How does location targeting and ad language affect who can see my ads?

When determining if your ads are eligible to be displayed, Microsoft Advertising Editor uses both your ad language and location target settings. Both criteria must be met in order for an ad to display.

When determining if your ads are eligible to be shown to a particular search user, Microsoft Advertising Editor first determines if your ad language allows for your ad to be shown in a particular country then considers the location target (and other target) settings you have configured. If the target criteria is met and the ad language is available in the country, the ad is eligible to display.

Let's look at this in a bit more detail. Here are the steps you'd take to determine where your ads are shown:


The language you set for your ads also determines where those ads can be shown. You can create different ad groups with different languages.	Choose from: All available countries and regions Selected cities, metro areas, states/provinces, and countries/regions Near a specific business, landmark, zip code or coordinates	Choose from: Show ads to people in your targeted location Show ads to people in, searching for, or viewing pages about your targeted location

An example:


Result: Ads available to show in: Germany Austria Switzerland	Result: Ads available to show in Berlin. Berlin meets both the language setting and location target.	Result: Ads available to searchers physically located in Berlin.

How does my ad language impact where my ads can be seen? expando image

Your ad language setting determines what countries your ad can be displayed in. For example, ads in German will not display in Italy.

This is true even if you have set location targeting to show your ads in “all available countries and regions.” German-language ads, for example, will still only show in countries where German is supported. English-language ads will still only show in countries where English is supported, and so on.

Here are the list of available languages and corresponding countries where that language is supported:

Ad language settings	Countries/regions where ads in this language can display
Albanian	Albania
Bosnian	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian	Bulgaria
Croatian	Croatia
Czech	Czech Republic
Danish	Denmark
Dutch	Belgium, Netherlands
Estonian	Estonia
English	Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
Finnish	Finland
French	Andorra, Belgium, Canada, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Haiti, Luxembourg, Martinique, Monaco, New Caledonia, Switzerland
German	Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Greek	Greece, Cyprus
Hungarian	Hungary
Icelandic	Iceland
Italian	Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
Japanese	Japan
Latvian	Latvia
Lithuanian	Lithuania
Macedonian	North Macedonia
Maltese	Malta
Norwegian	Norway
Polish	Poland
Portuguese	Brazil, Portugal
Romanian	Romania
Serbian	Serbia, Montenegro
Slovak	Slovakia
Slovenian	Slovenia
Spanish	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Swedish	Sweden
Traditional Chinese	Hong Kong, Taiwan
Turkish	Turkey

Don't see your country listed? Check back, because we are expanding to new markets on a regular basis.

Both the location targeting criteria and the language setting criteria must be met in order for an ad to be eligible for display. Of course your other targeting settings, beyond location, will also have an impact on the determining if the ad should be shown to the searcher.