Ad targeting

You can use the Yandex Mobile Ads SDK API to add extra user information. Adding context data to the request can significantly enhance the quality of advertising and increase your revenue.

Set up targeting

Pass user information using AdTargeting when you create an AdRequest.

You can provide the following user information:

Parameter

Description

age

User age as a number.

gender

User gender: Gender.male, Gender.female.

location

The user location as detected by your app.

contextQuery

User's search query in the app.

For instance, if the user searched for a car, the parameter might look like "Buy a used car in Moscow".

contextTags

Keywords from the page the user was viewing. These could be the page's title, parts of its content, tags, and other elements.

For a page with a car search, this parameter might look like "Buy a car", "used car", "in Moscow".

Targeting examples (Swift)

All ad formats

let targeting = AdTargeting(
    age: 20,
    gender: .male,
    location: CLLocation(latitude: 1, longitude: 2),
    contextQuery: "Buy a used car in Moscow",
    contextTags: ["Buy a car", "used car", "in Moscow"]
)
let request = AdRequest(adUnitID: "your_block_id", targeting: targeting)

Adaptive inline and sticky banners

let request = AdRequest(adUnitID: "your_block_id", targeting: targeting)
bannerAdView.loadAd(with: request)

Interstitial ads, rewarded ads, and app open ads

let request = AdRequest(adUnitID: "your_block_id", targeting: targeting)
interstitialAdLoader.loadAd(with: request) { result in ... }

Native ads

let request = AdRequest(adUnitID: "your_block_id", targeting: targeting)
let options = NativeAdOptions()
adLoader.loadAd(with: request, options: options) { result in ... }