated call extensions when your website has a phone number and your business goals include getting people to call you.
This article gives you background information about call extensions. For instructions, go to Use call extensions.
Before you begin
Call extensions are the easiest way to add phone numbers to existing ads. If you attempt to include a phone number elsewhere in your ad text, it may lead to the disapproval of the ad, so if you would like to include a phone number, it is best to use a call extension. You can also create call-only campaigns. For more on call-only campaigns, go to About call-only campaigns.
Example
You own a pizzeria in downtown Chicago, and add a call extension to your campaign promoting deep-dish pizzas. If a visitor to the windy city searches for “Chicago pizza” on her phone, and one of your ads is triggered, this visitor can click through to your website to read your menu, or tap the call button on your ad to get straight to your ordering line.
How it works
Here are key points to know about call extensions:
- Phone or website: When your call extensions show with your ad, people see your number or— when their device can make calls—a clickable call button. People can also click on your ad to go to your website.
- Business hours: You can set numbers to show only when your business can take calls.
- A call is a click: Clicks on your number are the same cost as headline clicks (a standard CPC).
- Easy conversion tracking: You can count calls as conversions by simply turning on call reporting in your account. Available on the Search Network only, call reporting uses Google forwarding numbers to give you detailed conversion information.
Account levels
You can add call extensions at the account, campaign, or ad group. Call extensions can run on any Search campaign, ad group or ad. Some restrictions apply on the Display Network. If you create call extensions at different levels (account, campaign, or ad group), the most specific will be used. So when you add call extensions to an ad group, those extensions show instead of your campaign- or account-level call extensions. Likewise, campaign-level extensions override account-level extensions.
Call extensions won't serve with every impression
Like other ad extensions, call extensions don't show with every ad impression. When the ad auction runs, an algorithm determines whether to show the call extension, and any other extensions to show next to it, based on historical performance and other factors. It is completely normal for call extensions to show for only a subset of total ad impressions. However, you can do bid adjustments to show your call interaction ads more often. Learn more about bid adjustments for interactions.
Display Network specifics
To help expand your reach, call extensions can run on certain types of Display Network campaigns. Here’s what you need to know:
- Phones only: Display Network call extensions show only on high-end mobile phones (not on desktops, laptops, or tablets).
- Call reporting: Display Network call extensions aren’t compatible with the “call reporting” option or with Google forwarding numbers.
- Invalid campaigns: Call extensions aren't available for Display Network campaigns that use remarketing, or Display Network campaigns with the marketing objective of "Install your mobile app" or "Engage with your mobile app."
Device preferences
Extensions with a checked box for Mobile are given preference on mobile devices, but are still eligible to show on computers and tablets.
Eligible numbers
Vanity numbers, premium numbers, and fax numbers aren’t acceptable numbers for call extensions. Phone numbers will be verified to confirm they represent the business being promoted. Learn more about advertising policies for using call extensions.
When disclaimers might appear with your call extensions
Call extensions can be used with toll-free, standard, mobile, shared-cost, or non-standard cost numbers. If you use a shared-cost or non-standard cost number with your call extension, your extension will include a disclaimer saying that additional charges may apply. Here’s more information about both types:
- Shared cost phone numbers use a billing method where calls to an international phone number are partially paid for by the recipient.
- Non-standard cost numbers may not be included in a typical phone plan, so additional charges to your customer may apply.
Country-specific information
In some countries, you can use phone numbers that don’t cost the same as local numbers. This table shows which numbers you’re allowed to use (in addition to local numbers). If you use a non-standard cost number, when people click the call button a disclaimer will appear saying that additional charges may apply.
