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.