Mar 24, 2025

Display Ads: Format change for customer data connection

Product

Yahoo! JAPAN Ads Display Ads

Schedule

April 7, 2025
*This date is subject to change.

Summary

We will change the format for connecting customer data (email addresses and phone numbers) in the following two features.

  • Conversion advanced matching
  • Data upload when creating an audience list

This change increases the data available for matching, which is expected to improve matching accuracy. The previous format is scheduled to end on June 30, 2025. After the end date, the previous format will no longer be available. Customers using customer data connections should change the format as soon as possible.

Changes

We will change the format of connectable email addresses and phone numbers as follows:

Email address

  • (Before) Lowercase or uppercase
    Example: abcd@yahoo.co.jp, ABCD@yahoo.co.jp
  • (After) Lowercase only
    Example: abcd@yahoo.co.jp
    • Phone number

      • (Before) Phone number only
        Example: 09012345678
      • (After) Country code + phone number
        Example: +819012345678

      *In conversion advanced matching using conversion tags, both hashed and unhashed email addresses and phone numbers are available.
      *You must connect using the format specified after the change when using hashed data.
      *When using unhashed data, it will automatically be changed to the new format until the end date of the previous format.

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