| Country Name | Non-standard cost numbers |
|---|---|
|
UAE |
07000, 07005 |
|
Albania |
0808 |
|
Algeria |
0801 10, 0801 11, 0801 12, 0801 13, 0801 14, 0801 15, 0801 16, 0801 17, 0801 18, 0801 19, 0802 10, 0802 11, 0802 12, 0802 13, 0802 14, 0802 15, 0802 16, 0802 17, 0802 18, 0802 19 |
|
Armenia |
0801, 0802, 0803, 0804 |
|
Austria |
0810, 0820, 0821, 0828 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
082 |
|
Brazil* |
0800, 3003, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009 * See the section below this table for additional information on call extensions in Brazil |
|
Czech Republic |
810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849 |
|
France |
0810, 0811, 0819, 0820, 0821, 0825, 0826, 0884, 0890 |
|
Germany |
0180 |
|
Greece |
801, 806, 812, 825 |
|
Ireland |
1850, 1890 |
|
Israel |
1-700, 1-809 |
|
Jordan |
0810, 0850, 0851, 0852, 0853, 0854, 0855, 0856, 0857, 0858, 0859, 0870, 0871, 0872, 0873, 0874, 0875, 0876, 0877, 0878, 0879 |
|
Lebanon |
090, 091 |
|
Liechtenstein |
900 22, 900 27, 900 28, 900 79, 901 23, 906 66, 0900, 0901, 0906 |
|
Macedonia |
0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0812, 0813, 0814, 0815, 0816, 0817, 0818, 0819, 0820, 0821, 0822, 0823, 0824, 0825, 0826, 0827, 0828, 0829, 0830, 0831, 0832, 0833, 0834, 0835, 0836, 0837, 0838, 0839, 0840, 0841, 0842, 0843, 0844, 0845, 0846, 0847, 0848, 0849, 0850, 0851, 0852, 0853, 0854, 0855, 0856, 0857, 0858, 0859, 0860, 0861, 0862, 0863, 0864, 0865, 0866, 0867, 0868, 0869, 0870, 0871, 0872, 0873, 0874, 0875, 0876, 0877, 0878, 0879, 0880, 0881, 0882, 0883, 0884, 0885, 0886, 0887, 0888, 0889, 0890, 0891, 0892, 0893, 0894, 0895, 0896, 0897, 0898, 0899 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699 |
|
Norway |
810 00, 810 01, 810 02, 810 03, 810 04, 810 05, 810 06, 810 20, 810 21, 810 22, 810 23, 810 24, 810 25, 810 26, 810 27, 810 28, 810 29, 810 30, 810 31, 810 32, 810 33, 810 34, 810 35, 810 36, 810 37, 810 38, 810 39, 810 40, 810 41, 810 42, 810 43, 810 44, 810 45, 810 46, 810 47, 810 48, 810 49, 810 50, 810 51, 810 52, 810 53, 810 54, 810 55, 810 56, 810 57, 810 58, 810 59, 810 60, 810 61, 810 62, 810 63, 810 64, 810 65, 810 66, 810 67, 810 68, 810 69, 810 70, 810 71, 810 72, 810 73, 810 74, 810 75, 810 76, 810 77, 810 78, 810 79, 810 80, 810 81, 810 82, 810 83, 810 84, 810 85, 810 86, 810 87, 810 88, 810 89 |
|
Pakistan |
021 111, 022 111, 025 111, 040 111, 041 111, 042 111, 044 111, 046 111, 047 111, 048 111, 049 111, 051 111, 052 111, 053 111, 055 111, 056 111, 057 111, 061 111, 062 111, 063 111, 064 111, 065 111, 066 111, 067 111, 068 111, 071 111, 074 111, 081 111, 086 111, 091 111, 0232 111, 0233 111, 0235 111, 0238 111, 0242 111, 0243 111, 0244 111, 0292 111, 0293 111, 0294 111, 0295 111, 0296 111, 0297 111, 0298 111, 0453 111, 0454 111, 0457 111, 0459 111, 0542 111, 0543 111, 0544 111, 0546 111, 0547 111, 581111, 582111, 586111, 0604 111, 0606 111, 0608 111, 0722 111, 0723 111, 0726 111, 0822 111, 0823 111, 0824 111, 0825 111, 0826 111, 0828 111, 0829 111, 0832 111, 0833 111, 0835 111, 0837 111, 0838 111, 0843 111, 0844 111, 0847 111, 0848 111, 0852 111, 0853 111, 0855 111, 0856 111, 0922 111, 0932 111, 0937 111, 0938 111, 0939 111, 0942 111, 0943 111, 0944 111, 0945 111, 0946 111, 0963 111, 0965 111, 0966 111, 0969 111, 0992 111, 0993 111, 0944 111, 0995 111, 0996 111, 0997 111 |
|
Poland |
0801 |
|
Réunion |
0810, 0811, 0819, 0820, 0821, 0825, 0826, 0884, 0890 |
|
Romania |
0801 |
|
Slovakia |
0850, 0851, 0852, 0853, 0854, 0855, 0856, 0857, 0858, 0859, 0860, 0861, 0862, 0863, 0864, 0865, 0866, 0867, 0868, 0869, 0870, 0871, 0872, 0873, 0874, 0875, 0876, 0877, 0878, 0879, 0880, 0881, 0882, 0883, 0884, 0885, 0886, 0887, 0888, 0889, 0890, 0891, 0892, 0893, 0894, 0895, 0896, 0897, 0898, 0899 |
|
Spain |
901, 902 |
|
Switzerland |
0840, 0842, 0844, 0848 |
|
Tanzania |
0840, 0860, 0861 |
More on call extensions in Brazil
To use call extensions in Brazil, make sure you include a carrier code for the carrier of your choice. For example, instead of "11 5555-1234" use "0XX11 5555 1234" (where "XX" stands for the carrier code). For toll-free or premium numbers such as 4004 or 0800, no carrier codes are necessary.
* Nguồn: Google