# Find Businesses That Stopped Running Google Ads

**Use case:** 

Check a list of prospect domains against the Google Ads Transparency Center to find businesses that advertised before but have stopped. Each result shows whether the domain has run Google Ads and when its ads were last shown, so you can sort by date and spot the ones with no recent ads. The sample mixes retailers that shut their stores in 2025 with active ones.

## Input

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "joann.com",
    "partycity.com",
    "riteaid.com",
    "forever21.com",
    "thebay.com",
    "michaels.com",
    "hobbylobby.com",
    "moodfabrics.com",
    "orientaltrading.com",
    "spirithalloween.com",
    "cvs.com",
    "walgreens.com",
    "dollartree.com",
    "fivebelow.com",
    "ollies.us",
    "aeropostale.com",
    "lulus.com",
    "urbanoutfitters.com"
  ],
  "region": "anywhere",
  "maxDomainsPerRun": 0,
  "adsPageLoadDelay": 2000,
  "autoProxyFallback": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "domain": {
    "label": "Domain",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ads_ever": {
    "label": "Ran Ads?",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "adsCount": {
    "label": "Ad Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "date_of_last_running": {
    "label": "Last Shown",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "type_of_ad": {
    "label": "Ad Format",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ads_link": {
    "label": "Ads Page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Ads Transparency Scraper](https://apify.com/alkausari_mujahid/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/alkausari_mujahid/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/alkausari_mujahid/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).