How to Set “People in or regularly in your targeted locations” in Location Targeting via Google Ads API

[Haitian Li]

Hi Google Ads API team,

I’m currently working on setting location targeting for campaigns using the Google Ads API. In the Google Ads UI, under location options, there is a setting for:

“Presence: People in or regularly in your targeted locations”

I’d like to achieve the same behavior via the API, but I’m having trouble finding the corresponding field or enum to set this preference. Could you please advise:

1. Which field or setting controls this location targeting option in the Google Ads API (v18)?

2. What values should be used to replicate this specific behavior (i.e., targeting presence rather than interest or search intent)?

Appreciate any guidance or code examples you can provide. Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Haitian

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team.

Here are the answers for your queries:

Which field or setting controls this location targeting option in the Google Ads API (v18)?

• You can use the geo_target_type_setting in the CampaignService for the setting controls on the location targeting.

What values should be used to replicate this specific behavior (i.e., targeting presence rather than interest or search intent)?

• You can set data type ENUM PRESENCE as a value in PositiveGeoTargetType and NegativeGeoTargetType fields using GeoTargetTypeSetting.

Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

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