May 25, 2023

Released: Search Ads End of some location options for Geo targeting

Update

May 25, 2023: Updated information on removing some options.
May 23, 2023: Completed the automatic migration.
May 18, 2023: Updated the information on unavailable options.
April 19, 2023: Announced this information.

Product

Yahoo! JAPAN Ads Search Ads

Overview

For geo targeting in Search Ads, the following location options are no longer available.

Date

The schedule for the options to be unavailable is as follows:

May 17, 2023 (Wed) Completed
You can’t select the options that became unavailable. If you edit a campaign with options that are unavailable, you can’t save your changes unless you change the options.

May 22, 2023 (Mon) Completed
The system changed the options that are unavailable set for the campaign to a different setting. Check "Automatic migration" for details.

May 24, 2023 (Wed) Completed
Some options are removed from the Campaign Management Tool and Campaign Editor.

Automatic migration

The system changed the target options as follows:

Precautions

If you want to change the location targeting options to “Location of user,” change it yourself. Learn more on the following help page.
Geographic Targeting (Deliver ads by specifying a specific area)
The delivery trend may change after the automatic migration is completed. Check the settings as needed.

Remarks

See the following document for details.
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