Updated: Display Ads Renew audience targeting

Update

February 21, 2023: Revised this information after the release. The english version of PDF document is now available.
February 13, 2023: Added the information "Changes on Yahoo! JAPAN Ads Display Ads API."
February 6, 2023: Announced this information.

Product

Yahoo! JAPAN Ads Display Ads

Overview

We are planning to renew the audience targeting feature
Audience targeting refers to the following targetings:

・Audience category targeting
・Search keyword targeting
・Audience list targeting

As part of the renewal of audience targeting, we consolidated "audience category targeting" into "audience list targeting." In addition, we plan to consolidate "search keyword targeting" into "audience list targeting" in the future.
In this announcement, we will inform details on the renewal of audience category targeting and the related feature discontinuation.
*Details on search keyword targeting will be informed at a later date.

Consolidate audience category targeting into audience list targeting

Date

February 20, 2023 (Mon)

Overview

In audience category targeting currently available, you select a category and set it in an ad group, but after this renewal, you will make settings in audience list targeting.
After this release, the "common audience list," which lists audience categories, was added to the audience list targeting. You can select the target list from this common audience list and set it to the ad group for ad delivery.

■Common audience list type
 There are following three types of common audience lists.

 ・Affinity
 ・In-market
 ・Attributes and life events


Because it is set as one of the audience list targeting, if other types of lists, such as "website visitors" is also set, it will be delivered with a combination of OR conditions (if any of the conditions meet the ad will be delivered). These settings allow ad delivery to an amassed user group.
You can also specify a common audience list and other lists in "audience list (combination)" to deliver adds with a combination of AND condition (if all apply, ads will be delivered). Thus, this renewal of the audience targeting allows for flexible ad delivery.

Remarks

・The method of configuration will change, but the basic features of targeting will have no change.
We will also support "audience analysis report" that visualizes the characteristics of target users.
Until now, you were able to set only one audience list for Display Ads (Guaranteed), but after this release, you will be able to set multiple audience lists just like Display Ads (Auction). Note that the common audience list will be available for the Display Ads (Guaranteed) products after April 2023.
・Learn more details on the following help pages about the audience list targeting, the details of audience analysis report and steps to set up the common audience list..
 Audience list targeting
 Audience analysis
 Associate audience list to ad group

Discontinue audience category targeting

Schedule

Autumn 2023
*Schedule may change without prior notice.

Overview

We will discontinue offering audience category targeting around autumn 2023.
Accordingly, existing settings of audience category targeting will be automatically migrated to audience list targeting.
Specific scheduled date will be informed as soon as determined.

Remarks

More details are described in the following documents.

Download document

Changes on Yahoo! JAPAN Ads Display Ads API

Effected version

v10

Changes

Changes on each service are as follows.

■AudienceListService
When setting up a shared audience list in the audience list (combination), the English name of the audience list name is returned as follows.
audienceListContent.combinationAudienceList.combinations.audienceLists.audienceListNameEn

■DictionaryService
・Add "/getSharedAudienceListInfo" to retrieve information on shared audience list.
・Add "/getSharedAudienceListMaster" to get the master of the shared audience list.

■AdGroupTargetService
・When setting up a shared audience list, specify "AUDIENCE_LIST_TARGET" in targetTypes.
・When setting up a shared audience list in AdGroupTarget, the English name of the audience list name is returned with the following.
 audienceListTarget.audienceListNameEn
・Add "Enum: AFFINITY, IN_MARKET, ATTRIBUTE_LIFE_EVENTS" to audienceListType.
 *Versions prior to v9, it will be UNKNOWN.

Notes

Audience category targeting will continue to be available in all versions.
The schedule of ending this feature on Display Ads API etc, will be announced after determined.