Google Ads Transparency & B2B Ad-Spend Signal API (MCP-Ready)

Extract verified competitor ad creatives, active run duration (daysActive), creative variations, and EU Digital Services Act (DSA) country impression statistics directly from the Google Ads Transparency Center — or batch-enrich thousands of company domains with Google & YouTube Ad-Spend Buying Signals for Clay.com, n8n, Make, and MCP AI Agents.

Built on a 100% browserless HTTP/2 RPC engine:

• Zero headless browser overhead (runs in 256 MB RAM in seconds)
• Zero cookies or Google login required
• Two dedicated modes: Competitor Creative Spy (ads) and B2B Outbound Lead Enrichment (domain_signals)

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Key Capabilities

1. Multi-Target Input: Query by company domain (shopify.com, alza.cz), brand name (Linear, Nike), or Google Advertiser ID (AR01625195283841286145).
2. Winning Ads Filter (minDaysActive): Filter out short-lived test ads and return only proven evergreen creatives running for 14, 30, or 90+ days.
3. Full EU DSA Country Reach & Impressions: Automatically decodes Google Geo Criteria IDs into ISO country codes (DE, CZ, FR, US, GB, etc.) with per-country impression metrics, first/last shown dates, and demographic targeting flags.
4. Clay.com & n8n B2B Signal Mode (mode: "domain_signals"): Feed a list of prospect domains and get one structured row per company containing:
   • isActivelyAdvertising (true / false)
   • adSpendActivityTier (ENTERPRISE_HIGH_SPEND, SCALING_MID_SPEND, ACTIVE_TESTER, LOW_SPEND, INACTIVE)
   • b2bBuyingIntentScore (0–100)
   • Verified Legal Entity Name & Country (advertiserName, advertiserId, advertiserCountry)
   • Format mix (TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO / YouTube) and longest-running evergreen ad duration
5. AI & MCP Ready: Optional mcpMarkdown summary field formatted for direct ingestion by Claude Desktop, Cursor, CrewAI, LangChain, and n8n AI Agents.

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Input Example

1. Competitor Ad Creative Spy (mode: "ads")

{
  "targets": ["shopify.com", "alza.cz"],
  "mode": "ads",
  "region": "ALL",
  "adFormat": "ALL",
  "maxAdsPerTarget": 25,
  "minDaysActive": 14,
  "fetchCreativeDetails": true,
  "includeMcpMarkdown": true
}

2. Batch B2B Domain Ad-Spend Enrichment for Clay / n8n (mode: "domain_signals")

{
  "targets": ["shopify.com", "alza.cz", "linear.app"],
  "mode": "domain_signals",
  "region": "ALL",
  "fetchCreativeDetails": true
}

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Output Sample (mode: "ads")

{
  "recordType": "ad_creative",
  "targetQuery": "alza.cz",
  "advertiserId": "AR06233394201141182465",
  "advertiserName": "Alza.cz a.s.",
  "creativeId": "CR08993369399918329857",
  "domain": "alza.cz",
  "format": "TEXT",
  "firstShownAt": "2026-07-06T14:21:34Z",
  "lastShownAt": "2026-11-01T11:58:05Z",
  "daysActive": 117.9,
  "isEvergreenWinningAd": true,
  "variationsCount": 1,
  "euTotalImpressions": "1000",
  "countriesCount": 1,
  "countryBreakdown": [
    {
      "countryCode": "CZ",
      "countryName": "Czechia",
      "impressions": "1000",
      "firstShownDate": "2026-07-06",
      "lastShownDate": "2026-11-01"
    }
  ],
  "targetingSignals": {
    "ageTargetingUsed": false,
    "genderTargetingUsed": false,
    "locationTargetingUsed": true
  },
  "transparencyUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR06233394201141182465/creative/CR08993369399918329857"
}

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Integrations (MCP, Clay.com, n8n, Make)

• Claude / Cursor (MCP): Enable this Actor in your Apify MCP Server configuration to let AI agents inspect live competitor ad campaigns and qualify domains in real time.
• Clay.com: Use the Apify integration in Clay, select mode: "domain_signals", map your Domain column into targets, and enrich every lead with verified Google/YouTube ad activity and legal entity data.
• n8n / Make: Trigger on a schedule to monitor new competitor video/search ads and push alerts to Slack or HubSpot.

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Complete Your B2B Outbound Buying-Signal Stack

Combine this Actor with our companion zero-browser B2B Intelligence APIs on Apify Store:

• B2B Domain Contact, Email Gateway, DNS SaaS & Tech-Stack API — Enrich prospect domains with verified emails, MX/DMARC cold-email gateway (Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365), and hidden DNS-verified Enterprise SaaS (OpenAI Enterprise, Atlassian, Slack, HubSpot).
• Multi-ATS Career Jobs & B2B Tech-Stack Hiring Signal API — Auto-detect company ATS boards (Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee) and extract hiring velocity scores, salaries, and 65+ tech-stack adoption signals.

Independent tool extracting publicly available transparency records. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google LLC.