Create Dynamic Search Ads

  • Setting up Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) with the Google Ads API involves creating a campaign with a specified domain, creating an ad group for DSA features, creating the DSAs themselves, and defining criteria for when the DSAs should appear.

  • A DSA campaign requires setting the advertising_channel_type to SEARCH and providing domain information using dynamic_search_ads_setting.

  • An ad group for DSAs must have its type set to SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS and is subject to restrictions like only being usable in search campaigns with a valid DynamicSearchAdsSetting and not allowing positive keywords.

  • DSAs are created using an ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo object which only requires a description, as the headline, display URL, and final URL are automatically generated based on campaign-level domain settings.

  • Criteria for triggering DSAs are specified using the webpage field of AdGroupCriterion, which allows filtering based on URL, category, page title, page content, or custom label using WebpageConditionInfo conditions.

To set up Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) with the Google Ads API, follow these steps:

  1. Create a campaign and specify its domain and language code.
  2. Create an ad group for features related to DSAs.
  3. Create one or more DSAs.
  4. Specify one or more criteria for showing the DSAs in the campaign.

Create the campaign

To configure DSAs on your campaign, create a Campaign with advertising_channel_type set to AdvertisingChannelType.SEARCH. In addition, specify the website domain (domain_name, without http:// or https://) and language (language_code) on which the DSAs operate by setting the dynamic_search_ads_setting field of the Campaign using a DynamicSearchAdsSetting. Both domain_name and language_code are required. You can also set use_supplied_urls_only on DynamicSearchAdsSetting (true restricts targeting to DSA page feed URLs only; false uses both Google's index of your domain and any page feed URLs).

The following example creates a DSA campaign:

Java

private static String addCampaign(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String budgetResourceName) {
  // Creates the campaign.
  Campaign campaign =
      Campaign.newBuilder()
          .setName("Interplanetary Cruise #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          .setAdvertisingChannelType(AdvertisingChannelType.SEARCH)
          .setStatus(CampaignStatus.PAUSED)
          .setManualCpc(ManualCpc.newBuilder().build())
          .setCampaignBudget(budgetResourceName)
          // Enables the campaign for DSAs.
          .setDynamicSearchAdsSetting(
              DynamicSearchAdsSetting.newBuilder()
                  .setDomainName("example.com")
                  .setLanguageCode("en")
                  .build())
          // Declares whether this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
          .setContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising(DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING)
          .setStartDateTime(new DateTime().plusDays(1).toString("yyyy-MM-dd 00:00:00"))
          .setEndDateTime(new DateTime().plusDays(30).toString("yyyy-MM-dd 23:59:59"))
          .build();

  // Creates the operation.
  CampaignOperation operation = CampaignOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(campaign).build();

  // Creates the campaign service client.
  try (CampaignServiceClient campaignServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createCampaignServiceClient()) {
    // Adds the campaign.
    MutateCampaignsResponse response =
        campaignServiceClient.mutateCampaigns(
            Long.toString(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));

    String campaignResourceName = response.getResults(0).getResourceName();
    // Displays the results.
    System.out.printf("Added campaign with resource name '%s'.%n", campaignResourceName);
    return campaignResourceName;
  }
}

C#

private static string AddCampaign(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
    string budgetResourceName)
{
    // Get the CampaignService.
    CampaignServiceClient campaignService = client.GetService(Services.V25.CampaignService);

    // Create the campaign.
    Campaign campaign = new Campaign()
    {
        Name = "Interplanetary Cruise #" + ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString(),
        AdvertisingChannelType = AdvertisingChannelType.Search,
        Status = CampaignStatus.Paused,
        ManualCpc = new ManualCpc(),
        CampaignBudget = budgetResourceName,

        // Enable the campaign for DSAs.
        DynamicSearchAdsSetting = new DynamicSearchAdsSetting()
        {
            DomainName = "example.com",
            LanguageCode = "en"
        },

        // Declare whether or not this campaign contains political ads targeting the EU.
        ContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising = EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus.DoesNotContainEuPoliticalAdvertising,

        StartDateTime = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).ToString("yyyyMMdd 00:00:00"),
        EndDateTime = DateTime.Now.AddDays(30).ToString("yyyyMMdd 23:59:59")
    };

    // Create the operation.
    CampaignOperation operation = new CampaignOperation()
    {
        Create = campaign
    };

    // Add the campaign.
    MutateCampaignsResponse response =
        campaignService.MutateCampaigns(customerId.ToString(),
            new CampaignOperation[] { operation });

    // Displays the result.
    string campaignResourceName = response.Results[0].ResourceName;
    Console.WriteLine($"Added campaign with resource name '{campaignResourceName}'.");
    return campaignResourceName;
}

PHP

    private static function createCampaign(
        GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
        int $customerId,
        string $campaignBudgetResourceName
    ) {
        $campaign = new Campaign(
            [
            'name' => 'Interplanetary Cruise #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
            'advertising_channel_type' => AdvertisingChannelType::SEARCH,
            'status' => CampaignStatus::PAUSED,
            'manual_cpc' => new ManualCpc(),
            'campaign_budget' => $campaignBudgetResourceName,
            // Enables the campaign for DSAs.
            'dynamic_search_ads_setting' => new DynamicSearchAdsSetting(
                [
                'domain_name' => 'example.com',
                'language_code' => 'en'
                ]
            ),
            // Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
            'contains_eu_political_advertising' =>
                EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus::DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING,
            // Optional: Sets the start and end dates for the campaign, beginning one day from
            // now and ending a month from now.
            'start_date_time' => date('Y-m-d 00:00:00', strtotime('+1 day')),
            'end_date_time' => date('Y-m-d 23:59:59', strtotime('+1 month'))
            ]
        );

        // Creates a campaign operation.
        $campaignOperation = new CampaignOperation();
        $campaignOperation->setCreate($campaign);

        // Issues a mutate request to add campaigns.
        $campaignServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getCampaignServiceClient();
        /**
 * @var MutateCampaignsResponse $campaignResponse
*/
        $campaignResponse = $campaignServiceClient->mutateCampaigns(
            MutateCampaignsRequest::build($customerId, [$campaignOperation])
        );

        $campaignResourceName = $campaignResponse->getResults()[0]->getResourceName();
        printf("Added campaign named '%s'.%s", $campaignResourceName, PHP_EOL);

        return $campaignResourceName;
    }

Python

def create_campaign(
    client: GoogleAdsClient, customer_id: str, budget_resource_name: str
) -> str:
    """Creates a Dynamic Search Ad Campaign under the given customer ID.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID str.
        budget_resource_name: a resource_name str for a Budget

    Returns:
        A resource_name str for the newly created Campaign.
    """
    # Retrieve a new campaign operation object.
    campaign_operation: CampaignOperation = client.get_type("CampaignOperation")
    campaign: Campaign = campaign_operation.create
    campaign.name = f"Interplanetary Cruise #{uuid4()}"
    campaign.advertising_channel_type = (
        client.enums.AdvertisingChannelTypeEnum.SEARCH
    )
    # Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent the
    # ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added targeting
    # and the ads are ready to serve.
    campaign.status = client.enums.CampaignStatusEnum.PAUSED
    campaign.manual_cpc.enhanced_cpc_enabled = True
    campaign.campaign_budget = budget_resource_name
    # Required: Enable the campaign for DSAs by setting the campaign's dynamic
    # search ads setting domain name and language.
    campaign.dynamic_search_ads_setting.domain_name = "example.com"
    campaign.dynamic_search_ads_setting.language_code = "en"

    # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the
    # EU. Valid values are:
    #   CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING
    #   DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING
    campaign.contains_eu_political_advertising = (
        client.enums.EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatusEnum.DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING
    )

    # Optional: Sets the start and end dates for the campaign, beginning one day
    # from now and ending a month from now.
    campaign.start_date_time = (datetime.now() + timedelta(days=1)).strftime(
        "%Y%m%d 00:00:00"
    )
    campaign.end_date_time = (datetime.now() + timedelta(days=30)).strftime(
        "%Y%m%d 23:59:59"
    )

    # Retrieve the campaign service.
    campaign_service: CampaignServiceClient = client.get_service(
        "CampaignService"
    )

