GMB Proximity Locations

[Pascal]

Hi,

For one of our scripts we'd like to retrieve the campaign target countries based on the target locations. We've managed to retrieve these for default target locations (countries/cities etc.), but we have not yet succeeded in pulling this information for target locations that are based on GMB location radius targeting.

We tried using the proximity targets function but weirdly enough this won't return the GMB location targets. Targeted locations doesn't return any results either.

So far I’ve only managed to pull ID’s from the GMB proximity locations through the CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGETING_REPORT. However, I can’t seem to match these ID’s anywhere. I tried matching them with the location items within the GMB feed, but unfortunately that didn’t result in anything.

Is there any way we can retrieve the country for GMB radius target locations? Thanks in advance.

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Pascal,

Harry here, from the Google Ads Scripts Team. Allow me to assist you on this.

I am very unfamiliar with the GMB, is this the Google My Business platform? Can you kindly provide context so that I can check this on our end and assist you further? I would also appreciate it if you can provide screenshots showing the information for target locations that are based on GMB location radius targeting you would like to retrieve through the Google Ads Scripts.

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks,

Harry Cliford Rivera Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Pascal]

Hi Harry,

Indeed, I was referring to Google My Business locations. Please see the attached image for an example of how this looks in the interface. I've also attached an example of the GMB feed and the available columns in Google Ads, which can be found through 'Business Data'.

As mentioned in my initial post, I am able to retrieve a location ID for these locations through the CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGETING_REPORT, but I can't seem to match this ID with neither the GMB feed nor the Google Geotargets.

Could you take a look if you can match these IDs anywhere? Thanks a lot!

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Pascal,

Thanks for coming back. Would you be able to provide an account where samples of GMB data lies and also the script you use to retrieve the Campaign Location Target Report so that I can look at the data and be on the same page with your concern? You may send them here or privately via the reply to author option. Note that you may need to join the Google Group for you to use this option.
 
If this option is not available at your end still, you may send it through our email (googleadsscr...@google.com) instead.

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi there,

I work along with Harry. Allow me to assist you in this.

I've checked the AdWords API reports and I wasn't able to find the fields that contains GMB Proximity Locations. That said, I can submit a feature request on this. Could you please provide your business use case with regard to field information that you want to get via Google Ads Scripts?

Regards,

Teejay Wennie Pimentel Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Pascal]

Hi Teejay,

 Could you tell me what the location IDs for the GMB proximity locations represent when using the CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGET_REPORT?

 Yes if you could submit a feature request that would be great. We’d like to retrieve all target countries within a specific account so we can exclude surrounding countries. Especially for countries such as Germany/Austria, Belgium/France/Netherlands this is something our large clients want, since their budgets are country based.

 So far we have been able to retrieve the target country for all location types, except the GMB proximity locations. Unfortunately, since GMB locations are usually linked at an MCC level, and therefore contain all GMB locations across all countries, it is also not possible to check which countries are within the GMB feed on an account level.

So unfortunately we really need to match the campaign level GMB proximity targets with a parent country. There already is an Google Ads Script API feature for proximity targets, but this doesn't seem to work with GMB locations. If GMB locations could be added to this feature that would also solve our problem. Thanks for your help so far!

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Pascal,

Harry here, I can't seem to find any field that would define GMB proximity locations when retrieving a Campaign Location Target Report. Upon further cheking, I can confirm that GMB data is currently not supported through the Google Ads Scripts so I have raised a feature request for this on your behalf. As you would already know, requests have no guarantee to be supported in the Google Ads Scripts anytime soon. Kindly follow our blog for updates and new releases in the meantime.

Thanks,

Harry Cliford Rivera Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Pascal]

Thanks for submitting the feature request Harry.