Confirm your ads appear
Check whether tracked advertiser domains show for target queries.
Ads Position Tracker
Monitor paid search placements and competitor ads over time.
Ads Position Tracker monitors sponsored search placements for selected domains and queries. Use it for recurring PPC visibility checks, competitor ad monitoring, and brand protection.
When to use it
Section titled “When to use it”Monitor competitors
Detect when competitors start or stop advertising.
Review ad creative
Capture headlines, descriptions, display URLs, and landing URLs when available.
Compare markets
Review paid visibility by country, language, device, and search settings.
Create an ad campaign
Section titled “Create an ad campaign”Choose the campaign context
Section titled “Choose the campaign context”Open Ads Position Tracker, choose New Ad Campaign, select a project, and name the campaign.
Add advertiser domains
Section titled “Add advertiser domains”Add your advertiser domain and competitors that you will act on.
Add search queries
Section titled “Add search queries”Add paid-search terms you care about. Keep brand monitoring separate from category monitoring when the decisions differ.
Choose search settings
Section titled “Choose search settings”Choose country, language, device, engine, and optional city, search domain, SafeSearch, and scope refinements.
Configure alerts and schedule
Section titled “Configure alerts and schedule”Configure ad alerts, choose a schedule, review estimated token usage, and create the campaign.
Campaign inputs
Section titled “Campaign inputs”| Input | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Tracked domains | Add your advertiser domain and competitors |
| Queries | Add paid-search terms you care about |
| Schedule | Match the pace of PPC decisions |
| Input | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Country and city | Match the ad market |
| Language | Match the language used by searchers |
| Device | Match expected customer device behavior |
| SafeSearch | Use the setting that matches your reporting standard |
| Country only / language only | Use for tightly scoped markets |
Campaigns require at least 1 tracked domain and 1 query.
A campaign supports up to 10 tracked domains and 10 queries.
Reading ad results
Section titled “Reading ad results”Presence
Which tracked domains appeared as ads and whether ads started or stopped appearing.
Position
Best ad position and paid ranking trend.
Creative
Captured headline, description, display URL, and landing URL.
Differences
Query-level, market-level, and device-level changes.
Ad rank can change frequently. Review trends and repeated appearances instead of overreacting to a single run.
Alerts
Section titled “Alerts”Ads Position Tracker can alert when a tracked domain starts showing sponsored results or stops showing sponsored results.
Separate intent
Keep brand monitoring separate from category monitoring.
Limit competitors
Include competitor domains only if you will act on the data.
Match scope
Use exact country or exact language when ad coverage needs a tightly scoped market.
Review landing URLs
Landing URLs often reveal campaign intent better than position alone.
Open in iSearchFrom
Section titled “Open in iSearchFrom”Open Ads Position Tracker in the app. Create and manage paid-search monitoring campaigns from this page.
Related docs
Section titled “Related docs”Schedules and AlertsConfigure recurring ad checks and notifications.
Reading Tracker ResultsUnderstand tracker summaries, latest runs, and trend views.
PPC Competitor MonitoringUse ad tracking for competitor and brand-protection workflows.