    # Issues a mutate request to add campaign.
    response: MutateCampaignsResponse = campaign_service.mutate_campaigns(
        customer_id=customer_id, operations=[campaign_operation]
    )
    resource_name: str = response.results[0].resource_name

    print(f'Created campaign with resource_name: "{resource_name}"')

Ruby

def create_campaign(client, customer_id, budget_resource_name)
  campaign = client.resource.campaign do |c|
    c.name = "Interplanetary Cruise #{(Time.now.to_f * 1000).to_i}"

    c.advertising_channel_type = :SEARCH
    c.status = :PAUSED
    c.manual_cpc = client.resource.manual_cpc
    c.campaign_budget = budget_resource_name

    c.dynamic_search_ads_setting = client.resource.dynamic_search_ads_setting do |s|
      s.domain_name =  "example.com"
      s.language_code =  "en"
    end

    # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
    # Valid values are CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING and
    # DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING.
    c.contains_eu_political_advertising = :DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING

    c.start_date_time = DateTime.parse((Date.today + 1).to_s).strftime('%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S')
    c.end_date_time = DateTime.parse(Date.today.next_year.to_s).strftime('%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S')
  end

  operation = client.operation.create_resource.campaign(campaign)

  response = client.service.campaign.mutate_campaigns(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: [operation],
  )
  puts("Created campaign with ID: #{response.results.first.resource_name}")
  response.results.first.resource_name
end

Perl

sub create_campaign {
  my ($api_client, $customer_id, $campaign_budget_resource_name) = @_;

  # Create a campaign.
  my $campaign = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::Campaign->new({
      name                   => "Interplanetary Cruise #" . uniqid(),
      advertisingChannelType => SEARCH,
      status => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Enums::CampaignStatusEnum::PAUSED,
      manualCpc      => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::ManualCpc->new(),
      campaignBudget => $campaign_budget_resource_name,
      # Enable the campaign for DSAs.
      dynamicSearchAdsSetting =>
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::DynamicSearchAdsSetting->new({
          domainName   => "example.com",
          languageCode => "en"
        }
        ),
      # Optional: Set the start and end datetimes for the campaign, beginning one day from
      # now and ending a month from now.
      startDateTime =>
        strftime("%Y%m%d 00:00:00", localtime(time + 60 * 60 * 24)),
      endDateTime =>
        strftime("%Y%m%d 23:59:59", localtime(time + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30)),
      # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
      # Valid values are CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING and
      # DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING.
      containsEuPoliticalAdvertising =>
        DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING
    });

  # Create a campaign operation.
  my $campaign_operation =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Services::CampaignService::CampaignOperation->
    new({create => $campaign});

  # Add the campaign.
  my $campaigns_response = $api_client->CampaignService()->mutate({
      customerId => $customer_id,
      operations => [$campaign_operation]});

  my $campaign_resource_name = $campaigns_response->{results}[0]{resourceName};

  printf "Created campaign '%s'.\n", $campaign_resource_name;

  return $campaign_resource_name;
}

curl

Create the ad group

To use DSA features, create an AdGroup with the type field set to SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS. This ad group type enforces the following restrictions:

  • This ad group type can be added only to Search campaigns.
  • A valid DynamicSearchAdsSetting must be set at the campaign level before the ad group is added. Otherwise, the API returns an AdGroupError with CANNOT_ADD_ADGROUP_OF_TYPE_DSA_TO_CAMPAIGN_WITHOUT_DSA_SETTING.
  • Positive keywords aren't allowed in this ad group type. Audience targets, dynamic ad targets (webpage), and negative keywords are allowed.
  • As with all ad groups, the type field cannot be changed after creation.
  • Only ad formats related to DSAs are allowed in this ad group.

The following code example shows how to create a SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS ad group:

Java

private static String addAdGroup(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String campaignResourceName) {
  // Creates the ad group.
  AdGroup adGroup =
      AdGroup.newBuilder()
          .setName("Earth to Mars Cruises #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          .setCampaign(campaignResourceName)
          .setType(AdGroupType.SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS)
          .setStatus(AdGroupStatus.PAUSED)
          .setTrackingUrlTemplate("http://tracker.examples.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}")
          .setCpcBidMicros(50_000)
          .build();

  // Creates the operation.
  AdGroupOperation operation = AdGroupOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroup).build();

  // Creates the ad group service client.
  try (AdGroupServiceClient adGroupServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupServiceClient()) {
    MutateAdGroupsResponse response =
        adGroupServiceClient.mutateAdGroups(
            Long.toString(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));
    String adGroupResourceName = response.getResults(0).getResourceName();
    // Displays the results.
    System.out.printf("Added ad group with resource name '%s'.%n", adGroupResourceName);
    return adGroupResourceName;
  }
}

C#

private static string AddAdGroup(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
    string campaignResourceName)
{
    // Get the AdGroupService.
    AdGroupServiceClient adGroupService = client.GetService(Services.V25.AdGroupService);

    // Create the ad group.
    AdGroup adGroup = new AdGroup()
    {
        Name = "Earth to Mars Cruises #" + ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString(),
        Campaign = campaignResourceName,
        Type = AdGroupType.SearchDynamicAds,
        Status = AdGroupStatus.Paused,
        TrackingUrlTemplate = "http://tracker.examples.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}",
        CpcBidMicros = 50_000
    };

    // Create the operation.
    AdGroupOperation operation = new AdGroupOperation()
    {
        Create = adGroup
    };

    // Add the ad group.
    MutateAdGroupsResponse response =
        adGroupService.MutateAdGroups(customerId.ToString(),
            new AdGroupOperation[] { operation });

    // Display the results.
    string adGroupResourceName = response.Results[0].ResourceName;
    Console.WriteLine($"Added ad group with resource name '{adGroupResourceName}'.");

    return adGroupResourceName;
}

PHP

    private static function createAdGroup(
        GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
        int $customerId,
        string $campaignResourceName
    ) {
        // Constructs an ad group and sets an optional CPC value.
        $adGroup = new AdGroup(
            [
            'name' => 'Earth to Mars Cruises #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
            'campaign' => $campaignResourceName,
            'status' => AdGroupStatus::PAUSED,
            'type' => AdGroupType::SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS,
            'tracking_url_template' => 'http://tracker.examples.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}',
            'cpc_bid_micros' => 10000000
            ]
        );

        // Creates an ad group operation.
        $adGroupOperation = new AdGroupOperation();
        $adGroupOperation->setCreate($adGroup);

        // Issues a mutate request to add the ad groups.
        $adGroupServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupServiceClient();
        /**
 * @var MutateAdGroupsResponse $adGroupResponse
*/
        $adGroupResponse = $adGroupServiceClient->mutateAdGroups(
            MutateAdGroupsRequest::build($customerId, [$adGroupOperation])
        );

        $adGroupResourceName = $adGroupResponse->getResults()[0]->getResourceName();
        printf("Added ad group named '%s'.%s", $adGroupResourceName, PHP_EOL);

        return $adGroupResourceName;
    }

Python

def create_ad_group(
    client: GoogleAdsClient, customer_id: str, campaign_resource_name: str
) -> str:
    """Creates a Dynamic Search Ad Group under the given Campaign.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID str.
        campaign_resource_name: a resource_name str for a Campaign.

    Returns:
        A resource_name str for the newly created Ad Group.
    """
    # Retrieve a new ad group operation object.
    ad_group_operation: AdGroupOperation = client.get_type("AdGroupOperation")
    # Create an ad group.
    ad_group: AdGroup = ad_group_operation.create
    # Required: set the ad group's type to Dynamic Search Ads.
    ad_group.type_ = client.enums.AdGroupTypeEnum.SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS
    ad_group.name = f"Earth to Mars Cruises {uuid4()}"
    ad_group.campaign = campaign_resource_name
    ad_group.status = client.enums.AdGroupStatusEnum.PAUSED
    # Recommended: set a tracking URL template for your ad group if you want to
    # use URL tracking software.
    ad_group.tracking_url_template = (
        "http://tracker.example.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}"
    )
    # Optional: Set the ad group bid value.
    ad_group.cpc_bid_micros = 10000000

