Send Segments to a Google Ads Remarketing List
- Topics:
- Third-party Integration
This procedure requires a Google Ads remarketing list, pixel code, and an Audience Manager URL destination. It is also known as a remarketing list for search ads (RLSA) integration. Applies to paid search only.
To set up a Google Ads remarketing list as an Audience Manager URL destination:
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In your Google Ads account, create a website re-marketing list and write down your conversion ID.
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Use the following URL as a template for the Base URL and Secure URL. Replace the xxxxxxxx section with your conversion ID.
//googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/xxxxxxxx/?value=0&guid=ON&script=0&data=%ALIAS%
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In Audience Manager, Create a URL destination or edit an existing destination. Use the following settings when creating the destination:
- Type: URL
- Serialize: Enabled
- Delimiter: Semicolon ( ; )
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In the Segment Mappings section of your URL destination, add the code from step 2 to the URL and Secure URL fields. Prefix the code with
http:
andhttps:
in the URL and Secure URL fields, respectively.IMPORTANT
Replace encoded ampersands&
with un-encoded ampersands&
Unsecure URL code:
http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/xxxxxxxx/? value=0&guid=ON&script=0&data=%ALIAS%
Secure URL code:
https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/xxxxxxxx/? value=0&guid=ON&script=0&data=%ALIAS%
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Click Save.
NOTE
If you’re working with multiple segments, get a new pixel for each segment you want to map to a Google Ads destination. This ensures the data is applied to the appropriate remarketing list. -
When mapping a new segment to this destination in Audience Manager, define the mapping as
aam=segmentID
and replacesegmentID
with the ID of your segment. -
When defining a bucket in Google Ads, create a rule that matches the mapping defined at step 6.
A completed mapping could look similar to this: