Extract Google Ads creatives by domain with SerpAPI and export to CSV

🧾 Template: Extract Ad Creatives from Google’s Ads Transparency Center

This n8n workflow pulls ad creatives from Google's Ads Transparency Center using SerpApi, filtered by a specific domain and region. It extracts, filters, categorizes, and exports ads into neatly formatted CSV files for easy analysis.

👤 Who’s it for?

• Marketing Analysts researching competitive PPC strategies
• Ad Intelligence Teams monitoring creatives from specific brands
• Digital Marketers gathering visual and copy trends
• Journalists & Watchdogs reviewing ad activity transparency

✅ Features

• Fetch creatives using SerpApi's google_ads_transparency_center engine
• Filter results to include only ads with an exact match to your target domain
• Categorize by ad format: text, image, or video
• Export CSVs: Generates a downloadable file for each format under the /files/ directory

🛠 How to Use

1. Edit the “Set Domain & Region” node

   • domain: e.g. example.com
   • region: SerpApi numeric region code → See codes

2. Add your SerpApi API key

   • In the “Get Ads Page 1” node’s credentials section.

3. Run the workflow

   • Click "Test workflow" to initiate the process.

4. Download your results

   • Navigate to /files/ to find:

     • text_{domain}_ads.csv
     • image_{domain}_ads.csv
     • video_{domain}_ads.csv

📌 Notes

• Only the first page (up to 50 creatives) is fetched; pagination is not included.
• Sticky Notes inside the workflow nodes offer helpful internal annotations.
• CSV files include creative-level details: ad copy, images, video links, etc.