    # Retrieve the ad group service.
    ad_group_service: AdGroupServiceClient = client.get_service(
        "AdGroupService"
    )

    # Issues a mutate request to add the ad group.
    response: MutateAdGroupsResponse = ad_group_service.mutate_ad_groups(
        customer_id=customer_id, operations=[ad_group_operation]
    )
    resource_name: str = response.results[0].resource_name

    print(f'Created Ad Group with resource_name: "{resource_name}"')

Ruby

def create_ad_group(client, customer_id, campaign_resource_name)
  ad_group = client.resource.ad_group do |ag|
    ag.type = :SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS
    ag.name = "Earth to Mars Cruises #{(Time.now.to_f * 1000).to_i}"

    ag.campaign =  campaign_resource_name

    ag.status = :PAUSED
    ag.tracking_url_template = "http://tracker.example.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}"

    ag.cpc_bid_micros = 3_000_000
  end

  operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group(ad_group)

  response = client.service.ad_group.mutate_ad_groups(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: [operation],
  )

  puts("Created ad group with ID: #{response.results.first.resource_name}")
  response.results.first.resource_name
end

Perl

sub create_ad_group {
  my ($api_client, $customer_id, $campaign_resource_name) = @_;

  # Construct an ad group and set an optional CPC value.
  my $ad_group = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::AdGroup->new({
    name     => "Earth to Mars Cruises #" . uniqid(),
    campaign => $campaign_resource_name,
    status   => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Enums::AdGroupStatusEnum::PAUSED,
    type     => SEARCH_DYNAMIC_ADS,
    trackingUrlTemplate =>
      "http://tracker.examples.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}",
    cpcBidMicros => 3000000
  });

  # Create an ad group operation.
  my $ad_group_operation =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Services::AdGroupService::AdGroupOperation->
    new({create => $ad_group});

  # Add the ad group.
  my $ad_groups_response = $api_client->AdGroupService()->mutate({
      customerId => $customer_id,
      operations => [$ad_group_operation]});

  my $ad_group_resource_name = $ad_groups_response->{results}[0]{resourceName};

  printf "Created ad group '%s'.\n", $ad_group_resource_name;

  return $ad_group_resource_name;
}

curl

Create the DSA

To create the DSA, instantiate an ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo object and set the following fields:

  • Required: description
  • Optional: description2

The ad's headline, display URL, and final URL are auto-generated at serving time based on domain-specific information provided by the DynamicSearchAdsSetting configured at the campaign level.

Java

private static void addExpandedDSA(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String adGroupResourceName) {
  // Creates an ad group ad.
  AdGroupAd adGroupAd =
      AdGroupAd.newBuilder()
          .setAdGroup(adGroupResourceName)
          .setStatus(AdGroupAdStatus.PAUSED)
          // Sets the ad as an expanded dynamic search ad
          .setAd(
              Ad.newBuilder()
                  .setExpandedDynamicSearchAd(
                      ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo.newBuilder()
                          .setDescription("Buy tickets now!")
                          .build())
                  .build())
          .build();

  // Creates the operation.
  AdGroupAdOperation operation = AdGroupAdOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroupAd).build();

  // Creates the ad group ad service client.
  try (AdGroupAdServiceClient adGroupAdServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupAdServiceClient()) {
    // Adds the dynamic search ad.
    MutateAdGroupAdsResponse response =
        adGroupAdServiceClient.mutateAdGroupAds(
            Long.toString(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));
    // Displays the response.
    System.out.printf(
        "Added ad group ad with resource name '%s'.%n", response.getResults(0).getResourceName());
  }
}

C#

private static void AddExpandedDSA(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
    string adGroupResourceName)
{
    // Get the AdGroupAdService.
    AdGroupAdServiceClient adGroupAdService =
        client.GetService(Services.V25.AdGroupAdService);

    // Create an ad group ad.
    AdGroupAd adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd()
    {
        AdGroup = adGroupResourceName,
        Status = AdGroupAdStatus.Paused,

        // Set the ad as an expanded dynamic search ad.
        Ad = new Ad()
        {
            ExpandedDynamicSearchAd = new ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo()
            {
                Description = "Buy tickets now!"
            }
        }
    };

