How to post ads based on the location using google adwords api

[Shobhan Babu]

Hi,

I want to post the ads based on the location ,how can we do this thing based on the location, I have searched for api,but unfortunately I didn't get any code for this .

could you please tell me how to post the ads based on the location or city.

Thank you

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Shobhan,

I'm not 100% clear on what you are trying to achieve, but my guess is that you want to have different ads for different geographic locations. If yes,

- Create a campaign + adGroup for the location you want to target using CampaignService and AdGroupService.

- Create your location-specific ads in that campaign using AdGroupAdService.

- Target your campaign to serve in the desired geo location. Add a Location criterion using CampaignCriterionService. The location IDs are available on https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting

Here are some C# code examples that you can refer to:

https://github.com/googleads/googleads-dotnet-lib/blob/master/examples/AdWords/CSharp/v201409/BasicOperations/AddCampaigns.cs

https://github.com/googleads/googleads-dotnet-lib/blob/master/examples/AdWords/CSharp/v201409/BasicOperations/AddAdGroups.cs

https://github.com/googleads/googleads-dotnet-lib/blob/master/examples/AdWords/CSharp/v201409/BasicOperations/AddTextAds.cs

https://github.com/googleads/googleads-dotnet-lib/blob/master/examples/AdWords/CSharp/v201409/Targeting/AddCampaignTargetingCriteria.cs

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.

[Shobhan Babu]

How do we target our ads only on particular geographical location ?

Is there any API for this ,if it available ,Can you please provide this API in PHP rather than C language

Thank you

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Shobhan,

To target your ads to only a particular geographic region, you need to add location targets to your campaign. This can be done using CampaignTargetingService. See the PHP example at https://github.com/googleads/googleads-php-lib/blob/master/examples/AdWords/v201409/Targeting/AddCampaignTargetingCriteria.php

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.

[Shobhan Babu]

How can we get the location Id of indian cities ...! 

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Shobhan,

On https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting, set the filter type to City, and search for CountryCode = IN.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.