Visitors to Specific Pages

You can target people who have visited specific pages or sections of your website using a flexible_rule_user_list targeted to more specific URLs, not just your website's domain.

See Rule-based remarketing for an example and more details.

Visitors of a page who did visit another page

You can target people who visited more than one page using a flexible_rule_user_list.

First, create two rules. Then, combine the rules with the inclusive_operands in the flexible_rule_user_list by using an AND operator.

Java

private void runExample(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId) {
  // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the first rule.
  UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite1Rule =
      createUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example1");

  // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the second rule.
  UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite2Rule =
      createUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example2");

  // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the third rule.
  UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite3Rule =
      createUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example3");

  // Create the user list "Visitors of page 1 AND page 2, but not page 3". To create the user list
  // "Visitors of page 1 *OR* page 2, but not page 3", change the UserListFlexibleRuleOperator
  // from AND to OR.
  FlexibleRuleUserListInfo flexibleRuleUserListInfo =
      FlexibleRuleUserListInfo.newBuilder()
          .setInclusiveRuleOperator(UserListFlexibleRuleOperator.AND)
          // Inclusive operands are joined together with the specified inclusiveRuleOperator. This
          // represents the set of users that should be included in the user list.
          .addInclusiveOperands(
              FlexibleRuleOperandInfo.newBuilder()
                  .setRule(userVisitedSite1Rule)
                  // Optional: adds a lookback window for this rule, in days.
                  .setLookbackWindowDays(7L))
          .addInclusiveOperands(
              FlexibleRuleOperandInfo.newBuilder()
                  .setRule(userVisitedSite2Rule)
                  // Optional: adds a lookback window for this rule, in days.
                  .setLookbackWindowDays(7L))
          .addExclusiveOperands(
              // Exclusive operands are joined together with OR. This represents the set of users
              // to be excluded from the user list.
              FlexibleRuleOperandInfo.newBuilder().setRule(userVisitedSite3Rule))
          .build();

  // Defines a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
  RuleBasedUserListInfo ruleBasedUserListInfo =
      RuleBasedUserListInfo.newBuilder()
          // Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the prepopulation_status to
          // REQUESTED.
          .setPrepopulationStatus(UserListPrepopulationStatus.REQUESTED)
          .setFlexibleRuleUserList(flexibleRuleUserListInfo)
          .build();

  // Creates a user list.
  UserList userList =
      UserList.newBuilder()
          .setName("Flexible rule user list for example.com #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          .setDescription(
              "Visitors of both http://example.com/example1 AND http://example.com/example2 but"
                  + " NOT http://example.com/example3")
          .setMembershipStatus(UserListMembershipStatus.OPEN)
          .setMembershipLifeSpan(365)
          .setRuleBasedUserList(ruleBasedUserListInfo)
          .build();

  // Creates the operation.
  UserListOperation operation = UserListOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(userList).build();

  // Creates the user list service client.
  try (UserListServiceClient userListServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createUserListServiceClient()) {
    // Adds the user list.
    MutateUserListsResponse response =
        userListServiceClient.mutateUserLists(
            Long.toString(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));
    String userListResourceName = response.getResults(0).getResourceName();
    // Prints the result.
    System.out.printf("Created user list with resource name '%s'.%n", userListResourceName);
  }
}

/**
 * Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing a rule targeting any user that visited the
 * provided URL.
 */
private UserListRuleInfo createUserListRuleInfoFromUrl(String urlString) {
  // Creates a rule targeting any user that visited a URL that equals the given urlString.
  UserListRuleItemInfo userVisitedSiteRule =
      UserListRuleItemInfo.newBuilder()
          // Uses a built-in parameter to create a domain URL rule.
          .setName(URL_STRING)
          .setStringRuleItem(
              UserListStringRuleItemInfo.newBuilder()
                  .setOperator(UserListStringRuleItemOperator.EQUALS)
                  .setValue(urlString))
          .build();

  // Returns a UserListRuleInfo object containing the rule.
  return UserListRuleInfo.newBuilder()
      .addRuleItemGroups(UserListRuleItemGroupInfo.newBuilder().addRuleItems(userVisitedSiteRule))
      .build();
}
      

C#

public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId)
{
    // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the first rule.
    UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite1Rule =
        CreateUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example1");

    // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the second rule.
    UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite2Rule =
        CreateUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example2");

    // Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing the third rule.
    UserListRuleInfo userVisitedSite3Rule =
        CreateUserListRuleInfoFromUrl("http://example.com/example3");

    // Create the user list "Visitors of page 1 AND page 2, but not page 3". To create the
    // user list "Visitors of page 1 *OR* page 2, but not page 3", change the
    // UserListFlexibleRuleOperator from And to Or.
    FlexibleRuleUserListInfo flexibleRuleUserListInfo = new FlexibleRuleUserListInfo
    {
        InclusiveRuleOperator = UserListFlexibleRuleOperator.And
    };