    // Create the operation.
    AdGroupAdOperation operation = new AdGroupAdOperation()
    {
        Create = adGroupAd
    };

    // Add the dynamic search ad.
    MutateAdGroupAdsResponse response = adGroupAdService.MutateAdGroupAds(
        customerId.ToString(), new AdGroupAdOperation[] { operation });

    // Display the response.
    Console.WriteLine($"Added ad group ad with resource name " +
        $"'{response.Results[0].ResourceName}'.");
}

PHP

    private static function createExpandedDSA(
        GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
        int $customerId,
        string $adGroupResourceName
    ) {
        $adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd(
            [
            'ad_group' => $adGroupResourceName,
            'status' => AdGroupAdStatus::PAUSED,
            'ad' => new Ad(
                [
                'expanded_dynamic_search_ad' => new ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo(
                    [
                    'description' => 'Buy tickets now!'
                    ]
                )
                ]
            )
            ]
        );

        $adGroupAdOperation = new AdGroupAdOperation();
        $adGroupAdOperation->setCreate($adGroupAd);

        // Issues a mutate request to add the ad group ads.
        $adGroupAdServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupAdServiceClient();
        /**
 * @var MutateAdGroupAdsResponse $adGroupAdResponse
*/
        $adGroupAdResponse = $adGroupAdServiceClient->mutateAdGroupAds(
            MutateAdGroupAdsRequest::build($customerId, [$adGroupAdOperation])
        );

        $adGroupAdResourceName = $adGroupAdResponse->getResults()[0]->getResourceName();
        printf("Added ad group ad named '%s'.%s", $adGroupAdResourceName, PHP_EOL);

        return $adGroupAdResourceName;
    }

Python

def create_expanded_dsa(
    client: GoogleAdsClient, customer_id: str, ad_group_resource_name: str
) -> None:
    """Creates a dynamic search ad under the given ad group.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID str.
        ad_group_resource_name: a resource_name str for an Ad Group.
    """
    # Retrieve a new ad group ad operation object.
    ad_group_ad_operation: AdGroupAdOperation = client.get_type(
        "AdGroupAdOperation"
    )
    # Create and expanded dynamic search ad. This ad will have its headline,
    # display URL and final URL auto-generated at serving time according to
    # domain name specific information provided by DynamicSearchAdSetting at
    # the campaign level.
    ad_group_ad: AdGroupAd = ad_group_ad_operation.create
    # Optional: set the ad status.
    ad_group_ad.status = client.enums.AdGroupAdStatusEnum.PAUSED
    # Set the ad description.
    ad_group_ad.ad.expanded_dynamic_search_ad.description = "Buy tickets now!"
    ad_group_ad.ad_group = ad_group_resource_name

    # Retrieve the ad group ad service.
    ad_group_ad_service: AdGroupAdServiceClient = client.get_service(
        "AdGroupAdService"
    )

    # Submit the ad group ad operation to add the ad group ad.
    response: MutateAdGroupAdsResponse = (
        ad_group_ad_service.mutate_ad_group_ads(
            customer_id=customer_id, operations=[ad_group_ad_operation]
        )
    )
    resource_name: str = response.results[0].resource_name

    print(f'Created Ad Group Ad with resource_name: "{resource_name}"')

Ruby

def create_expanded_dsa(client, customer_id, ad_group_resource_name)
  ad_group_ad = client.resource.ad_group_ad do |aga|
    aga.status = :PAUSED
    aga.ad = client.resource.ad do |ad|
      ad.expanded_dynamic_search_ad = client.resource.expanded_dynamic_search_ad_info do |info|
        info.description = "Buy tickets now!"
      end
    end

    aga.ad_group = ad_group_resource_name
  end

  operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group_ad(ad_group_ad)

  response = client.service.ad_group_ad.mutate_ad_group_ads(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: [operation],
  )
  puts("Created ad group ad with ID: #{response.results.first.resource_name}")
end

Perl

sub create_expanded_dsa {
  my ($api_client, $customer_id, $ad_group_resource_name) = @_;

