Geo-targeting enables you to target your ads to potential customers located or interested in particular geographical areas.1 View our tutorial.
You can target your ads:
- To the entire market, which includes the U.S. and English-speaking Canada.
- To one or more U.S. states and Canadian provinces
- To cities and surrounding areas within the entire market
Benefits
Geo-targeting can be helpful for:
- Small businesses that want to drive traffic to their physical stores or offices by targeting customers searching online for local providers of goods and services.
- Service-oriented businesses, such as plumbers or real estate agents.
- Large businesses that want to drive customers to their web sites and/or physical store locations.
How It Works
- When you create a new campaign or modify existing campaigns, select your geographic area to be targeted.
- Your geo-targeted ad will be served to users based on one or more of the following:1
- User’s location—A search is conducted from your targeted location.
- Interest location—A user includes the name of your targeted location as part of the search term.
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Please note that geo-targeting accuracy is not guaranteed and may vary depending on the level of targeting selected, as well as other factors.