    // Inclusive operands are joined together with the specified inclusiveRuleOperator. This
    // represents the set of users that should be included in the user list.
    flexibleRuleUserListInfo.InclusiveOperands.Add(new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo
    {
        Rule = userVisitedSite1Rule,
        // Optional: adds a lookback window for this rule, in days.
        LookbackWindowDays = 7
    });
    flexibleRuleUserListInfo.InclusiveOperands.Add(new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo
    {
        Rule = userVisitedSite2Rule,
        // Optional: adds a lookback window for this rule, in days.
        LookbackWindowDays = 7
    });

    // Exclusive operands are joined together with OR. This represents the set of users
    // to be excluded from the user list.
    flexibleRuleUserListInfo.InclusiveOperands.Add(new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo
    {
        Rule = userVisitedSite3Rule
    });

    // Defines a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
    RuleBasedUserListInfo ruleBasedUserListInfo = new RuleBasedUserListInfo
    {
        // Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the prepopulation_status to
        // REQUESTED.
        PrepopulationStatus = UserListPrepopulationStatus.Requested,
        FlexibleRuleUserList = flexibleRuleUserListInfo
    };

    // Creates a user list.
    UserList userList = new UserList
    {
        Name = $"Flexible rule user list example.com #{ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()}",
        Description = "Visitors of both https://example.com/example1 AND " +
            "https://example.com/example2 but NOT https://example.com/example3",
        MembershipStatus = UserListMembershipStatus.Open,
        MembershipLifeSpan = 365,
        RuleBasedUserList = ruleBasedUserListInfo
    };

    // Creates the operation.
    UserListOperation operation = new UserListOperation
    {
        Create = userList
    };

    try
    {
        UserListServiceClient userListServiceClient =
            client.GetService(Services.V13.UserListService);
        MutateUserListsResponse response =
            userListServiceClient.MutateUserLists(customerId.ToString(),
                new[] { operation });

        string userListResourceName = response.Results[0].ResourceName;
        Console.WriteLine($"Created user list with resource name '{userListResourceName}'.");
    }
    catch (GoogleAdsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failure:");
        Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}");
        throw;
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Creates a UserListRuleInfo object containing a rule targeting any user that visited the
/// provided URL.
/// </summary>
private UserListRuleInfo CreateUserListRuleInfoFromUrl(string urlString)
{
    // Creates a rule targeting any user that visited a URL that equals the given urlString.
    UserListRuleItemInfo userVisitedSiteRule = new UserListRuleItemInfo
    {
        Name = URL_STRING,
        StringRuleItem = new UserListStringRuleItemInfo
        {
            Operator = UserListStringRuleItemOperator.Equals,
            Value = urlString
        }
    };

    // Returns a UserListRuleInfo object containing the rule.
    UserListRuleInfo userListRuleInfo = new UserListRuleInfo();
    UserListRuleItemGroupInfo userListRuleItemGroupInfo = new UserListRuleItemGroupInfo();
    userListRuleItemGroupInfo.RuleItems.Add(userVisitedSiteRule);
    userListRuleInfo.RuleItemGroups.Add(userListRuleItemGroupInfo);

    return userListRuleInfo;
}
      

PHP

public static function runExample(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $customerId
) {
    // Creates a rule targeting any user that visited a url that equals
    // http://example.com/example1'.
    $userVisitedSite1RuleInfo = self::createUserListRuleFromUrl('http://example.com/example1');
    // Creates a rule targeting any user that visited a url that equals
    // http://example.com/example2'.
    $userVisitedSite2RuleInfo = self::createUserListRuleFromUrl('http://example.com/example2');
    // Creates a rule targeting any user that visited a url that equals
    // http://example.com/example3'.
    $userVisitedSite3RuleInfo = self::createUserListRuleFromUrl('http://example.com/example3');

    // Create the user list "Visitors of page 1 AND page 2, but not page 3".
    // To create the user list "Visitors of page 1 *OR* page 2, but not page 3",
    // change the UserListFlexibleRuleOperator from PBAND to OR.
    $flexibleRuleUserListInfo = new FlexibleRuleUserListInfo([
        'inclusive_rule_operator' => UserListFlexibleRuleOperator::PBAND,
        'inclusive_operands' => [
            new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo([
                'rule' => $userVisitedSite1RuleInfo,
                // Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
                'lookback_window_days' => 7
            ]),
            new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo([
                'rule' => $userVisitedSite2RuleInfo,
                // Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
                'lookback_window_days' => 7
            ])
        ],
        // Exclusive operands are joined together with OR. This represents the set of users to
        // be excluded from the user list.
        'exclusive_operands' => [
            new FlexibleRuleOperandInfo(['rule' => $userVisitedSite3RuleInfo])
        ]
    ]);

    // Defines a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
    $ruleBasedUserListInfo = new RuleBasedUserListInfo([
        // Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the prepopulation_status to
        // REQUESTED.
        'prepopulation_status' => UserListPrepopulationStatus::REQUESTED,
        'flexible_rule_user_list' => $flexibleRuleUserListInfo
    ]);

    // Creates a user list.
    $userList = new UserList([
        'name' => 'All visitors to http://example.com/example1 AND ' .
            'http://example.com/example2 but NOT http://example.com/example3 #'
            . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
        'description' => 'Visitors of both http://example.com/example1 AND ' .
            'http://example.com/example2 but NOT http://example.com/example3',
        'membership_status' => UserListMembershipStatus::OPEN,
        'membership_life_span' => 365,
        'rule_based_user_list' => $ruleBasedUserListInfo
    ]);

    // Creates the operation.
    $operation = new UserListOperation();
    $operation->setCreate($userList);

    // Issues a mutate request to add the user list and prints some information.
    $userListServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getUserListServiceClient();
    $response = $userListServiceClient->mutateUserLists($customerId, [$operation]);
    printf(
        "Created user list with resource name '%s'.%s",
        $response->getResults()[0]->getResourceName(),
        PHP_EOL
    );
}
      

Python

def main(client, customer_id):
    """Creates a rule-based user list.

    The list will be defined by a combination of rules for users who have
    visited two different pages of a website.

    Args:
        client: The Google Ads client.
        customer_id: The customer ID for which to add the user list.
    """
    # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the first rule.
    user_visited_site1_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
        client, "http://example.com/example1"
    )
    # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the second rule.
    user_visited_site2_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
        client, "http://example.com/example2"
    )
    # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the third rule.
    user_visited_site3_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
        client, "http://example.com/example3"
    )

    # Create the user list "Visitors of page 1 AND page 2, but not page 3".
    # To create the user list "Visitors of page 1 *OR* page 2, but not page 3",
    # change the UserListFlexibleRuleOperator from AND to OR.
    flexible_rule_user_list_info = client.get_type("FlexibleRuleUserListInfo")
    flexible_rule_user_list_info.inclusive_rule_operator = (
        client.enums.UserListFlexibleRuleOperatorEnum.AND
    )

    # Inclusive operands are joined together with the specified
    # inclusive_rule_operator. This represents the set of users that should be
    # included in the user list.
    operand_1 = client.get_type("FlexibleRuleOperandInfo")
    operand_1.rule = user_visited_site1_rule_info
    # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
    operand_1.lookback_window_days = 7
    flexible_rule_user_list_info.inclusive_operands.append(operand_1)

    operand_2 = client.get_type("FlexibleRuleOperandInfo")
    operand_2.rule = user_visited_site2_rule_info
    # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
    operand_2.lookback_window_days = 7
    flexible_rule_user_list_info.inclusive_operands.append(operand_2)

    # Exclusive operands are joined together with OR.
    # This represents the set of users to be excluded from the user list.
    operand_3 = client.get_type("FlexibleRuleOperandInfo")
    operand_3.rule = user_visited_site3_rule_info
    flexible_rule_user_list_info.exclusive_operands.append(operand_3)

    # Define a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
    rule_based_user_list_info = client.get_type("RuleBasedUserListInfo")
    # Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the
    # prepopulation_status to REQUESTED.
    rule_based_user_list_info.prepopulation_status = (
        client.enums.UserListPrepopulationStatusEnum.REQUESTED
    )
    rule_based_user_list_info.flexible_rule_user_list = (
        flexible_rule_user_list_info
    )

    # Create a user list.
    user_list_operation = client.get_type("UserListOperation")
    user_list = user_list_operation.create
    user_list.name = (
        "All visitors to http://example.com/example1 AND "
        "http://example.com/example2 but NOT "
        f"http://example.com/example3 #{uuid4()}"
    )
    user_list.description = (
        "Visitors of both http://example.com/example1 AND "
        "http://example.com/example2 but NOT"
        "http://example.com/example3"
    )
    user_list.membership_status = client.enums.UserListMembershipStatusEnum.OPEN
    user_list.membership_life_span = 365
    user_list.rule_based_user_list = rule_based_user_list_info

    # Issue a mutate request to add the user list, then print the results.
    user_list_service = client.get_service("UserListService")
    response = user_list_service.mutate_user_lists(
        customer_id=customer_id, operations=[user_list_operation]
    )
    print(
        "Created user list with resource name: "
        f"'{response.results[0].resource_name}.'"
    )
      