  # Create an ad group ad.
  my $ad_group_ad = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::AdGroupAd->new({
      adGroup => $ad_group_resource_name,
      status => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Enums::AdGroupAdStatusEnum::PAUSED,
      ad     => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::Ad->new({
          expandedDynamicSearchAd =>
            Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo->
            new({
              description => "Buy tickets now!"
            })})});

  # Create an ad group ad operation.
  my $ad_group_ad_operation =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Services::AdGroupAdService::AdGroupAdOperation
    ->new({create => $ad_group_ad});

  # Add the ad group ad.
  my $ad_group_ads_response = $api_client->AdGroupAdService()->mutate({
      customerId => $customer_id,
      operations => [$ad_group_ad_operation]});

  my $ad_group_ad_resource_name =
    $ad_group_ads_response->{results}[0]{resourceName};

  printf "Created ad group ad '%s'.\n", $ad_group_ad_resource_name;

  return $ad_group_ad_resource_name;
}

curl

Because final_urls is computed dynamically by Google Ads, you must not set final_urls on the parent Ad when creating a DSA. To use URL tracking software, you can configure tracking templates using the tracking_url_template field on the parent Ad object (Ad.tracking_url_template, not on ExpandedDynamicSearchAdInfo), or at the AdGroup (as shown in the preceding ad group snippet) or Campaign level. When specifying this field, include one of the following ValueTrack parameters so Google Ads can insert the matched final URL:

Parameter Explanation
{unescapedlpurl}

Unescaped landing page URL—use when appending query parameters to the end, for example:

{unescapedlpurl}?dsa=true
{escapedlpurl}

Escaped (URL-encoded) landing page URL—use when redirecting through a third-party tracker, for example:

https://tracking.example.com/?lp={escapedlpurl}
{lpurlpath}

Only the path and query parameters from the computed URL, for example:

https://tracking.example.com/track/{lpurlpath}
{lpurl}

Encodes ? and = of the landing page URL and ends with the search query. If placed at the very beginning of the tracking_url_template field, it is replaced by the {unescapedlpurl} value, for example:

https://tracking.example.com/redir.php?tracking=xyz&url={lpurl}

For example, in Java, set tracking_url_template on the Ad builder:

adBuilder.setTrackingUrlTemplate(
    "https://example.com/traveltracker/{escapedlpurl}");

Specify criteria for the DSA

Finally, configure criteria to trigger serving of the DSAs using the webpage field of AdGroupCriterion (see the complete Add Dynamic Search Ads sample). Set webpage to a WebpageInfo object with a required criterion_name (required on CREATE and prohibited on UPDATE) and up to three conditions (logically AND-ed together when evaluated; an empty conditions list targets all pages of the campaign's website).

These conditions are WebpageConditionInfo instances that specify what to filter or match within the domain configured in the campaign settings using an operand, an argument, and an optional operator (EQUALS or CONTAINS). You can filter on five operand types:

WebpageConditionOperand Description
URL A string matching a partial URL of a page.
CATEGORY A string with a category to match against precisely.
PAGE_TITLE A string matching a partial page title.
PAGE_CONTENT A string matching content within any indexed page.
CUSTOM_LABEL A string matching a web page custom label targeting condition. See Target URL inclusions using custom labels.

For example, you can create a web page criterion that targets pages under the /children path of a vacation site (URL condition) that also contain "Special Offer" in the title (PAGE_TITLE condition).

Discover site categories

You can retrieve and filter the list of DomainCategory objects that Google Ads identifies for your site by querying the domain_category resource in GAQL.

The following GAQL query retrieves the domain categories for a specific site and campaign:

SELECT
  domain_category.category,
  domain_category.language_code,
  domain_category.recommended_cpc_bid_micros
FROM domain_category
WHERE domain_category.domain = 'example.com'
  AND campaign.id = campaign_id

Exclude web page targets

You can also use AdGroupCriterionService to create negative webpage criteria (by setting negative = true on AdGroupCriterion). For example, you can exclude pages with a specific title that you manage in a separate campaign or ad group.

Other criteria

DSA campaigns and ad groups aren't restricted to only web page criteria; you can combine them with other criterion types to refine targeting. Use additional criteria judiciously, however, because overly restrictive targeting can reduce the effectiveness of DSA auto-targeting.

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