Ruby

def add_combined_rule_user_list(customer_id)
  # GoogleAdsClient will read a config file from
  # ENV['HOME']/google_ads_config.rb when called without parameters
  client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::GoogleAdsClient.new

  user_visited_site1_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
    client,
    'http://example.com/example1',
  )
  user_visited_site2_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
    client,
    'http://example.com/example2',
  )
  user_visited_site3_rule_info = create_user_list_rule_info_from_url(
    client,
    'http://example.com/example3',
  )

  # Creates a user list.
  operation = client.operation.create_resource.user_list do |u|
    u.name = "Flexible rule user list for example.com ##{(Time.new.to_f * 1000).to_i}"
    u.description = "Visitors of both http://example.com/example1 AND " \
      "http://example.com/example2 but NOT http://example.com/example3"
    u.membership_status = :OPEN
    u.membership_life_span = 365
    # Defines a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
    u.rule_based_user_list = client.resource.rule_based_user_list_info do |r|
      # Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the
      # prepopulation_status to REQUESTED.
      r.prepopulation_status = :REQUESTED
      r.flexible_rule_user_list = client.resource.flexible_rule_user_list_info do |frul|
        frul.inclusive_rule_operator = :AND
        frul.inclusive_operands += [
          client.resource.flexible_rule_operand_info do |froi|
            froi.rule = user_visited_site1_rule_info
            # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
            froi.lookback_window_days = 7
          end,
          client.resource.flexible_rule_operand_info do |froi|
            froi.rule = user_visited_site2_rule_info
            # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
            froi.lookback_window_days = 7
          end,
        ]
        frul.exclusive_operands << client.resource.flexible_rule_operand_info do |froi|
          froi.rule = user_visited_site3_rule_info
        end
      end
    end
  end

  # Issues a mutate request to add the user list and prints some information.
  response = client.service.user_list.mutate_user_lists(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: [operation],
  )

  puts "Created user list with resource name " \
    "#{response.results.first.resource_name}"
end
      

Perl

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

  # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the first rule.
  my $user_visited_site1_rule_info =
    create_user_list_rule_info_from_url("http://example.com/example1");

  # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the second rule.
  my $user_visited_site2_rule_info =
    create_user_list_rule_info_from_url("http://example.com/example2");

  # Create a UserListRuleInfo object containing the third rule.
  my $user_visited_site3_rule_info =
    create_user_list_rule_info_from_url("http://example.com/example3");

  # Create the user list "Visitors of page 1 AND page 2, but not page 3".
  # To create the user list "Visitors of page 1 *OR* page 2, but not page 3",
  # change the UserListFlexibleRuleOperator from AND to OR.
  my $flexible_rule_user_list_info =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Common::FlexibleRuleUserListInfo->new({
      inclusiveRuleOperator => AND,
      # Inclusive operands are joined together with the specified inclusiveRuleOperator.
      # This represents the set of users that should be included in the user list.
      inclusiveOperands => [
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Common::FlexibleRuleOperandInfo->new({
            rule => $user_visited_site1_rule_info,
            # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
            lookbackWindowDays => 7
          }
        ),
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Common::FlexibleRuleOperandInfo->new({
            rule => $user_visited_site2_rule_info,
            # Optionally add a lookback window for this rule, in days.
            lookbackWindowDays => 7
          })
      ],
      # Exclusive operands are joined together with OR.
      # This represents the set of users to be excluded from the user list.
      exclusiveOperands => [
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Common::FlexibleRuleOperandInfo->new({
            rule => $user_visited_site3_rule_info
          })
      ],
    });

  # Define a representation of a user list that is generated by a rule.
  my $rule_based_user_list_info =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Common::RuleBasedUserListInfo->new({
      # Optional: To include past users in the user list, set the prepopulationStatus
      # to REQUESTED.
      prepopulationStatus  => REQUESTED,
      flexibleRuleUserList => $flexible_rule_user_list_info
    });

  # Create a user list.
  my $user_list = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Resources::UserList->new({
    name        => "Flexible rule user list for example.com #" . uniqid(),
    description => "Visitors of both http://example.com/example1 AND " .
      "http://example.com/example2 but NOT http://example.com/example3",
    membershipStatus   => OPEN,
    membershipLifespan => 365,
    ruleBasedUserList  => $rule_based_user_list_info
  });

  # Create the operation.
  my $user_list_operation =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V14::Services::UserListService::UserListOperation->
    new({
      create => $user_list
    });

  # Issue a mutate request to add the user list and print some information.
  my $user_lists_response = $api_client->UserListService()->mutate({
      customerId => $customer_id,
      operations => [$user_list_operation]});
  printf "Created user list with resource name '%s'.\n",
    $user_lists_response->{results}[0]{resourceName};

  return 1;
}
      

Visitors of a page who did not visit another page

You can target people who visited one page but not another page by using flexible_rule_user_list. The visitors who visited one page is set in the inclusive_operands, while the visitors who did not visit another page would be in the exclusive_operands. Combine the two lists with an AND in the inclusive_rule_operator.